OREANDA-NEWS. January 9, 2008. The president of SOCAR Rovnag Abdullayev issued a decree on December 29, 2007 to appoint Badal Shamil oghlu Badalov as the chief of the Department of Social Development, Tofig Ridvan oghlu Gahramanov as the chief of the Department of Marketing and Operations and Elman Abbas oghlu Ismayilov as the director of Baku Oil Refinery named after Heydar Aliyev. It should be noted that prior to the last appointments Badal Badalov was the director of Baku Oil Refinery named after Heydar Aliyev, Tofig Gahramanov was the chief of the Division of Strategic Development of Refining in SOCAR, and Elman Abbasov was working as the assistant of general engineer on production and the chief of production division in Baku Oil Refinery named after Heydar Aliyev. On December 30 the president of SOCAR Rovnag Abdullayev and the representatives of the company visited Baku Oil Refinery named after Heydar Aliyev, the departments of Social Development and Marketing and Operations of SOCAR, and introduced the new officers to the personnel.