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Azerbaijani officials, U.S. experts mull energy infrastructure risks on Caspian Sea

Oil&Gas Materials 21 October 2011 12:48 (UTC +04:00)
A team of the Azerbaijani officials worked with the U.S. experts to understand how to assess the risks facing critical energy infrastructure on the Caspian Sea, U.S. Ambassador to Azerbaijan Matthew Bryza said on Friday in Baku.
Azerbaijani officials, U.S. experts mull energy infrastructure risks on Caspian Sea

Azerbaijan, Baku, Oct. 21 / Trend V.Zhavoronkova/

A team of the Azerbaijani officials worked with the U.S. experts to understand how to assess the risks facing critical energy infrastructure on the Caspian Sea, U.S. Ambassador to Azerbaijan Matthew Bryza said on Friday in Baku.

"Our experts are learning from the Azerbaijani senior officials, and I hope that Azerbaijanis are learning from the U.S. experts as well," he said.

Bryza noted that the Azerbaijani officials visited one of the largest offshore platforms in the world, where it was managed to response to the huge oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and Los Alimos national laboratory, where the tools to assess risks to infrastructure are being developed.

"The delegation finished its trip in Washington working with colleagues in the U.S. government on a joint action plan to address and cover the risks in the Caspian Sea," Bryza said.

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