Azerbaijan Prepared for Spill on Caspian Sea

Azerbaijan has all the necessary facilities to prevent emergency situations connected with extracting hydrocarbons in the Caspian Sea, according to the country's deputy Minister for Emergency Situations, Faig Taghizadeh, speaking at the 'Industrial safety in the energy industry: Oil spills on land and sea' conference held in Baku on 21st and 22nd November 2011. 

 

Particularly, the ministry has eleven ships to respond emergencies at the sea, with seven designed to extinguish fires. The Ministry has amphibious aircraft and helicopters. Thus, the agency has all the necessary equipment, vehicles and technology to prevent emergency situations on production platforms in cases of wells flowing.

 

According to Taghizadeh, the Ministry is actively engaged in cooperation in this field with Kazakhstan and Russia. A system is established to respond such emergencies in the Caspian Sea in cooperation with the Kazakh and Russian sides.