1. INDUSTRIAL INSTALLATIONS IN SUMGAIT 2. THE PETROLEUM INDUSTRY IN AZERBAYDZHAN SSR

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
Tlii$ materlal contains information affecting the National Defense of the United states within the meaning of the Espionage Laws, Title
18 C. Secs. 793 and 794, the transmission or revelation of which in any manner to an unauthorized person is prohibited by law.
COUNTRY USSR (Azerbaydzhan SSR)_
SUBJECT 1. Industrial Installations in Sumgait DATE DISTR. 29 January 1959
2. The Petroleum Industry in
Azerbaydzhan SSR NO. PAGES 2
DATE OF
INFO.
PLACE &
DATE ACQ.
Attachment 1: A seven-page report on industrial installations in Sumgait
1i0-33, E 4+9-377, which includes information on a pipe mill, an aluminum
plant, a structural steel plant, a.chemical plant, and other installations.
Attachment 2: A nine-gage report on.oil prospecting in the Azerbaydzhan SSR,
which includes informatxion on the areas in which deep ;exploratory drilling
was conducted and the results obtained.
Attachment 3: A five-page report on the shortage of water in Baku and the
Baku water supply installations.
Attachment 5: A seven-page repo--"t describing the oil fields on Artem
Island.
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Azerbaydzhan.SSR.
Attachment 7: A one-page report on the decrease in the level.of the
Caspian Sea.
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INDUSTRIAL INSTALLATIONS IN SUMGAIT, AZ' BJ I J!N SSR
zavod, usually referred to as BTZ.
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Batinskiy Truboprokatnyy Zavod. This place was located approximately four kilo-
meters southwest of Sumgait and some six kilometers (as the crow flies) from the
sea shore. The director of the plant was Engineer (fnu) MAMEDOV and his deputy
was (fnu) AERASLANOV. The plant consisted of the following shops
a. Foundry (liteynyy tsekh). For production of steel and cast iron.
It was equipped with two electric melting stoves, one for steel and the other
for the cast iron. Approximately 350 workers on one shift in this shop.
b. Blooming Shop (blyuming). Approximately 150 workers on one shift.
c. A shop referred to as "Martin" which was actually a smelting shop.
Approximately 200 workers on a shift. There were four Martin furnaces with
stacks 75 meters high.
d. Rolling Mill (prokatnyy tsekh). For the manufacture of iron and
steel pipes of diameters z inch, 3/4 inch, and 7/8 inch, and larger. Some
of these pipes were manufactured for the oil industry. Approximately 350
workers on one shift.
With the exception of the blooming shop which was completed at the end of 1956,
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the BTZ started operation in-1952. Until 1949, a large number of German PW's
from a PW camp referred to as Pervyy Poselok worked on the construction of this
plant. When the blooming shop was completed in 1956, the BTZ has approximately
9000 workers.
2. From 1949 on, simultaneously with the work on BTZ, the Stal'konstruktsiya
was engaged on the construction of the aluminum plant.
The aluminum plant (abbreviation SAZ which allegedly stands for
Sumgait Alyuminievyy Zavod) was located approximately one kilometer northeast of
BTZ and about 5 kilometers from the Caspian shore. The plant was completed and
started operation in January 1956 manufacturing aluminum blocks (kirpichi) of
approximately 30 x 10 x 5 centimeters. These blocks were of two types: pervyy
and ftoroy sort. The first were allegedly made of a refined aluminum and had a
clean, shiny appearance; the second were of rough aluminum, much rougher in
appearance, and dull in color. Approximately 3000 workers were employed at the
aluminum plant. there were three shops in this plant:
a. A shop :::] where aluminum coming in by rail
was processed. When the processed ore came out of the shop, it had the
appearance of ground clinkers in the form of sand of a light yellow color.
b. Melting Shop (plavil'nyy tsekh). This shop was equipped with 24
electric melting stoves 4 x 3 x 2 meters in size. There was one concrete
bride
stack 110 meters high. There were also two Rxikx k cranes, one 15=ton and
the other of 10-ton capacity. Processed ore from the first shop came to the
melting shop in electridally driven vans.
C. Molding Shop (formovochnyy tsekh). The melted aluminum from the
melting shop was taken here in cylindrical containers of one meter in diameter
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and 12 meters high, brought here by electrically driven vans. Two conveyor
type forming machines made aluminum bricks in this shop. There was a
laboratory attached to this shop where incoming melting ore was analyzed and
other examinations made. There was supposed to be one more shop in this
plant, the construction of which started in 1949 but was discontinued when
half-finished in 1955.
this shop was later transferred
and finished somewhere in the vicinity of Tbilisi, allegedly about 7 kilometers
from the city. Quite often the town of Rustavi was mentioned
as the location of this shop.
Sumgait Mostovaya Konstruktsiya or Montazhnaya Konstruktsiya, was located some
3. A plant always referred to by the abbreviation "SMK," which may stand for
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were sent to Tbilisi in 1957, allegedly to work on the assembly
of this shop.
6 kilometers due south of Sumgait.
there were two bridge cranes of 3-ton capacity and quite a number of electrically
work was done and the machinery was covered by tarpaulins.
erected and the plant operated in the open. In rainy weather and on cold days, no
The plant director was (fnu) SIl%
engineer was Ivan Vasil'yevich (lnu). At that time no buildings had yet been
operated punching, pressing, and drilling machines, cutters and hammers.
various parts for s t egl bridges and other items such as steel doors,
window frames, gas and oil cylindrical tanks of 5, 25, and 50 cubic meter capacity
were manufactured in this plant.
The 142nd chemical plant (khim zavod). This plant was located some 6 kilo-
meters southeast of Sumgait. It was allegedly an old plant already in operation in
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18-ton capacity railroad freight tanks left this plant daily. In 1955 one of
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one product of this plant was a green liquid acid which
would be used for cleaning metals prior to soldering. Approximately 50 to 60
these tanks exploded--it was rumored that some air had gotten into it.
the chief engineer was (fnu
This plant was always referred to as
classified (zasekrechennaya) and a worker knew only what was done in his own
shop and nothing about the other shops in the plant.
