The Oil Rocks (Neft Dashlari) (Azerbaijani: Neft Daşları) was the first oil platform in the world. It was built in 1947 as an exercise of Soviet and Azeri ambition. The Oil Rocks lies 45-50km offshore on the Caspian Sea and extracts oil from the shallow water portion of the Absheron geological trend. The most unique feature of the Oil Rocks is that it is actually a functional city with a population of about 5000 and over 200km of streets built on piles of dirt and landfill. Most of the inhabitants work on shifts; a week on Oil Rocks followed by a week on the shore. The small city includes shops, school, library, etc. After almost 60 years the Oil Rocks is still quite unique as the world's first and largest oil platform. An oil platform is a large structure used to house workers and machinery needed to drill and then produce oil and natural gas in the ocean. ... State motto (Russian): Пролетарии вÑех Ñтран, ÑоединÑйтеÑÑŒ! (Transliterated: Proletarii vsekh stran, soedinyaytes!) (Translated: Workers of the world, unite!) Capital Moscow Official language None; Russian (de facto) Government Federation of Socialist republics Area - Total - % water 1st before collapse 22,402,200 km² Approx. ... Motto: None Anthem: AzÉ™rbaycan Respublikasının DövlÉ™t Himni Capital Baku Largest city Baku Official language(s) Azerbaijani Government President Prime Minister Representative democracy Ilham Aliyev Artur Rasizade Independence - Declared - Formerly From the Soviet Union August 30, 1991 Azerbaijan SSR Area • Total • Water (%) 86,600 km² (112th... Caspian Sea viewed from orbit The Caspian Sea is a landlocked endorheic sea between Asia and Europe (European Russia). ...
The facility is poorly maintained, with miles of roads now submerged beneath sea. Around some worker's dormitories, the waterline now stands at the second-floor windows. Although fully one-third of the Oil Rocks complex’s 600 wells are inoperative or inaccessible, operations have continued without a significant increase in investment. The site, despite its imperfections, still produces over half of the Republic of Azerbaijan’s total crude oil output. The Azerbaijani government has striven to attract foreign investment into Oily Rocks, resulting in several new additions being grafted onto the existing structure.
Several action sequences in the 1999 film The World is Not Enough are set in the Oil Rocks. The World Is Not Enough is the nineteenth official James Bond film made by EON Productions and the third to star Pierce Brosnan as Ian Flemings secret agent, James Bond. ...
References
Hoffman, David I. "Oil and Development in Post-Soviet Azerbaijain NBR Analysis. 10.3 (August, 1999): 6.
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