First Caspian – Black Sea international conference started in Baku

The 1st Caspian – Black Sea international conference on the theme “Industrial safety, combating offshore and onshore oil spills” opened in Baku today and will run two days. The representatives of the Ministries of Emergency Situations and Ecology and Natural Resources, oil companies, government agencies, international organizations, Kazakhstan, UK and other countries attend the conference.

Deputy Emergency Situations Minister Faig Tagizade spoke about the measures taken to combat oil spills in Azerbaijan. He said Azerbaijan joined the international convention on combating oil pollution, Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan signed an action plan on combating oil pollution in August, 2011.

Chief Adviser to  the Emergency Situations Ministry Ilkin Kengerli spoke about the ministry’s role in eliminating the consequences of the oil spill disasters. He gave information about the activity of the ministry’s Caspian Basin Accident Rescue Service. Noting that the service was founded in 1959, he 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.


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