Baku #
![Baku Baku](/attach/Geography/Asia/Azerbaijan/Pictures/Factbook_Pictures/140aj/140aj.jpg)
Image courtesy of NASA., under PD
The oil platforms off Baku were built in the 1950s and 1960s, and were the first offshore oil-drilling efforts in the world. Today, multinational oil exploration, sea-level rise (the Caspian Sea has risen more than 2 m in the past 20 years), offshore platform maintenance, and environmental degradation are all hot topics in Baku.