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About Digboi Tourism
Also
known as the ‘OilCity of Assam’ Digboi is famous for it oil
fields and petroleum refineries. In fact this is where the first oil well in Asia was drilled. Digboi has the distinction of being the
oldest continuously functioning oil well in India and the country’s first
refinery was started here in 1901. At present oil production is very low,
however, compared to other oil-wells in India. But it is the history and
tradition that make this town significant, which is almost like a living museum
on the subject of oil exploration and production.
Sightseeing Highlights
Digboi
oil-field has been declared a NationalOilPark as it houses an
oil museum and a wildlife sanctuary as well. You can visit the ‘Discovery Well’
completed in 1889 AD and see other memorabilia connected with those early days
of oil exploration. You can explore the surrounding forests by jeep, where you
may see herds of elephants
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