An accident happened on Platform No 41 in the offshore field Alat-Deniz at the Oil and Gas Extracting Department (OGED) named after Nariman Narimanov of the state oil company (SOCAR) on the evening of January 4. The bottom of a tank with diesel fuel collapsed.
No one was hurt. According to SOCAR, a temporary tank was installed as a result of the measures taken to ensure the platform's power supply.
The company also noted that the contents of the tank did not spill due to the measures taken.
This is the fourth emergency at SOCAR facilities in the past month.
On December 15 an overpass collapsed at the oil gathering station No 3 of the same OGED named after Narimanov, causing ten oil workers to fall into the sea. They could not be saved.
On 27 December and 2 January, explosions occurred on the main pipeline in Sangachal. -06D--
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During search and operational activities, on January 30 at 11:20, 16.4 kg of drugs were discovered and seized in the area of the "Geytapa" border post, located on the Iran-Azerbaijan border. According to the Azerbaijan Border Service, this prevented an attempt to smuggle into Azerbaijan 11.3 kg of marijuana, 5.1 kg of opium, and 1,990 methadone M-40 pills from Iran.
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Cold, windy weather is expected on 5 February, forecasters said. Northwestern winds of up to 20 metres per second will blow in the capital and across much of the country.
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Filming within a polling station without the citizen's consent may be stopped. According to local media reports, this issue was discussed by Mazahir Panahov, the Chairman of the Central Election Commission (CEC), on February 1.
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On February 4, the weather in Baku will be changeable, with no precipitation. There will be fog in some areas in the morning and evening. A moderate southwest wind will blow. The air temperature at night will be between +4°C and +7°C, and during the day, it will range from +8°C to +13°C. The humidity will be 70-80%.
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