12 years before the well dug in Pennsylvania, the first oil well was dug in Bibiheybet in Azerbaijan, a member of the Advisory Board at GL Group, Gilbert Beuhler, said during the at the Baku Energy Forum held as part of the Baku Energy Week, Ednews reports.
180 years after the first drilled well, pumps are still working in Bibiheybet. Because old fields never disappear, new people come and use technologies to breathe new life into old wells.
He said that giving new life to old wells in Azerbaijan is a great opportunity and possibility. Because there are too many such wells in Azerbaijan.
He noted that the oil industry in Azerbaijan started 180 years ago and is still able to maintain its success.
