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Preparatory Court Hearing Regarding Criminal Case on Explosion in Azerbaijani Bibiheybat Field Held in Baku

Society Materials 16 August 2007 16:32 (UTC +04:00)

Azerbaijan, Baku / Тrend corr K. Zarbaliyeva / A preparatory hearing regarding an explosion in a well off the third field of Bibiheybat Oil and Gas Production Unit was held at Baku City Sabail District Court presided over by Judge Rauf Ahmadov on 16 August. It was decided to consider the case on 23 August.

Employees of the Bibiheybat Oil and Gas Production Unit, Aydin Babayev and Vahid Ahmadov, are charged in accordance with Article 162.2 (violation of labour protection rules causing human death due to carelessness) of the Criminal Code of Azerbaijan.

As a result of the explosion, engineers Mirkazym Askarov and Elman Hasanov died, while tractor driver Sulhaddin Huseynov and operator Kerim Suleymanov were injured.

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