HANOI, March 30 (Reuters) - Vietnam's Binh Son Refining

and Petrochemical said on Monday that it is in talks

with Russian partners to buy crude oil.

The company said it will also buy more crude oil from

Africa, the United States and Southeast Asia.

* "BSR is proactively working with its Russian partners on

the possibility of purchasing ESPO, Sokol, and Novy Port crude

oil," it said in a statement.

* BSR has bought 950,000 barrels each of Nigerian Erha

crude from ExxonMobil ( XOM ) and Angolan Palanca crude from BP for June

delivery, a source told Reuters.

* BSR hasn't bought any Russian crude oil yet, the

source said.

* The 130,000-barrel-per-day refinery plans to operate

at 123% of its designed capacity in the second quarter and

produce 2 million tons of petroleum products, it said.

* BSR aims to produce a record 8.3 million tons of

petroleum products this year.

* The company is expanding its oil storage capacity,

with a new storage facility scheduled to go into operation in

May, it said.