Karadag. This plant was located on the Caspian shore some 6 or 8 kilometers from
5. A plant referred to as "SK" (Spirt Kombinat ?) which produced alcohol.
from oil gasses brought to the plant by pipe line from Baku, Kishly, and allegedly
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This plant allegedly supplied current to all plants in and around Sumgait, Nasosnyy,25X1
hours. It had 6 metal stacks 50 meters high and one concrete stack 110 meters high.
on fuel oil (mazut), consuming 18 to 20 freight car loads of fuel oil every 24
Caspian one kilometer north of SK. This plant used Caspian sea water and operated
6. A thermal electric power plant referred to as Tokzavod, located on the
110 to 120-meter high concrete stack.
and at least partially to Baku. It was guarded by MVD guards.
7. An unidentified installation in the open approximately one kilometer
west of SK. In 1950 or 1951, 12 ball-shaped tanks approximately 9 meters in diameter
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made out of 16-millimeter steel plates, arrived in dismantled form at this spot
from Czechoslovakia. Twelve reinforced concrete blocks 4 x 4 x 0.8 meters were
later prepared for these tanks to be placed on. Steel plates 4 x 4 x 0.1 meters
were put on top of the reinforced concrete blocks. Later, in 1956 or the begin-
ning of 1957, three of these tanks were assembled, their components electrically
welded, and placed on the concrete blocks. The tank bottoms were welded to the
steel plates on the concrete blocks. All this was done by an engineer and several
welders who came from Moscow for this specific purpose. After the assembling was
completed, the tanks were provided, by means of acetylene torches, with square
openings approximately 0.8 x 0.8. The exact purpose of the tanks was either unknown
to Stal'konstruktsiya engineers or they were forbidden to reveal it.
Approximately in January 1957, a wooden box 0.4 x 0.4 x 0.2 meters, completely
covered with impregnanted canvass, arrived from Moscow.
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However, there
were many rumors among Stal'konstruktsiya employees that this box contained the test-
ing device and materials mentioned.above. The term "two-phased" (dvukhfaznyy) material
aggregate component or something similar was often mentioned in this connection.
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Whenever they handled this box, which originally arrived inside a second wooden
boxl
workers
had to put on special impregnanted suits, shoes, gloves, and wear gas masks which
came for that purpose from the 142nd chemical plant. Since no testing expert was
available at Stal'konstruktsiya, it asked for a volunteer who, according to instruc-
tions received from some unknown organization in Moscow, would have to be sent to
Moscow for three months' training. The test work was always referred to by workers
as "extremely dangerous," therefore, it was difficult to find a volunteer in spite
of the fact that a large monetary bonus was connected with this task. Finally, an
employee by the name of Petro (lnu) volunteered and went to Moscow. He was sup-
posed to be back in October 1957, when the test was to take place. In the meantime,
the testing box was placed in a hole one meter deep in the ground in the vicinity
of SMK. Several signs reading: "DANGER ZONE - KEEP OUT" were placed around this
spot. According to further rumors, when time for the test came, the testing box
would be taken out of its present place and put in one of the tanks. The device
in the box would then be connected by a transformer and switch to a 380 volt, three-
phase, alternating current, lire located about one kilometer from the tank. By
being connected to the power line, the device in the box would bring about an ex-
plosion of the contents of the box. If the tank resisted the explosion, it would
be accepted by the Stak'konstruktsiya commission. However, there was considerable
doubt that the tank would resist the explosion, in which case the extremely strong
light from the explosion could harm the eyesight of those in the vicinity of the tank.
since the tanks were placed in the
immediate vicinity of SK, they were eventually supposed to be incorporated into
that plant,
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why nothing was done with these
tanks for some five or six years as they were stored from 1950 to 1957 in dis-
mantled form,
no instructions for the assembly and testing were
received from Moscow until late 1956 or early 1957.
8. A project for the construction of an automotive vehicle plant
(avtomobil'nyy zavod). Sometime in 1956, blue prints for the construction of
an automotive vehicle plant on a site approximately two kilometers east of the
aluminum plant were received by the Staltkonstruktsiya administration. Among
other types of vehicles, the plant was supposed to manufacture dump trucks. F
The excava-
tion on the proposed site started in July 1957. No further information available.
9. Quite often during the past few years some of the Sumgait industrial
installations have been shown to various satellite delegations coming to the Soviet
Union. In 1955 and 1956 a~-Czech and a Romanian delegation were taken to the
Sumgait aluminum planta.nd BTZ.
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DEEP OIL PROSPECTING IN THE AZERBAIJAN SSR
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I. Mir-Bashir prospecting area.
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1. At the end of 1948, the Kirovabad Neft'razvedka Trust of the organiza-
tion Ob'yedineniye Azneft' in Baku (later renamed Ministry of Oil Industry,
Azer SSR) launched deep prospecting in the Mir-Bashir rayon in the immediate
vicinity of Terter (14020 N - 4655 E). For this purpose, a deep prospecting
unit called kontora bureniya duzlag was transferred from Duzlag, Yevlakh Rayon,
to Terter. Director of this kontora was oil engineer Aga Salim MMEDOV. Chief
engineer was Abdullah IDRIZOV, and the chief geologist Ayub ALIYEV.
2. Kontora duzlag had nine stands (stanki), each of which was composed
of two pumps of type U-8-3 (manufactured by some unidentified Ural plant) with
a capacity of 24 liters/sec., and hose diameter 6 3/4 inch pressure up to 120 -
130 atmospheres. Two tank diesel motors, 12 cylinders, 30 horsepower, type
V2-300; one windlass (levedka) Uralmash, 130 ton capacity, and two 12-cylinder,
30 horsepower, type V2-300 diesel motors for windlass and drilling; one
decellerator (reduktor) Uralmash; one fly wheel rotor with an inside diameter
of 24 inches, and a tower construction 41 meters high.. Each stand had a. drill-
ing crew referred to as burovaya brigada composed of 24 men as follows:
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drilling foreman
machinist
mechanic (slesar')
drillers (buril'shchik)
assistant drillers
top tower workers (verkhovoy)
surface workers (rabochiy)
motor operators (motorist)
lubricator (maslenshchik)
The. work was done in three 8-hour shifts. In specialty groups having four
men assigned (such as 4 drillers) the extra man was used as a replacement
in case of accident, sickness, or leave.
