Economy
Tea and oil are the major revenue earners for the district.
Dibrugarh has the world's largest area covered by tea gardens. The entire district is surrounded by tea plantations and has tea factories. Many tea gardens are more than 100 years old.
The world's oldest running oil refinery is situated in Digboi (Tinsukia District). The entire district has many oil and natural gas rigs owned by the Oil India Limited and Oil and Natural Gas Commission.
The headquarters of Oil India Limited is located in Duliajan, a town 50 km from Dibrugarh Town.
The majority of the population are occupied in farming of rice, sugar-cane, pulses, and fish farming.
Beside these many rice and oilseed mills exist. Also there are some coal mining and petroleum production industries.
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