Sometimes, having stumbled upon the sources of associated gases, the worker risked being burned by the heat of the fire, into which methane homologues immediately turn when interacting with air oxygen (when oil reaches the surface of the earth, the gas pressure drops sharply and the gas separates from it).Īlready at the end of 1847, a factory designed by Voskoboynikov started operating in Balakhany, where oil distillation together with water vapor was used for the first time in the world. To work under Baku sultry sun, which has caused fainting more than once, to inhale the heavy leaden smell of rich naphthene treasures of Baku is not just hard work, but also dangerous.
Constantly being dressed in black gold – sounds like one of the three wishes for a fabulous genie from Aladdin’s magic lamp – is incredibly tempting, isn’t it? But not in the case of Baku workers in the oil fields: their work is not easy, and their work is invaluable. 1846, an area called Bibi-Eibat… Oil is literally everywhere in this place: it spills out from under the desert ground in pitch-black curls, rapidly covering the bare feet, and sometimes the entire body of bent workers with bronzed skin and already unwinding straw hats on their heads.