3. Deep prospecting in the area of Terter was conducted from the end of
1948 to January 1951.
the kontora drilled 18 wells here, 16 of which produced oil. Only
two, No's. 9 and 11, proved to be dry. No's. 5 and 6 were the richest,
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a. Well No. 8. 22 kilometers north of Terter. Based on results of
previous limited depth prospecting conducted in that area, structural charts
(strukturnaya karta) were prepared by the responsible limited depth prospect-
ing unit. From the data on these charts and mathematical formulas used for
this purpose, the Kirovabad Neft'razvedka set 1800 meters as the prospecting
depth of this well. Drilling started in June and by the beginning of October
1950 a 1750 meter depth was reached and oil was found. Detailed organization
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of the drilling work was as follows:
(1) Five meters were dug by hand, and a 7-meter long pipe with
an 18-inch inside diameter, referred to as napravlyayushchaya, was
lowered into the pit and sealed in place with concrete
(2) Following this, a 343-meter well was drilled with a 17 3/4
inch, 3 cutter drill (trekhsharoshkovoye doloto). This took approxi-
mately three days. When completed, a 350-meter long jig (konduktor)
with a 14-inch inside diameter was installed and cemented.
next
(3) The xa 950 meters was drilled with a 13 3/4 inch,
3 cutter drill, and the depth of 1300 meters was reached. This took
20 to 25 days. Then a tekhnicheskaya kolonna 1300 meters long with a
10 inch inner diameter was installed and cemented.
(4) The last 450 meters was drilled with a 9 3/4 inch, 3 cutter
drill, and oil was found. This took approximately two months. Then a
ekspluatatsionnaya kolonna 1750 meters long with a 6 inch inside diameter
was installed and cemented.
After all the above was completed, the well was handed over to the
controlling section (oprobovannaya kontora) of the Kirovabad Neft'
Razvedka which, after dropping a torpedo unit (torpedirovat') into the
well, started the exploitation. The initial daily output of this
gusher was approximately 80 tons.
b. Well No. 19. Located approximately two kilometers north of Terter,
west of the Terter-Yevlakh highway. Work started at the beginning of October
and was completed on 5 November 1950.
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was found. Details of the drilling were similar to those mentioned for
well No. 8 except:
(1) The 17 3/4 inch drill was used for 150 meters and a 150-
meter long jig with a 14-inch inside diameter was installed.
(2) The next 850 meters was drilled with a 13 3/4 inch drill
and a 1000-meter long tekhnicheskaya kolona with a 10-inch inside
diameter was installed.
(3) The last 500 meters was drilled with a 9 3/4 inch drill and
a. 1500-meter long ekspluatatsionnaya kolonna with a 6-inch inside
diameter was installed. Initial output of this gusher was 90 tons a
day.
c. -Ve11 No. 5. Located approximately 700 - 800 meters east of well
No. 19. Work started on 7 November 1950 and was completed in 25 days. The
assigned depth was 1600 meters. Similar to the procedures described above,
partial well depths were 6, 250, 1200, and 1600 meters. A gusher came in at
the 1600-meter depth. Initial daily output was approximately 95 tons.
4. exploitation of the Nair-Bashir oil fields is
still going on. The exploitation is conducted by the Kirovabad Neft'razvedka Trust
in Baku, an organization of the Ministry of Oil Industries, Azerbaijan SSR.
II. Palantukn-Kassemn prospecting area.
1. Deep oil prospecting in this area, which belongs to Safaraliyev Rayon
(lo kilometers northeast of Kirovabad) started on 25 January 1951, The Palantukn-
Kasseman prospecting unit (kontora razvedka) was entrusted with this task, and was
subordinate to the Kirovabad Neft'razvedka. The prospecting area was approximately
five kilometers west of Yenikend on the Kura River. Director of the prospecting unit
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was Engineer Agadzhan MUSTAFAYEV, the chief engineer was Yusuf SHIRINOV, and the
chief geologist was `.Lomig (lnu).
2. This prospecting unit had three stands organized and equipped similarly
to those of Duzlag Kontora (see Part I of this report). Three wells were prepared
as follows:
a. Well No. 1. Assigned depth was 1500 meters. However, at 1121
meters hot salt water could not be eliminated and this prevented further
drilling. The well was abandoned.
b. Well No. 3. Assigned depth was 3250 meters. Maximum depth achieved
was 2800 meters. Further drilling was impossible because of a broken drill.
For over 30 days unsuccessful efforts were made to extract the broken drill,
and finally the well was abandoned.
c. Well No. 4.
oil was not found and
abandoned.
3. Work was completed and the area at least temporarily abandoned in
September 1951. Sporadic efforts were made in 1952 and 1953 on well No. 4 without
any productive results.
III. Barda (4024 N - 4710 E) prospecting area.
1. Deep oil prospecting in this area started in October 1951. The prospect-
ing unit (kontora bureniya shirvanli) of Kirovabad Neft'razvedka was in charge of
the prospecting. The kontora was stationed in Barda. The chief was Engineer
Alagber ASKEROV, chief engineer was Petr Zakharovich PROTASOV, and the chief
geologist was (fnu) RASULOV.
2. This prospecting unit had seven stands.
a. Well No. 6. Assigned depth was 1200 meters. The first 900 meters
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was drilled with a 13 3/4 inch drill, from there to a depth of 1200 meters
a 9 3/4 inch drill was used. At that depth oil was found. Initial daily
output is unknown.
b. Well No. 4. Assigned depth was 2500 meters. Drilling started with
a 17 3/4 inch drill which was used to the depth of 500 meters, it continued
with a 13 3/4 inch drill to the depth of 1500 meters, and subsequent drilling
was with a 9 3/4 inch drill to the depth of 2200 meters when a mel layer was
hit. The well was abandoned in March 1952.
3. Approximately 20 wells were drilled in this area and some of them pro-
duced oil. However, the quantity was not sufficient to justify their exploitation
and the area was allegedly abandoned in 1952.
