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Baku hosts 1st Caspian â€“ Black Sea international conference on â€œIndustrial safety, combating offshore and onshore oil spillsâ€

21 November 2011 08:25 (UTC +04:00)

APA reports that the conference will last for two days. The representatives of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources, oil companies, government agencies, international organizations, Kazakhstan, UK and other countries are attending the conference.

Deputy Minister of Emergency Situations Faig Tagizadeh spoke about the measures taken to combat oil spills in Azerbaijan. Deputy Minister said Azerbaijan joined the international convention on combating oil pollution, Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan signed an action plan on combating oil pollution in August, 2011.
Faig Tagizadeh said the Ministry of Emergency Situations has got 11 ships to combat oil spills in the Caspian Sea, 7 ships to extinguish fire in the oil platforms and other infrastructures.
Senior adviser of the Ministry of Emergency Situations Ilkin Kengerli spoke about the ministryâ€™s role in eliminating the consequences of the oil spill disasters. He gave information about the activity of the ministryâ€™s Caspian Basin Accident Rescue Service. Noting that the service was founded in 1959, the ministryâ€™s representative said 19 successful operations were carried out to eliminate the consequences of the oil spills. He said the service has all necessary equipment to prevent the offshore oil spills. It was noted that the Ministry of Emergency Situations held a number of trainings together with the companies functioning in Azerbaijan and foreign partners.
The recent training was held in the platform of Lukoil company in the north of the Caspian Sea with the participation of the representatives of ministries of emergency situations of Azerbaijan, Russia and Kazakhstan in September.