Naharkatia and Moran
• Naharkatia is a town and a town area committee in Dibrugarh district in Assam. It is well known for petroleum and gas reserves. Earlier, Duliajan, the head office town of Oil India Limited was in its circle.
• Moran is located about 40 km south-west of Naharkatiya. Oil at Moran- Hugrijan field was discovered in 1953 and production started in 1956. Drilling has proved an oil bearing Barail horizon at a depth of 3,355 metre. Moran s potential may be estimated at one million tonnes per annum.
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