Caspian Sea Oil Platforms

The Caspian Sea is home to a significant number of offshore oil platforms, particularly in the waters controlled by Azerbaijan. These platforms are central to the country's oil and gas industry and have a long history dating back to the Soviet era.

The world's first offshore oil platform, Neft Daşları (Oil Rocks), was built here in 1949, setting a global precedent for offshore drilling. Azerbaijan's major oil platforms today include fields like Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli (ACG), one of the largest offshore oil fields in the Caspian, and Shah Deniz, which is known for its natural gas production.

These platforms extract oil and gas from beneath the Caspian Sea, often in challenging environments, and are crucial to Azerbaijan's economy, supplying energy domestically and for export to international markets. The development of pipelines such as the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) ensures the transportation of Caspian oil to global markets. Today, Caspian oil platforms continue to be a key driver in the region's energy security and global oil supply.