IV. Agdzhabedi-Zhdanovak prospecting area.
There were two zones in this area--one in the vicinity of Agdzhabedi, approxi-
mately 50 kilometers ENE of that town, and the other was close to Zhdanovak (3948 N
4736 E). Deep prospecting started sometime in 1952. The Agdzhabedi-Zhdanovak
prospecting unit (kontora-razvedka) was in charge of the prospecting. Unit chief
was Engineer Abdullah IDRIZOV; chief engineer - Petr Zakharovich PROTASOV; and the
chief geologist - (fnu) KASIMOV. Five wells were drilled in the Agdzhabedi zone
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TToil was found in the Zhdanovak zone. Prospecting in the Agdzhabedi
zone was allegedly unsuccessful.
V. Duvannyy prospecting area.
This area was approximately 60 kilometers southwest of Baku (no coordinates
available for Duvannyy). Deep prospecting started here sometime in 1953 by the
Sovetabad-Tuva prospecting unit, which was transferred to Duvannyy from Sovetabad
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unit chief was Ayub MADZHIDOV; chief engineer, Leon PORTNOY; and the name of
the chief geologist is unknown.
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this area has not yet been completed. In mid-1957, some 60 to 70 prospecting wells
on this particular well started in April 1954. The prospecting depth was 2000
meters. The first 450 meters was drilled with a 17 3/4 inch drill, the following
950 with a 13 3/4 inch, and the last 600 by a 9 3/4 inch drill. An oil gusher
came in at 2000 meters. Initial daily output was 200 tons. After seven days this
yield was reduced to 120 tons a day.
VI. Ali-Bayramli prospecting area.
The Ali-Bayramli (3955 N - 4856 E) prospecting area was opened sometime in
1953 and prospecting was conducted by Kontora No. 3, Azmorneftrazvedka, stationed
in Ali-Bayramli.
was Engineer All Yula MAMEDOV; chief engineer - Nariman SAFAROV; and chief geologist
was Marred RASULOV. The approximate number of prospecting wells in this area in mid-
1957 was 70. Partial exploitation started here in 1956 by Neftechala Trust, an
organization of Azmorneftrazvedka, and the prospecting is allegedly still going on.
Well No. 32, the prospecting depth of which was 1500 meters. 25X1
It was drilled as follows: 250 meters by a 17 3/4 inch drill, 750 meters by a
13 3/4 inch, 500 meters by a 9 3/4 inch. Oil was found at 1500 meters. Initial
daily output was 220 tons, which dropped to 180 tons a day after 14 days.
VII. Divichi prospecting area. Prospecting in the Divichi (4313 N - 4859 E) area
started sometime during World War II and is allegedly still going on. Deep prospect-
ing unit (kontora glubokogo bureniya) No. 4 of Azmorneftrazvedka was in charge of.
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In 1957 the unit chief was Engineer Balabek ALIKHANOV; chief engineer
Leon Viktorovich ALY_,1NCHIKOV; and chief geologist - Muslim VELIYEV.
There were five oil prospecting zones (razved-ochnyy uchastok) in this area.
1. Yalama (4144 N - 4829 E) zone.
1951 and was still going on
Prospecting was allegedly started
of five wells in this zone, three of which were unsuccessful
(bezuspeshnyye), and two gave natural gas. The latter were No's. 3 and 14, both
3250 meters deep. They are presently being exploited by the oprobovannaya kontora
of Azmorneftrazvedka. Gas pressure (bufernoye davleniye) in Well No. 3 at the
beginning of 1957 was 60 atmospheres; in Well No. 14 it was 65 to 68 atmospheres.
the zone released for exploitation to the Si.azan'neft Trust of Azmorneftrazvedka.
to World War II. Approximately 40 wells have been drilled there. Oil was found and
4. Amir Khanli (Divichi Rayon) zone. Prospecting was allegedly launched prior
temporarily abandoned.
was drilled to 3250 meters and no productive results obtained. The area has been
3. Khachmas (4129 N - 4848 E) zone. Prospecting started in 1952. Well No. 1
1500 with a 13 3/4 inch, and the last 1250 by a 9 3/4 inch drill.
3250 meters. The first 500 meters was drilled with a 17 3/4 inch drill, the next
abandoned after that. Well No. 5. Prospecting depth was
drilled here and neither oil or gas was found. The area was at least temporarily
2. Khodat (4138 N - 4839 E) zone. Prospecting was allegedly launched in
1951 and completed at the end of 1956. five wells were
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Divichi.) This is supposed to be a very rich oil area. A pipe line has been
constructed up to the Makhachkala-Baku RR line, and a large storage area was
built by RR Stations Zorat and Kizilburun (4104 N - 4908 E) from where oil is
transferred by rail. Well No. 32. Prospecting depth was
1500 meters. First 250 meters was drilled with a 17 3/4 inch drill, the next 750
by a 13 3/4 inch, and the last 500 by a 9 3/4 inch drill. Oil was found at 1500
meters. Initial daily yield was 60 tons.
5. Zagly (4109 N 4850 E) zone.This is a new prospecting area where prospect-
ing started in 1956. Three wells were drilled: No. 42, 1500 meters deep, where
oil was found and the well turned over in May 1957 to the Oprobovannaya. Kontora for
exploitation. Initial daily yield was 80 tons. No. 65, depth of 2000 meters,
started in June 1957,
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EXTENSION OF THE WATER SUPPLY WORKS IN BAKU
1. For many years the supply of fresh water in the Baku area has been a
very important problem and a sore spot on the national economy of the Azerbaijan
SSR. The rapid expansion of this area after World War II sharply increased the
consumption of fresh water and necessitated urgent measures for new sources of
supply. Certain steps which will be described in this report have been taken to
alleviate the existing critical situation. However, even at the present time,
the fresh water supply in Baku is insufficient and certain city areas can get water
only after 2100 hours and until 0800 hours. Such is the case in the Baiyl area,
Verkhniy Nagornyy, Sovetskaya Ulitsa, and others where the water supply pressure
is not sufficient to provide water during the day, priority, of course, being given
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sufficient quantities of fresh water for their operations.
