Egyptian authorities say an oil-drilling ship capsized in the Gulf of Suez, killing at least four crewmen and leaving four ...

Founded in 1978, Maridive provides offshore marine and oil support services in the Mediterranean and Red Seas, North and West Africa, the Caspian Sea, and Latin America. It also manages activities in ...

Another said: 'I've been in the Caspian Sea with four [workers] to a room and shared bathrooms [in] worse state than that (holes in the floor/water leaks. You just get on with the job.' ...

The Iranian Mehr News Agency reported on September 30, 2012 that the National Iranian Oil Company announced it had begun drilling a second exploratory oil well in the Caspian Sea's deep waters, while ...

TEHRAN - Iran’s Oil Minister has ordered the resumption of exploratory drilling in the shallow waters of the Caspian Sea, ending a 30-year pause in operations. According to Shana news agency, the ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The Iranian oil minister issued a directive on Friday on petroleum exploration in the Caspian Sea after a nearly 30-year hiatus.

Neft Daşları or "Oil Rocks" was constructed in 1949 by Soviet leader Josef Stalin off the coast of Azerbaijan in the Caspian Sea. The rig originally consisted of just one drilling well and a ...

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These fuels have helped to drive and grow Azerbaijan's post-Soviet economy. The Caspian Sea, also referred to as the world's "biggest lake", is home to one of the most unusual oil rigs ever seen.

Why A Soviet-Era Oil Rig City Is Floating On Earth's Largest Lake Neft Daslari lies deep in the Caspian Sea, around 100 kilometres off the coast of Azerbaijan's capital Baku. Edited by: NDTV News ...

Others, including filmmaker Marc Wolfensberger, who documented Neft Daşları in the 2008 documentary "Oil Rocks: City Above the Sea," believe it could be transformed into a museum or heritage ...

Neft Daşları, which translates to “Oil Rocks,” is a tangle of oil wells and production sites connected by miles of bridges in the vastness of the Caspian Sea, the world’s largest lake.