Ten people are missing as a result of an accident at the oil-gathering station #3 of the department on oil and gas output of Azneft Production Union, Azerbaijan’s state oil company SOCAR said in a message Dec. 15.

Search and rescue operation for the oil workers, who went missing as a result of the accident at the oil-gathering station #3 of the department on oil and gas output of Azneft Production Union, are hampered by strong winds, the press service of Azerbaijan Caspian Shipping CJSC said in a statement.

Azerbaijan Caspian Shipping CJSC took immediate actions right after receiving information about the accident in the Caspian Sea, said the statement.

According to the statement, the required vessels were sent to the accident site in cooperation with SOCAR and the Ministry of Emergency Situations.

Thirteen vessels of Azerbaijan Caspian Shipping CJSC were immediately sent to the site to search for the missing.

In constant coordination with SOCAR and the Ministry of Emergency Situations, the Crisis Group of CJSC is coordinating the operation of the vessels.

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13:31

Ten people are missing as a result of an accident at the oil-gathering station #3 of the department on oil and gas output of Azneft Production Union, Azerbaijan’s state oil company SOCAR said in a message Dec. 15.

Three vessels (Vikhr-5, Vikhr-8 and Svetlomor-2) and a helicopter of Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Emergency Situations, despite the adverse weather conditions, were involved in the search for the oil workers, who went missing as a result of the accident at the oil-gathering station #3 of the department on oil and gas output of Azneft Production Union, the ministry’s press service told APA.

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13:20

Accident in Caspian Sea: Six vessels sent to site

Azerbaijan’s State Maritime Administration has made a statement on the accident that took place in the Caspian Sea on Dec. 15 night.

According to information received by the National Center from Garadagh district port control inspectorate, strong wind blew away the tower of the NST-3 derrick on the Sangachal pier, Tural Museyibov, spokesman for the State Maritime Administration, told APA.



“After a careful consideration of the accident, the State Maritime Administration’s Long Range Identification and Tracing National Center informed all the concerned bodies. In consideration of possible search and rescue operations, vessels nearby—“Gultakin Asgarova”, “Vadim Seyidov”, and “Vikhr-5”—were sent to the site of accident,” said Museyibov.

In the second stage, the “Caspian Provider”, “Caspian Pride”, and “Lankəran” ships were deployed to the site to eliminate the consequences of the accident, he added.

Museyibov noted that the National Center is coordinating the processes of eliminating the consequences of the accident and searching for the people feared to have fallen into the sea.

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12:15

The search continues for the people feared to have gone missing as a result of an accident at the oil-gathering station #3 of the department on oil and gas output of Azneft Production Union, Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Emergency Situations told.

Vikhr-5 and Vikhr-8 vessels of the ministry are already at the scene.

Ten people are missing as a result of an accident at the oil-gathering station #3 of the department on oil and gas output of Azneft Production Union, Azerbaijan’s state oil company SOCAR said in a message on Dec. 15.

According to information, the accident occurred due to strong wind, which blew away a part of a flyover of the 150-meter long oil-gathering station. Meanwhile, the board attached to the flyover and a booth on it were also blown away.

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10:56

According to information, the accident occurred due to strong wind, which blew away a part of a flyover of the 150-meter long oil-gathering station. Meanwhile, the board attached to the flyover and a booth on it were also blown away.

According to the preliminary data, five people, who were on duty at the gathering station, and five people, who were in the booth, are missing.

Vessels of the Ministry of Emergency Situations and Azerbaijan Caspian Shipping CJSC are at the site; search and rescue work continues. The message also said that leadership of SOCAR, Ministry of Emergency Situations and Azneft are at the event site. A special group has been created to investigate the accident.

The list of missing employees of the Azneft Production Union:

1.Guloglan Zulfugarov – engineer

2. Azay Zulfugarov – operator

3. Vidadi Gurbanov – operator

4. Elchin Hasanov - mechanical engineer

5. Hasanagha Hajialiyev – operator

6. Ilham Gafarov – operator

7. Samir Asadov – operator

8. Javid Bahramov – operator

9. Ramiz Abbasov – engineer

10. Gorkhmaz Rustamov – operator

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