By Bate Felix
PARIS, Feb 7 (Reuters) - French oil and gas major Totalhas not made a decision on whether to bid for Dutchenergy company Eneco, the firm's chief executivePatrick Pouyanne said on Thursday.
Total has been mentioned alongside others including Shellas vying for Eneco, which analysts estimate to be wortharound 3 billion euros ($3.41 billion).
"We are in the Netherlands. We are one of the players. Wehave a marketing and services activity, we have a refiningactivity, so we know the Netherlands and it is true that we arewilling to expand our electricity portfolio," Pouyanne said.
Total is focused on completing and merging the activities ofBelgium's Lampiris, and French alternative power provider DirectEnergie, which it bought for 1.7 billion last year.
The French firm has said it plans to grow its retailelectricity business with a target for at least 15 percent ofthe French retail gas and power market by 2022, or seven millioncustomers in France and Belgium.
It has also said it was keen to enter other Europeanmarkets.
"We are looking at various opportunities and we will see ifthis one is of interest for us," Pouyanne said, adding that adecision has not been made.($1 = 0.8808 euros)(Reporting by Bate Felix; Editing by Jan Harvey and AlexanderSmith)