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Digboi (oil)

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Digboi in Assam is India's oldest oilfield and the site of its oldest refinery (1901).

Oil was struck at Digboi in 1889, and the refinery, started in 1901, is one of the oldest in the world still running.

The town is in Tinsukia district of upper Assam, and IndianOil now operates the refinery.

Digboi has an oil museum and an old oil field that is often called the oldest in Asia.

The field is still producing small amounts of oil.

The refinery was modernised to make high-quality products.

Digboi is part of the Assam–Arakan basin.

The town has a golf course built for oil company staff.

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Assam; site of Asia's oldest operating oil refinery (1901).

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