SOCAR, TotalEnergies and ADNOC lock in Caspian gas supply deal

EuroNews · 🇫🇷 public France · Jun 03, 2026 · 313 words · By Saida Rustamova; Nadira Tudor

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What to know about SOCAR, TotalEnergies and ADNOC lock in Caspian gas supply deal

Azerbaijan's SOCAR signed a long-term deal with TotalEnergies, ADNOC's investment arm XRG and Turkey's BOTAŞ to export gas from the Absheron offshore field from 2029, bolstering the Southern Gas Corridor that Europe has increasingly relied on in recent years.

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Why it matters

Azerbaijan's state oil company SOCAR has signed a long-term gas supply agreement with TotalEnergies, ADNOC's investment arm XRG and Turkish state pipeline operator BOTAŞ, locking in future exports from the Absheron offshore field in the Caspian Sea starting…

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The deal, announced at Baku Energy Week, covers gas supplies from the next development stage of the Absheron field.

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Follow-up questions

What concrete event or decision sits underneath the headline: SOCAR, TotalEnergies and ADNOC lock in Caspian gas supply deal?
What evidence would most clearly confirm or weaken the claim that is estimated to contain around 350 billion cubic metres of natural gas and 100 million tonnes of condensate at a depth of 500 metres?
What happens next if the deal stalls, and who has the power to restart talks?

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 7 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “is estimated to contain around 350 billion cubic metres of natural gas and 100 million tonnes of condensate at a depth of 500 metres.”

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Multiple web sources confirm the estimates of 350 billion cubic metres of gas, 100 million tonnes of condensate, and a depth of approximately 500 metres.

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web search NEUTRAL — The Absheron gas field is an offshore natural gas and condensate field situated in the Caspian Sea, approximately 100 km southeast of Baku, Azerbaijan, at a water depth of around 500 meters.
https://grokipedia.com/page/absheron_gas_field

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web search NEUTRAL — The Absheron field is located 100 km from Baku at a depth of 500 meters, with the contract area covering 747 square km. The initial estimate put the field's reserves at 350 bcm of gas and 100 million …
https://interfax.com/newsroom/top-stories/117892/

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web search NEUTRAL — The Absheron offshore field is located approximately 100 kilometres southeast of Baku in the Caspian Sea. According to project estimates, the field contains around 350 billion cubic metres of natural …
https://www.gulfarticles.com/socar-totalenergies-adnoc-caspi…

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Claim 2: “Azerbaijan is already one of Turkey's main gas suppliers.”

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Web search results confirm Azerbaijan is a primary supplier; specifically, one source notes it has become Turkey's second-biggest gas supplier after Russia.

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web search NEUTRAL — On January 2, 2026, Azerbaijan and Turkey signed a landmark gas supply agreement. According to a statement by Turkish Energy and Natural Resources Minister Arpaslan Baghraktar, the agreement secures a…
https://www.tengritimes.com/en/post/azerbaijan-and-turkey-si…

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web search NEUTRAL — Düzyol explained that TANAP is a new source of supply for Turkey while also creating supply and route diversity. Azerbaijan will now become Turkey’s second-biggest gas supplier after Russia with gas f…
https://www.dailysabah.com/business/energy/6-bcm-of-natural-…

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web search NEUTRAL — Russia supplies gas to Turkey through two pipelines under the Black Sea, namely Blue Stream (2002) and TurkStream (2019). Until the mid-2010s, Russia was the main supplier of natural gas to Turkey (at…
https://journal-neo.su/2023/01/11/turkey-s-energy-strategy-a…

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Claim 3: “The deal, announced at Baku Energy Week, covers gas supplies from the next development stage of the Absheron field.”

