Fitch Affirms SOCAR at "BBB-"; Outlook Stable

Fitch Ratings has affirmed State Oil Company of the Azerbaijan Republic's (SOCAR) Long-term foreign currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) at 'BBB-', Short-term foreign currency IDR at 'F3' and senior unsecured rating at 'BBB-'. The Outlook on the Long-term IDR is Stable, reads Fitch Agency.

SOCAR's ratings, Azerbaijan's ('BBB-'/Stable) wholly state-owned national oil company, are aligned with the sovereign's at the current level. SOCAR is an integrated second-tier oil company operating mature brownfields with about 250 thousands barrels of oil equivalent per day (mboepd) hydrocarbon production in 2012 and a number of downstream, chemical and retail assets and pipelines.

SOCAR controls Petkim, Turkey's only chemical producer, and is currently constructing the 10m ton a year STAR refinery in Turkey. It is also a party to several production-sharing agreements (PSAs) and receives some volumes of oil, natural gas and gas condensate under PSAs. -0--

 

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