Talk:Petroleum industry in Azerbaijan

General Comments
I restored the section on early history, which was deleted (probably by accident) by an anon account. Grandmaster 12:59, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

I think that the sentence "Cutting off the oil supply considerably weakened Japan in the latter part of the Pacific war." should be removed as totally irrelevant. I don't see how oil from Azerbaijan could have reached Japan at that time.

Merge proposal
There is nothing in the Baku Oil Fields article that couldn't be here. It's an unsourced stub that doesn't assert any importance apart from this article. 24.4.253.249 04:39, 29 July 2007 (UTC)

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BetacommandBot (talk) 06:10, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Taking it to GA?
There's already enough material in the article, a little expansion on the personae of the industry and inline refs from English and Russian sources (ones that I comprehend and have on hand), proofreading and it's a GA. However, the article must not beat the bush about the events of August 1905 (right now it does, leaving the reader guessing as to what did wreck the industry). NVO (talk) 04:38, 26 May 2009 (UTC)

Oil Production statistics: clarity and citation needed
I'm skeptical of the following numbers: "By 1901, Baku produced more than half of the world's oil (11 million tons or 212,000 barrels (33,700 m3) of oil per day), and 55 percent of all Russian oil." If Baku was responsible half of the world's oil production and 55% of Russia's production, that implies that Russia was responsible for about 90% of the world's production. Surely not, particularly if, as stated in the previous sentence, Russia's 8 million tons just exceeded US production three years earlier. Finally, does the 11 million tons represent Baku production or world production? In sum, statement needs verification, citation, and clarification. DrPhlogiston (talk) 16:04, 10 July 2015 (UTC)DrPhlogiston