Rajasthan Becomes 2nd Largest Crude Oil Producer in India

Rajasthan Becomes 2nd Largest Crude Oil (कच्चा तेल) Producer in India

Rajasthan Governor Kalyan Singh announced on February 23, 2017 that Rajasthan has become the second largest crude oil producer in India. The oilfields(तेल क्षेत्र)  in the state were producing nearly 90 lakh tones oil annually which accounted(हिसाब)  for 24 percent of the total domestic crude oil

production.  On the other hand, the Bombay High, an offshore (अपतटीय) oilfield of Mumbai is the largest producer of crude oil in India which accounts for half of the domestic oil production.