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Indian, Russian firms eye Repsol's YPF -report

Mon Jul 6, 2009 3:10am EDT

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MADRID, July 6 (Reuters) - India's Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC.BO) and Russian companies are among those interested in buying a stake in Repsol's (REP.MC) Argentine unit YPF, a Spanish business newspaper reported on Monday.

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Repsol has told several oil firms it is prepared to sell at least 20 percent of YPF and could dispose of more, La Gaceta reported, citing unnamed sources.

A Repsol spokesman said the company had received proposals of interest in YPF from a large number of firms, but declined to confirm whether Indian and Russian companies were among them.

La Gaceta said Chinese oil producer CNOOC (0883.HK) and state-run China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC) were also in the running.

CNOOC has said it is seeking cooperation with YPF rather than an acquisition. [ID:nPEK267365].

(Reporting by Andrew Hay; Editing by John Stonestreet)

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