Azerbaijan. Baku Region. Baku. State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR) is the project owner of the oil fields in Balakhani. Oil-extracting infrastructure. Wells heads and yellow nodding donkeys. Drilling derricks and rigs. Spill and oil leakage from instalation in operation. Oil production. Ecological disaster. Balakhani Oil Fields are a source of pollution as a result of well water and oil spill discharge. © 2007 Didier Ruef