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If the latest report from UNI via The Shillong Times and North East Watch is true, Mizoram could well be sitting on a huge oil reserve. The report says, Mizoram, a mountainous state of the Northeast India, believed to have been formed out of ‘Tectonic Evolution of the Indian Continent,’ is literally floating on a vast oil field.

Mizoram, including parts of the neighbouring states, is believed to be literally floating on huge unexplored hydrocarbon reserves, Dr H Lallenmawia, joint director of geology & mining wing under the state’s industries department, told UNI here on Sunday, adding ,” The geographical condition with which Mizoram is believed to have been formed determines the high potential in crude oil.

The geologist informed that Mizoram falls under category number one or ‘proven commercial productivity zone’ which roughly estimates there could be about 170 million metric tonnes of untapped crude reserves.

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