Rosneft Plans to Close Essar Deal Soon

Russia's Rosneft plans to close the deal to buy a stake in India's refiner Essar Oil (ESSAROIL.BO) in the coming days, Pavel Fyodorov, Rosneft first vice-president, told a conference call on Tuesday.

He added that Rosneft had made around $6 billion in pre-payments to Venezuelan state company PDVSA and had no immediate plans to make any further advance payments soon.


(Reporting by Oksana Kobzeva and Olesya Astakhova; writing by Katya Golubkova)