Yusif Safarov was Deputy Head of the Exploration Drilling Trust which was responsible for determining exactly where they should drill. He co-led the team with Dr. Aliyev. He was the designer of offshore platforms in the Caspian. In 1939 Y. Safarov began to study the problems of theory and practice of offshore drilling and as a result in 1944 wrote his University thesis on “Deep Drilling Offshore”. In 1941 he directionally drilled a well in Baku Bay. He was one of the key developers in the offshore multi-sectioned platforms customary in the region. Safarov and Agha Aliyev were responsible for the first drilling 25 miles offshore and the discovery made on November 7, 1949 at a depth of 1100 meters. This island complex later covered 4 miles x 4 miles. One was the Offshore Engineer, the other the Geologist responsible.
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