Balakhani and Bibiheybat are the oldest oil centers in the world. Oil production in the world started here. A similar project is currently being implemented in Bibiheybat settlement.

Axar.az reports that, the statement came from President Ilham Aliyev during a meeting with residents of Balakhani settlement.

"We cleaned Bibiheybat Bay there first. Do you remember what day it was? It was horrible to look at - black, all the land black, all the sea black, those drills, those poles all black and as if it was a zone of ecological disaster. But now there "We held some competitions of the European Games there. Now the marathon starts there. Art and sports camps, the country's largest water sports palace, a boulevard have been established there. The second stage is the improvement of Bibiheybat settlement. Work is underway there," he said.