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Seismic stations planned to be installed in Azerbaijani sector of Caspian Sea by autumn

Society Materials 2 May 2013 18:11 (UTC +04:00)

Azerbaijan, Baku, May 2 / Trend I. Isabalayeva /

The seismic stations, to be installed in the Azerbaijani sector of the Caspian Sea for the first time in the CIS, are planned to be constructed by autumn.

Representatives of the U.S company "Kinemetrics" Mathias Franke and Edelvays Spassov are in Azerbaijan in connection with the design work of marine bottom seismic stations to be installed near "Bahar", "Umid", "Guneshli" fields in the Azerbaijani sector of the Caspian Sea, the Republican Center of Seismic Service of the Azerbaijani National Academy of Sciences told Trend today.

The guests met with director general of the national center, doctor of geological-mineralogical sciences Gurban Yetirmishli. The representatives of SOCAR's Khazarneftegaz design institute, Caspian Sea Oil Fleet and Kinemetrics company attended the discussions.

The initial work on the installation is planned to be conducted around "Bahar" field.

Three bottom marine seismic stations will be commissioned. Their number will be increased to 10 in the future. It will be possible to better understand the seismic activity in the Azerbaijan sector of the Caspian Sea.

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