ST PETERSBURG- Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said on Thursday he planned to meet with Russian oil companies to discuss the oil output deal between OPEC and non-OPEC countries.

Speaking in St Petersburg at an economic forum, Novak said the meeting could take place either next week or the week after.

(Reporting by Olesya Astakhova and Oksana Kobzeva; writing by Tom Balmforth; editing by Maria Kiselyova) ((tom.balmforth@thomsonreuters.com;))