"Our offshore platforms and facilities are designed and built in accordance with the highest technical safety standards, taking into account all weather conditions."

In his statement to "APA-Economics", Head of Public Relations Department of "BP-Azerbaijan" Tamam Bayatli said this while answering a question about strong wind rising in the Caspian Sea area.

According to him, in addition, the BP company, which is a participant in a number of large oil and gas projects in Azerbaijan, has special labor safety rules to manage our operations at sea in such weather conditions: is observed".

It should be noted that, according to the National Hydrometeorology Service of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources, it is expected that the speed of the north-west-north wind in the Caspian Sea water area will increase to 18-23 ms, occasionally to 25-28 ms, starting from the second half of today until the afternoon of February 10.

According to the forecast, the wind will occasionally increase to 30-35 ms in the open sea from the afternoon of February 8 to the 9th.

It is reported that the height of the wave will be 3-5 meters, and in the further development it will be 6-8 meters.