2. The old water supply works for the Baku area, usually referred to as
Pervyy Bak (Bakinskiy) Vodoprovod, is located 15 kilometers southwest of Khudat
(4138 N - 4839 E). This area is quite often called Shollarskiy Vodoprovod,
allegedly from the name of Shollar forest where the works are located. This water-
works was built prior to 1917, and has been used ever since. Length of the water
supply pipes from the works to Baku is 193 or 194 kilometers. The pipes are of
reinforced concrete and seven to eight meters beneath the surface.
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3. Meantime, prior to World War II, construction of the second Baku water
works, Vtoroy Bak Vodoprovod, was launched in an area four or five kilometers
southwest of RR Station Kusarchay (no NIS coordinates available) between Khachmaz
(4129 N - 4848 E) and Khudat.
at the end of 1952,1 there were eight completed
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water supply zones: 1, 4, 5, 10, 12, 13, 14, and 15 located in the valley of the
Kusarchay River. Each of the zones was composed of a large number of wells approxi-
mately 100 meters deep that had been drilled by the udarnoye bureniye method.
Zone 5 is composed of 85 such wells.
All these zones were already in operation supplying water to the Baku area\ /
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apsheronneft' razvedka, was charged with the extension of the second Baku water
works.
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extension of the water works was completed.
5. During the period 1952 to 1954, the gaynardzha kontora bureniya drilled
105 wells, each 400 meters deep, in a line parallel to the old wells mentioned in
paragraph 3 and approximately 25 - 30 meters from them. The method employed in
in this work was similar to that of drilling k~m oil wells and three cutter drills
were used. This work took approximately 11 years and four drilling stands were
employed by the kontora. When the drilling was completed, the water works brigades
provided each well with a tank 4"1 meters in diameter and 6 meters deep of reinforced
concrete and connected each of them individually to the mein water supply line.
The average water output of these new wells was from 20 to 30 liters/sec. each.
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6. When the series of 105 wells was completed, the gaynardzha kontora
bureniya started drilling a new series of wells approximately 4 or 42 kilometers
from the former. The new series was located in Kusarchay forest and prepared in
two parallel lines three kilometers from each other.
a. One series of the wells, composed of No's. 1 to 5, each 400 meters
deep, was always referred to as gallery (gallereya) A. However, the water
pressure in these wells was not sufficient to get it to the surface and a
tunnel 14 meters underground had to be built and reinforced pipe 2z meters
in diameter was laid in this tunnel. Each well was then provided with an
opening 14 meters below the surface and connected to the above-mentioned
conduit. Down at the 14.-meter level the pressure was found to be sufficient
to drive the water into the conduit and then to the main line to Baku. On
the surface, the wells were provided with individual 12-meter deep tanks 4z
meters in diameter and covered with concrete plates, each of which had an
opening for ventilation.
these tanks since water n
vent cave-ins of the well
14-meter deep level was 28 - 30 liters/sec. in each well.
b. The other series of wells, numbered 4 to 14, were also 400 meters
deep. This series was always referred to as gallery B. These wells were
connected to a 21 meter in diameter reinforced concrete pipe line laid some
5 meters below the surface by means of 6-inch pipes called ugol'nik. The
water pressure in the lair Ykw*xxKK x2 wells was 25 to 30
liters/sec. each.
reservoir 3x 3 x 6 meters, located between wells No. 9 and No. 10, and a large
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vodoprovod) in the area of Alekseyevka (4129 N - 4848 E), Yalama (4144 N - 4829 E),
assignment to conduct water prospecting for a third Baku water works (tretiy bak
August 1956, kontora bureniya No. 4 of the apsheronneft' razvedka received an
soon proved to be inadequate to satisfy the city's water needs. Therefore, in
7. The second Baku water works was completed at the end of 1954, but also
the entire system. No details on this available.
surface pond which collected surface water. This pond was also connected
to the conduit. A large number of filters were used to purify the water of
or 1957,
the following works had been completed:
a. Alekseyevka zone. One well, No. 15, 500 meters deep, had been
drilled and water found at the 500 meter level. Pressure of water fountain
on the surface was 26 liters/sec.
b. Ask-Leger zone. Prospecting well No. 15 completed in Alekseyevka
and drilling of well No. 9 was launched in Ask-Leger. This well was 800
meters deep when a water fountain of 22 liters/sec. was obtained.
c. Shirvanovka zone. Prospecting well No. 21, 800 meters deep, had
been drilled, but no water found.
d. Yalama zone. Prospecting wells No's 4 and 5, each 800 meters deep,
drilled. No information on results
The assignment given kontora bureniya No. 4 on prospecting work for the third
Baku water works envisaged the drilling of 21,000 meters of wells.
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Expenses allowed kontora bureniya No. 4
by apsheronneft' razvedka were as follows: a prospecting well 500 meters deep,
400,000 rubles; 800 meters, 450,000 rubles. In addition to labor materials,
fuel and maintenance of equipment, certain amounts were allowed for depreciation
of equipment.
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OIL FI.IDS ON THE ISLAND AR EMA, BAKU
1. Oil deposits on Island Artema are located in the stratum referred
to as produktionaya tolshcha
which is at 25X1
the richest oil stratum in the Azer SSR, and the thickness of
which, for practical purposes, is always considered as 1500 meters.. horizon-
tally, the produktionaya tolshcha is divided into three sublayers: upper,
middle, and lower. The actual thickness and composition of the produktionaya
tolshcha varies considerably throughout the Azer SSR. Wherever all of the
components are represented, as is the case in the areas of Surakhany (4025 N -
5001 E), Leninskiy, Stalinskiy, and Kirovshiy Rayony, the produktionaya
tolshcha has approximately the following composition:
a. The upper part which contains oil consists of three formations
referred to as svity.
(1) Surakhany (from the town of that name) - thickness is
350 meters..
(2) Sabunchi (after the na:ne of that town) - thickness 280
meters.
(3) Balakhany (after town of Balakhany, 4025 N - 4956 E) -
210 meters thick.
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b. The middle part, referred to as pervyy pereryv, is approxi-
mately 100 meters thick and contains no oil.
c. The lower part contains oil and consists of five formations:
(1) Nadkirmakinskaya glina (NKG) - 100 meters thick.
(2) Nadkirmakinskiy peschanik (NKP) - 150 meters thick.
(3) Kirmakinskiye svity (KS) - 100 meters thick.
