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The petroleum industry in Azerbaijan produces about 873,260 barrels (138,837 m3) of oil per day and 29 billion cubic meters of gas per year as of 2013. Azerbaijan is one of the birthplaces of the oil industry. The State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic (known as SOCAR), a fully state-owned national oil and gas company headquartered in Baku, Azerbaijan, is a major source of income for Azerbaijani government. The company is run in an opaque manner, as it has complex webs of contracts and middlemen that non-government watchdog organizations say have led to the enrichment of the country's ruling elites. Early history There is evidence of petroleum being used in trade as early as the 3rd and 4th centuries. Information on the production of oil on the Apsheron peninsula can be found in the manuscripts of many Arabic and Persian authors. The following paragraph from the accounts of the famous traveler Marco Polo "il Milione" is believed to be a reference to Baku oil: "Near the Georgian border there is a spring from which gushes a stream of oil, in such abundance that a hundred ships may load there at once. This oil is not good to eat; but it is good for burning and as a salve for men and camels affected with itch or scab. Men come from a long distance to fetch this oil, and in all the neighborhood no other oil is burnt but this." A 1593 inscription in Balaxani commemorates a manually dug well, 35 m deep. The Turkish scientist and traveller Evliya Çelebi (1611–1683) reported that "the Baku fortress was surrounded by 500 wells, from which white and black acid refined oil was produced". In 1636 German diplomat and traveller Adam Olearius (1603–1671, "Ölschläger", often transcribed as "Adam Oleary Elshleger") gave description of 30 Baku oil wells and remarked that some of them were gushers. The first detailed description of the Baku oil industry was made by Engelbert Kaempfer, Secretary of the Swedish Embassy to Persia (Iran) in 1683. In his notes he confirms the existence of places where natural gas discharges to the surface. Kaempfer describes "flaming steppe" as follows: it "...constitutes a peculiar and wonderful sight, for some of the fissures were blazing with big, others with quite flame and was allowing everybody to come up; thirds emitted smoke or at any case minimum perceptible evaporation that was sending off heavy and stinking taste of oil. It was occupying the territory of 88 steps in length and 26 in width." (improved translation needed) Many 18th and 19th century European accounts of the Caucasus refer to the Fire Temple of Baku at Suraxanı raion, where the fire was fed by natural gas from a cavern beneath the site. Pre-revolution period Haji Kasimbey Mansurbekov, in 1803 for the first time in the world, began sea oil extraction in Bibi-Heybat bay from two wells in 18m and 30m away from coast line. First offshore oil extraction was abandoned when a strong storm in 1825 destroyed the wells. In 1806, the Russian Empire occupied Baku Khanate and took monopolistic control of oil production. Later exclusive rights to produce oil were given to individuals, thereby creating the Persian otkupchina lease system. That year all oil sources of Absheron, Guba and Salyan belonging to Baku khanate were requisitioned and declared state assets of Russia; and also, by the time of the joining of the Baku khanate to Russia about 120 wells were placed in the Baku area; the annual extraction from these wells made up about 200 thousand poods of oil. In 1837, the Russians (N.I. Voskoboynikov) built an oil-distilling factory in Balaxani. Oil extraction methods in those times were very primitive —mainly hand-dug wells, drilled to very shallow depths. The production volume of those years can be judged from data provided in 1842 by the Caspian Chamber of the Department of State Property Ministry. It refers to 136 wells around Absheron, which produced 3,760 cubic metres (23,600 bbl) per year, and this oil was exported to Persia, where it was used for lighting as well as in ointments and other traditional remedies. As a result of otkupschina monopoly and the absence of growing demand, annual oil production in the first half of the 19th century remained unchanged at 250–300 poods (4–5 thousand tons). In 1813, the number of producing wells was 116, then 125 in 1825, 120 in 1850, and only 218 in 1860. Otkupschina system meant that oil production was monopolized by a set of individuals who saw no incentive to increase production or improve drilling methods. In 1844 – a report detailing ideas developed by Nikolay Voskoboynikov (1801–1860) on drilling for oil rather than digging pits by hand is presented to the Russian government on the Caucasus (Baku region) by Vasily Semyonov (1801–1863). In 1845 Grand Duke Mikhail Vorontsov (1782–1856), Governor of the Caucasus authorizes funds for oil drilling considering the ideas of N.I. Voskoboynikov. In 1846, under the supervision of state advisor V.N. Semyonov an engineer Nikolay Matveyevich Alekseev drilled a 21 m deep well using a primitive percussion drilling mechanism, in Bibiheybət to explore for oil, with positive results. More than a decade later, on August 27, 1859, "Colonel" Edwin L. Drake struck oil on American soil for the first time. A small petrochemical industry sprung up around Baku, as demand for kerosene soared locally. Vasily Kokorev, Peter Gubonin and German baron N.E. Tornow built the first kerosene factory in Surakhany. The factory was used to produce kerosene out of "kir", an asphalt-like substance. In 1859, N.I. Vitte, a Tiflis pharmacist, built the second paraffin-producing factory on Pirallahi Island. Up until the 1870s, Russia had a state oil monopoly for petroleum production and reserves around Baku, based on 3-4 year contracts. Production was limited to bailing seepage from shallow wells dug manually. The oil was then transported by arbos (horse carriages carrying 2 barrels) to the shore of Baku bay. There, kerosene was distilled in open stills, and then transported to Russian markets, especially St. Petersburg, via ship over the Caspian Sea and Volga River. In 1873, a new law replaced the contract-monolopy with a long-term lease system, and removed the kerosene excise tax in 1877. In 1871, Ivan Mirzoev, an ethnic Armenian who was then an otkupchina monopolist, built the first wooden oil derrick followed by another the next year. Drilling was conducted primitively with a balance arm, whim and manual pump. Robert Nobel arrived in Baku in March 1873, where he purchased an oil refinery, and in 1875, purchased a large portion of the Balakhani Oil Field, where he built a new refinery. Nobel Brothers Petroleum Production Company was founded in 1877, followed by Branobel in 1879. They added infrastructure, including Russia's first pipeline system in 1877, pumping stations, storage depots, railway tank cars, and the first oil tanker, the Zoroaster. In 1881, they introduced continuous multi-still distillation, and hire.... Discover the Ian Cummins John Beasant popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Ian Cummins John Beasant books.
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The Odyssey
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The Cupcake Cottage
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The Honeymoon Homicide
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Awaken Me
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Just Me
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Meditations
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Holy Bible
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Inception of Gold
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School of Potential
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
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Assisting the Bosshole
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Hard Love
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The Three Little Pigs
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Wuthering Heights
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Death at Hazel House
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Alpha
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You Are Kind
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The Art of War
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Peace on Earth
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Dracula
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The Holy Bible - King James Version
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The Next Girl
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A Green Kind of Witch
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Always Yours
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The Four Loves
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My Paper Heart
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Christmas in Sweetbriar Cove
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A Bookshop to Die For
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Eternal
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Think and Grow Rich
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Saltwater Cove
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Caught Up with the Captain
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
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Law of Attraction
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Silver Santa
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The Icing on the Cake
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Rogue Alpha
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Coffee Girl
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Dream Psychology
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Teach Me
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