Guwahati: CM Himanta Biswa Sarma raised Assam’s role in India’s energy story amid his election campaign, projecting the state as a powerhouse of oil and gas production even amid global volatility.
Amid hectic campaigning Sarma took to X and wrote, “India’s energy resilience is real. And Assam is at its core.”
He wrote that Assam-origin Oil India Limited (OIL) recorded its highest-ever daily oil and gas production of 1,47,159 BOE (barrels of oil equivalent ) on March 26, powered by the aggressive drilling of 73 wells, 300 workovers and improved operational efficiency across its fields.
He added, “What makes it even more impressive?… 80,060 barrels of crude oil were produced — marking the highest daily crude output in the past decade.”
“But this is not an isolated success. It reflects the broader momentum of India’s public sector energy ecosystem. From homegrown Numaligarh Refinery Limited to other PSUs, domestic energy capacity is expanding despite global headwinds,” he said.
He added that guided by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership “Assam continues to provide the ecosystem, infrastructure and policy support needed for exploration, production and refining to thrive and power India's energy security.”
Prabin Kalita is a journalist at The Times of India and is curren...
Read MorePrabin Kalita is a journalist at The Times of India and is currently the Chief of Bureau (northeast). He has been reporting in mainstream Indian national media since 2001. He has been a field journalist reporting gamut of issues from India’s northeastern region and major developments in neighbouring countries like Myanmar, China, Bhutan and Bangladesh concerning India and northeastern region. He has been covering insurgency—internal and cross-border, politics, natural calamities, environment etc. He is a post-graduate in Geological Sciences from Gauhati University.
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