Republican Seismological Service Center (RSSC) of the National Academy of Sciences (ANAS), has started installation of seismic stations in the Azerbaijani sector of Caspian Sea, according to the press service of RSSC.
An American company 'Kinemetriks', arrived in Baku, being accompanied by representative of the RSSC, Gurban Yetirmishli, they visited offshore platforms of which the bottom seismic stations will be installed.
In the coming months, these bottom seismic stations are to be installed on the oil and gas fields of Umid, Bahar and Guneshli, with the preliminary stages of American specialists will be taking part in the installation of the stations. It is planned that future such stations will be installed by the employees of the Center. To date, there are no other bottom seismic stations in any of the CIS countries, according to the same source.
It is not reported what will be the commission of these stations, if they may have a dual function or only to monitor the seismic activity. -02D-
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