MILAN, Aug 5 (Reuters) - Russia's Sakhalin II liquefiednatural gas (LNG) export plant has launched a tender to sellfour cargoes in total in September and October, trade sourcessaid.
Three of the cargoes will be loading in September and one inOctober, one of the sources said.
Sakhalin Energy, which operates the plant, is a jointventure between energy giant Gazprom -- which owns a50 percent stake -- and Royal Dutch Shell which has27.5 percent. Japan Mitsui also has 12.5 percent and DiamondGas, a Mitsubishi Corp subsidiary, 10 percent. (Reporting by Oleg Vukmanovic, editing by David Evans)