(4) Podkirmakinskiye svity (PK) - 150 meters thick.
(5) Kalinskiye svity (KaS) - 60 meters thick and named after
the town of Kale (4026 N - 5010 E). This formation is especially
often encountered in the Azer SSR.
On the Island Artema, the produktionaya tolshcha consists solely of KS and
PK formations.
2. All oil fields on the Island Artema are exploited by the Artem
Trust of Lzneft,'which is a common abbreviation for the Azerbaijan Ministry
of Oil Industries. The last few years the Director of the Artem Trust was
Engineer Abzar Ibragimovich RUSTAMOV; chief engineer - (fnu) VOROSHILOV; and
deputy director - (fnu) EYEATOV. In 1956 and 1957 the following oil fields
(promysel were under the Artem Trust: II, III, IV Maritime Marskoy, V Maritime,
and VI Maritime,, All promysly are broken into several uchastki.
3. Oil Field II, sometimes referred to as "overland" (sukhaputrxyy) is
located on the northeastern part of the island. This area originally
belonged to oil fields I and II, which were merged after World War II into
Field II. There is a large number of derricks, all built on dry land. The
basic method of oil extraction i Ly-.4 atic pump luboki nasos .
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Oil Field II production
is very low - averages 2 to 4 tons per 24 hours per derrick, and
production is constantly decreasing. Quite a number of wells in this area
yeild only 0.2 to 0.5 tons daily. Due to the extremely low reserves of oil
in this area, the pumps do not work constantly, but for periods of several
hours only. The number of wells operating in Oil Field II is 400 - 500.
Work on their exploitation is done in three 8-hour shifts. All the wells are
old, no new ones have been drilled for some years. It is expected that this
area will be completely abandoned or merged with Oil Field III within the
next few years. a plan for such a merger is in
existence and will probably be effected in the near future.
4. Oil Field III is located in the eastern zone of the central part
of the island and to the east of the electric train line. Director of HI
is (fnu) BAI'R.AMOV. All wells in this field. are on dry land and are quite
old. Total number is 200 - 250. Method of oil extraction is similar to that
of Oil Field II. Production is somewhat higher, averaging from 5 to 7 tons 25X1
per well each 24 hours. Exploitation is done by three 8-hour shifts.
II.
Maritime
5. / Oil Field IV Mxxkka is located on the northwestern part of the
island along and to the south of a 10 to 15 kilometer long scaffold bridge
referred to as svernaya estakada. Work at this and other maritime fields
on the island is done during two 12-hour shifts, mainly because of difficulties
connected with the transportation of crews and the time needed for this purpose.
Director of IV is Abdul Ramazanovich FATALIYEV; chief engineer - Abdul ALIBEGOV;
chief geologist - (fnu) GA}iRAMANOV.
these oil fields are quite
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old and L__]their exploitation started sometime prior to World War II.
There is allegedly a project to drill more wells in 1958 at this field
to the north of the scaffold bridge. Field IV is divided into four
uchastki, referred to as first, second, third, and fourth.
and the remaining 78 averaged 2.4 tons per day. Field IV has three kinds of
plan was overfulfilled.. The above-mentioned tonnage represents the brutto
yield, including zagryaznennost, which, in the summer months, amounted to
12% normally, and in winter from 16 to 18% of the brutto yield.
several years before, the percentage of zagryaznennost had been
much lower - 6 to 8 % in summer and 10 to 12% in winter - but has been con-
stantly increasing. Except for one well, No. 624 or 625, which yielded 15
to 18 tons daily and was always referred to as vysokodebitnaya skvazhina,
all the wells were classified as aredne or nizkodebitnyye. Of 80 operating
wells in the fourth uchastok, one yielded 10 to 12 tons, another 8 tons,
The total number of wells in this field
was 300 - 320, of which.all are under water. The fourth uchastok had
approximately 80 wells in operation and some prostayivayushchiye wells, the
exploitation of which had been temporarily discontinued because of technical
or geological reasons. The most common technical reasons for a temporary
discontinuance of exploitation are the breakage of kollona, a shift from
the compressor method of exploitation to pneumatic pump, and the delays
caused by this shift. The common geological reasons are-a flooded layer
and the need to transfer extraction to the layer above the flooded area.
The method of oil extraction at IV is the same as at II and III, i.e,
pneumatic pump. Production is very low and when the
entire fourth uchastok yielded 706 to 710 tons per 24 hours, the production
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wells: those built on kust, others on otdel'noye ostnovaniye, and the
third type on the scaffold bridge. A kust normally has up to 15 wells.
An otdel'noye ostnovaniye may have one to four, and those on the scaffold
bridge are always single. The majority of the wells in the first' uchastok
were built on the scaffold bridge, five or six on otdel'noye ostnovaniye,
and there was one kust referred to as third. In the second uchastok, all
the wells were on the otdel'noye ostnovaniye. In the third, the majority
were on kust-s No's. 1 and 2, some were on the otdel'noye ostnovaniye, and
several on the scaffold bridge. All wells in the fourth uchastok were on
the scaffold bridge.
6. Maritime Oil Field V is located northwest of Field IV, around the
scaffold bridge, and mostly to the south of it. Construction of the bridge
goes on at the rate of one to two kilometers annually. Director of this
field is (fnu) MF L' NIKOV; chief engineer - (fnu) ASKFROV; and chief geologist -
Bilal KERIMOV. This is a relatively new field in that it was opened after
?PV II. It was originally a part of IV and was separated from it several
years after the war. Until September 1956, this field was composed of two
uchastki. The third was established in September or October 1956. Until
September 1956, Field V had approximately 200 wells, but quite a number of
new ones were under construction at that time. The new wells are being
constructed by the Kontora Bureniya Artemneft, which is equipped with five
ing
stands. Drill/of one well here takes from three to eight months, mostly
at this field is high and all the wells are classified as vysokodebitnyye.
The method of operation is by gusher or compressor. In order to prevent
because of the extremely difficult work underwater and the many breakdowns.