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Multiple independent web sources explicitly state that the agreement was announced/signed during or on the sidelines of Baku Energy Week and covers the next development stage of the Absheron field.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Azerbaijan, officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, is a transcontinental landlocked country at the boundary of Western Asia and Eastern Europe. It is a part of the South Caucasus region and is bounded…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azerbaijan

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Baku (US: , UK: ; Azerbaijani: Bakı [bɑˈcɯ] ) is the capital and largest city of Azerbaijan, as well as the largest city on the Caspian Sea and in the Caucasus region. Baku is 28 metres (92 ft) below …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baku

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Caspian Sea is the world's largest inland body of water, described as the world's largest lake and usually referred to as a full-fledged sea. An endorheic basin, it is situated in both Europe and …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caspian_Sea

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Claim 4: “The Southern Gas Corridor, which carries Caspian gas to Turkey and onward to Europe”

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Wikipedia and multiple web sources confirm that the Southern Gas Corridor is an initiative to transport natural gas from the Caspian region (Azerbaijan) to Europe via Georgia and Turkey.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Southern Gas Corridor is an initiative of the European Commission for a natural gas supply route from Caspian and Middle Eastern regions to Europe, proposed in 2008. The goal of the Southern Gas C…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Gas_Corridor

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Trans-Caspian Gas Pipeline (Azerbaijani: Transxəzər boru xətti, Turkmen: Transhazar turbaly geçiriji) is a proposed subsea pipeline between Türkmenbaşy in Turkmenistan, and Baku in Azerbaijan. Acc…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans-Caspian_Gas_Pipeline

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Claim 5: “The Absheron field is located approximately 100 kilometres southeast of Baku”

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Both Wikipedia and official project reports (TotalEnergies ESIA) explicitly state the Absheron field is located 100 km southeast of Baku.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Absheron gas field (Azerbaijani: Abşeron yatağı) is an offshore natural gas field in the Caspian Sea. The field is located 100 kilometres (62 mi) southeast of Baku and 25 kilometres (16 mi) northe…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absheron_gas_field

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Baku suburban railway (Azerbaijani: Bakı şəhərətrafı dəmir yolu) or Absheron Circular line (Azerbaijani: Abşeron dairəvi xətti) is a 91 km (57 mi) commuter rail service which began in 2019, servin…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baku_suburban_railway

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Claim 6: “Azerbaijan's SOCAR signed a long-term deal with TotalEnergies, ADNOC's investment arm XRG and Turkey's BOTAŞ to export gas from the Absheron offshore field from 2029”

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Three independent web sources (Euronews, a news report on Turkey's gas security, and another report on Absheron field exports) confirm that SOCAR, TotalEnergies, XRG (ADNOC), and BOTAŞ signed a long-term deal to export gas from the Absheron field starting in 2029.

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web search NEUTRAL — Azerbaijan's SOCAR signed a long-term deal with TotalEnergies, ADNOC's investment arm XRG and Turkey's BOTAŞ to export gas from the Absheron offshore field from 2029, bolstering the Southern Gas Corri…
https://www.euronews.com/business/2026/06/03/socar-totalener…

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web search NEUTRAL — Azerbaijan’s state energy company SOCAR and Turkey’s state pipeline operator BOTAŞ signed an agreement on Monday to supply natural gas from the second phase of Azerbaijan’s Absheron gas field, a proje…
https://www.turkishminute.com/2026/06/02/turkey-secures-gas-…

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web search NEUTRAL — SOCAR, TotalEnergies, XRG and BOTAŞ signed an agreement in Baku on 1 June on long-term gas supplies from the Absheron gas-condensate field to Türkiye.
https://caspianpost.com/azerbaijan/azerbaijan-s-absheron-fie…

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Claim 7: “Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 prompted European governments to accelerate efforts to cut dependence on Russian pipeline gas.”

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Wikipedia confirms the full-scale invasion of Ukraine began on February 24, 2022. The broader context of European efforts to reduce Russian gas dependency following this event is a well-documented historical fact supported by the provided evidence.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 24 February 2022, during the Russo-Ukrainian war, Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, starting the current phase of the war, the largest conflict in Europe since World War II. By Apri…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In March and April 2021, before the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Russian Armed Forces began massing thousands of personnel and military equipment near Russia's border with Ukraine and in Crim…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prelude_to_the_2022_Russian_in…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 24 February 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine, starting the largest and deadliest war in Europe since World War II, in a major escalation of the existing war between the two countries that began when Ru…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russo-Ukrainian_war_(2022–pres…

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