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Image used for illustrative purpose. A worker checks the valve of an oil pipe at the Lukoil company owned Imilorskoye oil field outside the West Siberian city of Kogalym, Russia, January 25, 2016.
MOSCOW - Russia's largest private oil company Lukoil is discussing entering new projects in the Republic of Congo, where it will serve as an operator, Russian state-owned news agency RIA reported on Friday.
(Reporting by Reuters; Editing by Muralikumar Anantharaman)