The depth of the Caspian in this area is approximately 20 meters. Production
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exhaustion of deposits, there has never been an attempt to achieve maximum
capacity of production. In other words, from a well which might yield 70
tons daily, no more than 40 tons a day is taken. The first uchastok of
this field consists of wells built on the scaffold bridge. The second and
third have the majority of their wells on kust and some on otdel'nykh
osnovaniyakh. Due to the difficulties encountered in construction of
foundations far from the scaffold bridge, at the present time none is farther
than lz or 2 kilometers from the bridge. Transportation of reliefs and
supplies to such isolated wells represents quite a problem in rough weather,
and it is not at all unusual. for crews to be left for several days without
relief or food.
7. Oil Field VI is located on the southeast part of the island along
the scaffold bridge referred to as yuzhnaya estakada which,
was approximately 15 - 20 kilometers long.
/ Construction of this field allegedly started
prior to VM II. Quite a number of wells were drilled after the war, but
drilling was discontinued in 1953 or 1954. Director of this field is an oil
engineer
in 1956.
per well. Field VI is also the best operated and is. therefore, used as a
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The chief engineer is (fnu)
TAYIROV. Field VI consists of four uchastki. The majority of wells here are
built on a scaffold bridge. There are only 15 or 20 otdel'nykh osnovaniy, and
a few trusty. The total number of wells in this field may be.300 or 400. The
basic method of extraction is by compressor and only a few wells are operated
by pneumatic pump. Practically all the wells in the field are classed as
vysoko or srednedebitnyye. The yeild is high averaging 10 to 15 tons daily
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show place for various foreign delegations visiting the Baku oil fields.
8. the future of
the island lies in its maritime oil fields, the exploitation of which is
envisaged to continue for many years. Contrary to this, Fields II and III
face inevitable closing in the not too distant future, but even so, compared
with other oil fields in the Azer SSR, the fields on Artema are in second
or third place by yield.
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Oil.Prospectin - Soviet Practices and Organization
1. Because of the general policy
industrial Institute.(AzII)
the Azerbai jan
students who are
foreign citizens never .allowed to participate in
practical training in geological prospecting. In addition,
this policy also applied to all students having anything
derogatory in their biographies such as foreign born parents,
relatives living.abroad,,or having been PW's during WW II or
inmates. of corrective labor camps at any time during the Soviet
Regime. These students were Bever informed that they were
considered unreliable, but always knew it because they were
barred from taking part in any work sensitive to the national
.interest, either under 'some pretext 'or were simply told that
their clearances .(do'pusk) had not yet` come through. Responsibi-
matters, as, well as, the
issue of currency, at
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20 Throughout the period from 1951 to '956; the
Cco?.oL,ice,,.l ~irospecting Faculty (G13F) of i-zll had the fo?.1otiTinC
:c iv-e spec:iaity groups:
ao i':efte Promyslovaya Geoloc. iya i Aazvedkae
b0 Polevaya Geof izika
co Promyslovaya
de Poleznyye Iskopayemyye (usually referred to as
nc f rrous metal specialty as distinct from oil.).
e. Gidro CTeologiya
:[r. 13,56 a net-i specialty called inzhenernaya Geologiya was
i:t:.troc.uced at GRF.
3?
There are two basic types of c;eoloc,ical reconnais-
sance units in the USSR oil economy: the geological field
unit (c;^ologicheskaya polevaya partiya) and the geological pros-
,~ect:ing unit (ceelogich.eskaya razvedocrnaya partiya)o Quite
of ten botri groups are referred to as kontoraa The basic
characteristics of these two groups are as follows.-
C-1 Geological Field Unit
(1) The geological field unit in a general
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sense is used for preliminary reconnaissance iihenever
there is aneed to carry out geological prospecting of
oil deposits in an unknown area. The work of such units
consists of a study of the surface layer, surveying, and
preparation of detailed surveys and preliminary geological
maps of the area. As a rule, geological prospecting
(geologicheskaya razvedka) is not the task of the
geological field unit. The main element of study here
is the surface layer and its composition. In order to
obtain this information, the field unit digs a number of
ditches 1Z to 2 meters deep and pits (shurfa) up to 10
meters deep. The latter may be either square or round,
depending upon the type of ground. Square ones are
normally made in soft layers which are then secured on
all sides by wooden boards; the round ones are made in
hard layers where securing of walls is not necessary.
Field units may be of two types: annual (kruglo-godichnaya)
and seasonal (sezonnaya) depending mainly on the size of
the area of interest to those making the geological
reconnaissance. Annual field units may have better equip-
r.ent such as theodolites, leveling instruments (nivelir),
and plane tables (menzula) for surveying, and hand drills
for drilling shafts up to 100 meters deep. The latter
task, however, is exceptional, even for annual field units.
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Even when they perform drilling, it practically never
goes down to 100 meters but only from 20 to 40. There-
fore, the depth of 100 meters, even for exceptional field
units, is purely theoretical.
(2) normal composition of a seasonal field unit is
wlho i s an
as follows: chief (nachalnik partiya)I engineer geologist;
senior collector (starchiy kolleltor), an engineer geologist
who is at the s ame time the deputy cb ief responsible for
examination and study of the surface layer; one collector,
usually a student geologist; and two to four laborers with
no special qualifications. A seasonal field unit has rati-ler
primative equipment such as a collapsable metal pole 20
meters long for visual surveying (jazomerna a s'yenika), a
magnifying glass for examination of surface layer composi-
tion, and an instrument called a survey compass (gornyy
kom as) for determination of stratification elements
(elementy zaleganiy): direction, angular to the ih.orizont,l,
and some other elements, but not the layer thickness. For
tools the seasonal units have geological ibarun,ers, spades,
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(3) The exact composition of an annual field unit
ing personnel: chief, an engineer geologist; prorab, an
engineer geologist and deputy chief, and at the same time
is chief of the administration and supply section (k,.ozcliast' );
one or several senior collectors who are geological enotneers;
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several collectors who are geological engineers; and the required
number of laborers. In addition, the annual field units have topo-
graphic groups (sektsiya)
(4) The following organizations in the Azer SSR dispatch the
geological reconnaissance field units: Azerbaijan Geologoupravleniye
(AGU), Baku, the Geological Institute, and the Azerbaijan Academy of
Science in Baku. The type of field unit generally dispatched by AGU
is non-ferrous metals reconnaissance--very seldom oil reconnaissance.
