Russia 's OAO Gazprom (GAZP.RS), the world's biggest producer of natural gas, said Friday it plans to export 151.5 billion cubic meters of gas to Europe in 2011, an analyst attending the company's investor day meeting told Dow Jones Newswires.

The company also said it saw 2011 capital expenditure at $24 billion, the analyst said.

Gazprom's dividend payout ratio will remain between 17.5% and 35%, the company told investors.

Gazprom said it expects to sign a gas contract with
China by mid-2011, and that its Altai pipeline would begin deliveries to China by the end of 2015, while its east corridor pipeline would start deliveries to China after 2017, the analyst said.

Gazprom wasn't immediately available for comment