What are the Petroleum producing areas in India. Explain.
Most of the petroleum producing areas in India are associated with anticlines and faults traps in the rock
formations of the tertiary age. In the region folding, anticlines or domes, it occurs where oil is trapped in the crest
of the uphold. Petroleum is also found in fault traps between porous rocks.
Major petroleum producing areas of India are …
1) ASSAM- Digboi, Naharkatia, Moran-Hugrijan, Namdang region
2) GUJRAT- Ankeleshwar, Lunez, Navgan
3) MUMBAI HIGH
4) Godavari – Mahanadi basin
