Since its inception, ONGC has been instrumental in transforming the countrys limited upstream sector into a large viable playing field, with its activities spread throughout India and significantly in overseas territories. In the inland areas, ONGC not only found new resources in Assam but also established new oil province in Cambay basin (Gujarat),while adding new petroliferous areas in the Assam-Arakan Fold Belt and East coast basins (both inland and offshore).