Gazprom and SOCAR review cooperation prospects
A working meeting between Alexey Miller Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee, and Rovnag Abdullayev, President of the State Oil Company of the Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR), took place today at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum 2021.
The parties reviewed the prospects of cooperation in the gas sector.
Background
The St. Petersburg International Economic Forum 2021 is being held at the EXPOFORUM Convention and Exhibition Centre from June 2 to 5. This year's main theme is “A Collective Reckoning of the New Global Economic Reality.”
SOCAR is Azerbaijan's largest state-owned petroleum company engaged in oil, natural gas and gas condensate exploration, production, processing, transportation and sales.
In order to expedite the interaction with the Azerbaijani party in the gas sector, a Representative Office of Gazprom was opened in Azerbaijan in December 2018.