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FoundinNevyeliinTamilNadu.
                                 Bituminous:Mostpopularlyusedcoal.Usedinsmeltingironinblast
                                  furnaces.
                                 Anthracite: Highest qualitycoal.
                          FoundinDamodarvalley(WestBengal,Jharkhand).
                          Jharia,RaniganjandBokaroareimportantcoalfields.
                          CoalisalsofoundinMeghalaya,Assam,ArunachalPradeshetc.
                    Petroleum
                          Foundintherocksoftertiaryage.
                          63%petroleumcomesfromMumbaiHigh.
                          18%fromGujarat’sAnkleshwaroilfield.
                          16%fromAssam’sDigboi,NaharkatiyaandMoram–Hugrijanoilfields.
                          Digboi(Assam)istheoldestoilfieldofIndia.
                    NaturalGas
                          Environmentfriendlyowingtolowcarbondioxideemissions.
                          UsedasCNG(CompressedNaturalGas)invehicles.
                          Found in Krishna–
                             Godavari basin Gulf
                             ofCambay
                                Andaman and Nicobar
                                Islands Mumbai High
                          Transported throughpipelines.
                          Hazira–Vijaipur–Jagdishpuristhelongest(1700km)pipelinethattransportsnatural gas from
                             Hazira in Gujarat to Jagdishpur in UttarPradesh.
                    Electricity
                          Hydroelectricity: By the force ofwater.
                                BhakraNangal and Damodar valley projects generate hydroelectricity.
                          ThermalElectricity:Bycoal,petroleumornaturalgas.
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