OREANDA-NEWS. Mitsui & Co., Ltd. announced that Mitsui Oil Exploration Co., Ltd. ("MOECO"), a subsidiary of Mitsui in which Mitsui has 73.35% equity interest, has sold 5,150,000 shares (0.4% of issued shares) of INPEX CORPORATION ("INPEX").

Through this transaction MOECO's interest in INPEX shall decrease from 4.0% to 3.6%.