4 Geography · 4.4.2 Minerals and energy resources

4.4.2.7 Petroleum and natural gas: onshore and offshore basins

Most of India's petroleum lies in tertiary sedimentary rocks of Assam, Gujarat, the Mumbai offshore and the east coast, but the country still imports the great majority of its crude.

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  • Advanced level
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Key terms

  • petroleum
  • Digboi
  • Mumbai High
  • Krishna-Godavari
  • refineries
  • Strategic Petroleum Reserve
  • natural gas
  • ONGC
  • Oil India

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