Name the state known as the 'Oil Bowl of India' due to abundant crude oil production?
Assam
Assam is correct.
Assam is called the 'Oil Bowl of India'. Oil was struck at Digboi in 1889, and the Digboi refinery (1901) is the oldest operating refinery in Asia. The Upper Assam basin, with fields at Digboi, Naharkatiya, Moran and Lakwa, remains an important onshore oil-producing region.
Gujarat (Ankleshwar, Kalol) and Rajasthan (the Barmer fields) are also major producers, and Andhra Pradesh has the Krishna-Godavari basin, but the historic sobriquet 'Oil Bowl of India' belongs to Assam.
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