Neft Daslari
First oil 1949, offshore Azerbaijan, an industrial town built on steel trestles.
Overview
Oil Rocks was the first offshore oil platform complex of its scale, built in the Caspian Sea about 100 km from Baku. Its long network of trestle roads and housing blocks grew into a town on stilts at sea. Much of the structure has decayed, but production continues.
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