An enormous metropolis within the sea which 1000’s name residence may quickly be underwater.
The little-known Soviet-era metropolis, Oil Rocks, might be discovered within the Caspian Sea, round 40km off Azerbaijan’s coast.
It was inbuilt 1949 as a part of the then-Soviet Union and earned itself the title of the first-ever offshore oil platform – even that includes within the Guinness World Book of Records.
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The entire ‘city’ is believed to be round 17 miles, with one in all its rigs being constructed on sunken ships. The way forward for town stays unknown – as soon as what was a historic piece of structure, is now bleak uncertainty.
(Image: 1997 Reza)
What lies beneath town is a big oil-bearing beneath the water, therefore why Oil Rocks was constructed the place it’s. The metropolis allowed for oil extraction work, commissioned by Josphen Stalin, to start, as reported by UniLad.
At its peak, there have been reportedly 2,000 drilling platforms – a stark distinction to the place town is in the present day.
Of the 300km of roads as soon as constructed, now solely 45km stay usable. Also, a flood courting again over a decade left some condominium blocks submerged as much as the second storey. Despite this to today, round 2,000 folks nonetheless stay and work within the metropolis.
As of 2012, staff on Oil Rocks had been nonetheless incomes $130 a month – twice as a lot as somebody employed in the identical job on the mainland, German information web site Der Spiegel reported on the time.
Continuing to element the state of ‘disrepair’ town has fallen into, the publication stated: “Submerged metal constructions pose a risk to delivery, oil leaks abound and tools is falling aside.
“Dismantling Neft Dashlari correctly would in all probability be costlier than merely retaining it going with a scaled-down oil manufacturing.
“To the government, the place is still the proud, closely-guarded secret it was in Soviet times. It is still very hard for foreigners to gain access to the city, which isn’t even shown on Google Maps.”
Oil deposits beneath Oil Rocks are solely anticipated to final one other 10 years, that means town will finally develop into redundant.
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