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Buy and subsribe here Junior science refresher published this article page no 23 mumbai high which lies 160 km off mumbai was discovered in 1973 and production commenced in 1976. oil and natural gas have been found in exploratory wells in krishna-godavari and kaveri basin on the east coast. oil extracted from the wells is crude oil and contains many impurities. it cannot be used directly. it needs to be refined. there are two types of refineries in india a field based and b market based. digboi is an example of field based and barauni is an example of market based refinery. there are 21 refineries in india as on june 2011 .identify the states in which these are located. natural gas the gas authority of india limited was set up in 1984 as a public sector undertaking to transport and market natural gas. it is obtained alongwith oil in all the oil fields but exclusive reserves have been located along the eastern coast as well as tamil nadu odisha and andhra pradesh tripura rajasthan and off-shore wells in gujarat and Maharashtra junior science refresher magazine latest edition.