MOSCOW, Nov 7 (Reuters) - Russian oil company Lukoil

on Thursday denied a media report that it was holding

talks on the sale of a refinery in Bulgaria to a Qatari-British

consortium.

The Financial Times newspaper reported on Tuesday that

Lukoil was in such talks.

In a statement, Lukoil said that "no discussions are being

held with the aforementioned Qatari-British consortium and no

communications with the authorities of the Russian Federation

took place on the subject."