Quite the opposite is true of the Geological Institute. At no time may
a field reconnaissance unit be charged with both tasks: non-ferrous
metals and oil reconnaissance. If and when a non-ferrous metals
reconnaissance unit runs into oil deposits, it informs the responsible
organization, and the same is true when an oil field reconnaissance
unit runs into non-ferrous metal deposits.
b. Geological prospecting units.
(1) A geological prospecting unit is always charged with geological
prospecting, either in a new area following the completion of geological
reconnaissance by a field unit, or in a previously prospected area with
the purpose of additional prospecting or expansion in the vertical sense
of a productive area already in operation. Depending on these tasks,
there are two types of geological prospecting units: limited depth or
shallow (melkaya) and deep (glubokaya). The first has technical equipment
and facilities for drilling to a depth of 800 meters, the second drills
some deep prospecting units
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* the Karadag area were conducting deep prospecting
to a depth of 32 kilometers. Geological prospecting units remain in
their assigned areas for a long time, sometimes for several years.
(2) The tasks of a limited depth prospecting unit consist solely
of the study of rukovodyaashchiy texture of layers (struktura) referred
to also as marker (markiruyTushchiy gorizont) and the collection of
related information on the basis of which a conclusion may be reached
as to whether the texture shows content of oil or not. Detailed texture
maps have to be prepared. In other words, the task of a limited deep
prospecting unit is not to find oil deposits. If and when in its work
a limited depth prospecting unit runs into oil and causes a gusher, it
closes the well and informs the responsible organization which then
dispatches a deep prospecting unit. The latter conducts deep prospecting
and initiates exploitation of deposits.
The normal composition of a limited depth prospecting unit is
as follows: Chief, an engineer but-not necessarily a geological engineer;
and a deputy chief who is not necessarily an engineer, and this man is
also the savkhoz; a senior geologist who is an engineer geologist; and
another engineer geologist whenever necessary, depending on the number
of drills operating in the unit; one or several collectors who are
technicians or student geologists; an accountant; and the required num-
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the exact location of a particular well and to show it on a map, a
limited depth prospecting unit may request the despatch of a topographic
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unit to perform the job. Thus, a geological prospecting unit, as
distinct from field units, does not have facilities and equipment fcr
topographic work and surveying.
(3) A deep prospecting unit has the task of determining whether
there is oil by examining the texture of the soil and to locate it. In
other words, the work of a limited depth prospecting unit is of a
theoretical-scientific nature (study of texture of soil and drawing
theoretical conclusions), and the work of a deep prospecting unit is of
a purely practical nature (locating and determining oil deposits). The
deep prospecting: unit continues the work of the limited depth unit by
drilling down to the bottom ( odp oshva) of the stratum (yarus) assigned by
the parent organization, usually the Azmorneft'razvedka. (NOTE: Until
approximately 1954, there were two organizations of a similar type in
the Azer SSR: Azneft'razvedka and Azmorneft'razvedka, both subordinate
to the Ministry of Oil Production, Azer SSR. In 1954 the two organiza-
tions were merged into the Azmorneft'razvedka.) Even a deep prospecting
unit would not go farther in prospecting than down to the bottom of the
assigned stratum and would be responsib-le solely for the location of oil
in that particular stratum. However, since considerable study precedes
the work of a deep prospecting unit,. and deep drilling is carried on
simultaneously in-'several spots, it is not often that oil is not located.
In the latter case, work of the deep prospecting unit is discontinued
and the area is either abandoned or a new study made the next year or
later, this time going deeper than before.
The composition of a deep prospecting unit is similar to that
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of a limited depth unit and depends mainly on the size of the prospect-
ing area and the depth of the stratum to be prospected.
(4) there is only one organization in the
Azer SSR which dispatches limited depth and deep oil prospecting units
and that is the Azmorneft'razvedka.
4. The names of strata in the Azer SSR as determined by the Azmorneft'razvedka
from the top going downward are as follows:
a. Sovremennyy. A very shallow stratum from several centimeters to
several meters thick.
b. Bakinskiy. A shallow layer, normally from a few to no more than
50 meters.
c. Apsheronskiy. Around 120 meters thick.
d. Agdzhadzhil (white clay). A layer 50 to 70 meters thick.
e. Produktivnaya Tolshcha. 1400 to 2000 meters thick. For practical
purposes this layer is always considered to be 1500 meters thick.
f. Ispriyalis (the local name is chokrack). Approximately 40 meters
thick.
g. Ponticheskiy Yarus. 40 to 60 meters thick.
h. Maykob. A layer up to 100 meters thick.
Only three of the above strata, i.e., c, e, and. h, contain oil; the
others do not.
5.
there are only a few expert geologists in the Azer
SSR. They are:
a. Shamil Abdulrakhimovich Azizbekov, Dr. of Geologomineralog-
icheskikh nauk, and a professor at AzII and the Azer Academy of Science. A
very famous petrograph.
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b. Alashraf Alizade. Dr. of Geologomineralog-icheskikh Nauk and
a professor at AzII and the Academy of Science.
c. (fnu) Vezirzade. Professor of Mineralogy at AzII.
d. Gambay Askerovich Alizade. Dr. of Geologomineralog-icheskikh
Nauk and a very good paleontologist. Professor at AzII and the Geological
Institute in Baku.
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e. Shafad Mekhdiyev. Professor at the Geological Institute in Baku.
6.
a. Kirovdag is allegedly the name of a mountain in Alibayraminskiy
Rayon where prospecting took place in 1953-54 and exploitation of oil fields
started in 1955. The exploitation was conducted by the nefchalaneft' trust,
which is an organization of the Azer Ministry of Oil Production.
b. Divichi (4313 N - 4859 E) area where deep oil prospecting started
in 1955 or 1956 and is allegedly still going on. The prospecting is being
conducted by the Azmorneft'razvedka.
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DRAINING OF THE CASPIAN
the gradual draining of the Caspian from the north.
(line on the shore where the water came
to some 40 years ago. During that period of time, the water has moved back some
20 - 25 meters. In the vertical sense, because the shores slope mildly, draining
has amounted to approximately one meter.
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