FILE PHOTO: The logo of Russia's oil producer Gazprom Neft is seen on a board at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum 2017 in St. Petersburg, Russia, June 1, 2017. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia’s Gazprom Neft denied on Wednesday that it was holding talks to take part in specific projects in South Sudan and said that no agreement had been reached to explore oil blocks there.
South Sudan’s petroleum minister said on Tuesday that Gazprom’s oil division had signed a memorandum of understanding to explore four oil blocks.
He told Reuters that Gazprom Neft was awaiting more information on the blocks from the oil ministry before starting exploration.
Reporting by Olesya Astakhova; writing by Tom Balmforth; editing by Louise Heavens
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