MOSCOW, March 17 (Reuters) - U.S. energy major ExxonMobil is still considering plans to build a liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant either in the island of Sakhalin or in Khabarovsk region in Russia's far east, a senior company manager said on Thursday.

"We will promote our project at a pace which will ensure maximum profitability both for investors and the state," Alex Volkov, vice president for ExxonMobil Russia, told an energy conference.

(Reporting by Denis Pinchuk; Writing by Dmitry Solovyov; Editing by Katya Golubkova)