Russia's Gazprom Neft (SIBN.ME), the oil arm of state gas company Gazprom, is considering paying interim dividends, although no final decision has been made yet, the company said on a conference call with investors on Thursday.
Earlier on Thursday, Gazprom Neft posted net profit of 49.3 billion roubles ($824.14 million) for the second quarter of this year, up from 48.9 billion roubles in the same period of last year.
(Reporting by Olesya Astakhova; Writing by Dmitry Solovyov)