YUZHNO-SAKHALINSK, Russia, Sept 30 (Reuters) - Energy majorShell is in talks to join Russia's state-controlledGazprom in tapping the Yuzhno-Kirinskoye gas fieldoffshore Russia's Sakhalin island in the Pacific, OlivierLazare, the head of Shell's operations in Russia, said onWednesday.
Last month, the United States restricted exports, re-exportsand transfers of technology and equipment to theYuzhno-Kirinskoye field. (Reporting by Denis Pinchuk; writing by Vladimir Soldatkin;Editing by Alexander Winning)