Rosneft says in PDVSA talks, no proposal on refineries

MOSCOW, April 2 (Reuters) - Russia's largest oil producer Rosneft (ROSN.MM) said on Friday it was in talks with Venezuelan state firm PDVSA "on various issues," though there were no proposals to acquire a stake in PDVSA's German assets.

On Thursday, industry sources told Reuters Rosneft was seeking to buy stakes in four German refineries from Venezuela as part of a Kremlin drive to encourage its firms to own assets all over the world. [ID:nLDE6301C]

"Rosneft is in talks with PDVSA on various issues, has not received proposals to buy a stake in German refineries", a Rosneft spokesman told Reuters on Friday.

The deal, in which Rosneft could buy PDVSA's 50 percent stake in the Ruhr Oil refinery venture with BP (BP.L), may be discussed on the fringes of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's visit to Venezuela on later on Friday [ID:nLDE62U1QC].

(Reporting by Dmitry Zhdannikov; writing by Vladimir Soldatkin; editing by Lidia Kelly)