Russia's RDIF sovereign wealth fund and U.S. oilfield services provider Schlumberger plan to complete a deal soon to buy a stake in Russia's Eurasia Drilling Company, RDIF boss Kirill Dmitriev was cited as saying by TASS news agency.
Dmitriev told reporters separately that state oil pipeline monopoly Transneft was considering a share buyback but did not provide details.
(Reporting by Darya Korsunskaya; writing by Tom Balmforth; editing by Jason Neely)
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