Neft Daşları, meaning “Oil Rocks,” was the world’s first oil-drilling platform. In recent decades, its population has dwindled, while sections have fallen into disrepair and been claimed by the sea.

The Caspian Sea, also referred to as the world's "biggest lake", is home to one of the most unusual oil rigs ever seen. Neft Daşları, which translates as “Oil Rocks,” is a maze of oil wells ...

“The degree of mystery was enormously high,” filmmaker Marc Wolfensberger, who first discovered ... drilling rig on a tiny island and has since grown into an extensive network of oil wells ...

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In the late 1940s, oil workers landed on a tiny island and built a drilling rig and a small house for accommodation. The first exploratory well was drilled in 1949, sending up a fountain of ...