Gas
SOCAR Bets $1.65 Billion on U.S. Shale Gas Boom
CEII brief
OilPrice.com reported on 5 Nov 2026: SOCAR Bets $1.65 Billion on U.S. Shale Gas Boom.
Read the full story on OilPrice.comAzerbaijan’s state oil and gas company SOCAR has struck a deal with Comstock to acquire some of its assets in the Haynesville shale and an infrastructure subsidiary. The price tag of the deal is $1.65 billion.
Context from CEII
Gas is the flexible backbone of many grids and the designated transition fuel in many national plans, from LNG trade to domestic LPG and CNG. Supply security and pricing drive both power reliability and emissions.
86.2% of electricity in Azerbaijan came from gas in 2024Countries in this story
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