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.

transcript. Caspian Sea Oil-Rig Fire An oil platform off the coast of Azerbaijan continued to burn on Monday, raising the risk of a spill, as rescuers tried to reach workers there.

A fire on a Caspian Sea oil rig that killed as many as 30 workers was still burning on Wednesday, over two months after a storm ruptured a gas line sparking the fire.

Images of a massive explosion in the Caspian Sea likely show a 'mud volcano,' authorities said. Videos were widely shared on social media showing a huge fire plume. The nearby oil and gas rigs ...

The littoral Caspian Sea states are keen to develop their offshore hydrocarbon resources and estimates forecast an aggregate production rate by 2015 of as much as 140mn-160mn tons/year of crude oil ...

A fire on a Caspian Sea oil rig that killed at least two people continued to burn out of control as authorities searched for some 30 workers still missing, Azerbaijan authorities said.

Caspian Sea oil rig fire: 31 feared dead in Azerbaijan fire Close. At least 31 people are feared to have died in a fire on an oil rig off the coast of Azerbaijan.

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.

MOSCOW - A fire on an oil platform in the Caspian Sea burned Monday for a fourth day, while the Azerbaijani company that operates the site warned that the fire could spread to the oil wells that ...