Yesterday SOCAR put into operation the swimming pool for the training rescue operations in Training Centre for Protection of Human Life in Sea in Baku.
The Centre is owned by SOCAR’s Department for Education, Training and Certification.
SOCAR’s President Rovnag Abdullayev, Minister of Emergency Situations Kamaladdin Heydarov and SOCAR’s high-ranking officials took part at the ceremony of putting of the swimming pool into operation.
The length of the new pool is 50 meters, the width is 21 meters, the depth of the water is between 1.5 to 4 meters. Various equipment imitating rescue operations has been installed in the pool.
Over 20,000 people a year could be trained in the Centre, of whom 10,000-12,000 ones are SOCAR’s employees and the remaining ones are employees of BP and other companies as well as specialists of the Ministry of Emergency Situations.
Economics
-
Turkey is in talks with the United States seeking an exemption from sanctions imposed on Russia’s Gazprombank, a key financial institution for energy transactions, to maintain gas payments to Russia, Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar said on Tuesday.
-
Kazakhstan is charting an ambitious course to transform its oil export infrastructure, aiming to increase annual shipments via the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline by more than thirteenfold—from the current 1.5 million tons to an estimated 20 million tons. The bold strategy, presented by Energy Minister Almasadam Satkaliyev during a parliamentary session, underscores Kazakhstan’s intent to become a major player in the energy supply chain stretching from Central Asia to Europe.
-
Two new vice presidents have been appointed at BP's Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Turkey (AGT) region division, according to a press release from BP-Azerbaijan.
-
Data on Azerbaijan's oil exports for January-October 2024 reveals a significant drop in both volume and value compared to the same period last year, highlighting the challenges facing the oil-dependent economy. The country exported 495,484.05 tons of oil products worth $309.02 million, a decrease of 40.3% in value and 40.7% in volume compared to 2023, when exports totaled 925,225.07 tons worth $572.21 million.
Leave a review