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Rosneft and Exxon Abroad

By The Moscow Times

Rosneft is interested in projects with ExxonMobil in the Middle East, Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin said Wednesday.

"We have mutual interests in all oil-producing centers worldwide," Sechin told reporters in Beijing. Rosneft may work with Chinese producers to develop the Magadan-1 field in Russia's Far East offshore, Sechin said.

(Bloomberg)

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