Background

SOCAR is Azerbaijan's largest state-owned petroleum company engaged in oil, natural gas and gas condensate exploration, production, processing, transportation and sales.

In October 2009, Gazprom Export and SOCAR signed a medium-term contract for natural gas deliveries from Azerbaijan in 2010–2015 via the Shirvanovka custody transfer point on the border of Russia and Azerbaijan. The overall amount of gas purchased from Azerbaijan in 2010–2015 was 5.4 billion cubic meters.

In 2015, Gazprom Schweiz, a subsidiary of Gazprom Export, supplied gas to Azerbaijan Methanol Company (AzMeCo). A total of 107.4 million cubic meters of gas was delivered under the contract.