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SOCAR Sets February Timeline to Finalize Pakistan Oil and Gas Investment

Islamabad signals regulatory reforms to attract strategic energy capital.

Overview

  • SOCAR President Rovshan Najaf announced the plan during a World Economic Forum meeting with Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb in Davos.
  • Both sides said they will maintain close coordination to complete the transaction next month.
  • SOCAR already supplies LNG to Pakistan under a government-to-government framework that allows up to one cargo per month without take-or-pay, extended into 2025.
  • The Azerbaijani company expressed interest in deeper collaboration with Pakistan State Oil and across the broader oil and gas value chain.
  • Pakistan highlighted reforms focused on pricing transparency, contractual clarity and risk-sharing to attract sustained private-sector participation.