Japan's Mitsui to keep Sakhalin-2 stake under new Russian operator

TOKYO -- Japanese trading house Mitsui & Co. will retain its stake in the Sakhalin-2 liquefied natural gas project under a new operator established by the Russian government, Nikkei has learned. 

Russia has been pressing two Japanese investors, Mitsui and Mitsubishi Corp., to decide whether to maintain their investments in the project.