These fuels have helped to drive and grow Azerbaijan's post-Soviet economy. The Caspian Sea, also referred to as the world's "biggest lake," is home to one of the most unusual oil rigs ever seen.

Alekperov went to work on Caspian sea oil rigs before becoming deputy minister of the oil industry in the Soviet Union. As the Soviet Union began to fall, Alekperov took three large government ...

The oligarch Vagit Alekperov is Russia's official richest man after being behind the country's biggest oil company.