Outdated Soviet refinery equipment and a reluctance by Western oil companies to invest in a war region where pipelines would routinely be destroyed prevented Azerbaijan from fully exploiting its oil wealth.
O equipamento anticuado das refinarías soviéticas e a renuencia das compañías occidentais en investir nunha zona de guerra onde os oleodutos eran destruídos rutineiramente impedían a Acerbaixán explorar ao máximo a súa riqueza.