Gazprom and Lukoil deny interest in taking 20% Repsol stake

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Moscow-Russia's gas giant Gazprom and oil major Lukoil denied November 14 they have plans to buy the 20% stake in Spain's Rep-sol-YPF being offered by Spanish building group Sacyr Vallehermoso, after reports the companies were interested sparked takeover speculation. "Gazprom has never planned and does not plan to buy the 20% stake in Repsol," Gazprom's official representative, Sergei Kupriyanov, said in an e-mailed statement. "All talks about this are connected with the fact that one wants to sell this stake, and not because one wants to buy it. And this is not the same." Russian media quoted Russian deputy prime minister Alexander Zhukov as saying November 12 that Gazprom was considering buying the Repsol stake.