S&P report compares credit quality of Gazprom, KMG, & SOCAR

    State-owned oil and gas producers Russia's Gazprom (BBB/Stable/A-2), Kazakhstan's KazMunayGas (KMG; BBB-/Stable/--), and Azerbaijan's SOCAR (BB+/Stable/--) gain significant advantages, but are also subject to constraints as government-related entities, says Standard & Poor's Ratings Services today in the peer comparison report "How State Ownership Affects Gazprom, KazMunayGas, And SOCAR."     All three companies...