Russia's Rosneft says may consider role in Bashneft privatisation

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By Vladimir Soldatkin

MOSCOW, July 11 (Reuters) - Russia's largest oil producer Rosneft may consider taking part in the privatisation of smaller rival Bashneft once the government defines the rules of the sale, a Rosneft spokesman told Reuters on Monday.

"There is a question of conditions - when the conditions are defined. And once the conditions foresee equal treatment of all the market participants... we will consider it," said the spokesman, Mikhail Leontiev.

Leontiev also said that Rosneft "has experience of integrating large assets".

Rosneft became the world's largest listed oil producer by output in 2013 when it acquired Anglo-Russian oil company TNK-BP for $55 billion.

The government plans to sell 50 percent plus one share in Bashneft as part of a wider privatisation of state assets.

Earlier on Monday, Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov said that Rosneft could not be ruled out from the list of contenders for Bashneft.

Russia's No.2 oil producer Lukoil (Other OTC: LUKOF - news) has already said it wanted to buy all of Bashneft, whose market capitalisation stands at 567.8 billion roubles ($8.9 billion).

The privatisation is designed to bring in extra revenue to plug holes in the state budget. However, if state-owned Rosneft is the successful buyer, that would mean the state is essentially transferring money from one pocket to another.

In addition, Rosneft itself is slated for a partial privatisation, with 19.5 percent of the company on offer.

Rosneft's Leontiev said the firm in this case should not be viewed as a state entity.

"This is a publicly-listed company, which is operating in a competitive environment," he said.

Russia will press on with major privatisations this year, senior government officials said on Monday, after the sale of 10.9 percent stake in diamond company Alrosa raised 52.2 billion roubles ($813 million).

($1 = 64.0637 roubles) (Reporting by Vladimir Soldatkin; Editing by Christian Lowe)