UPDATE 1-Mitsubishi buying 20 pct Ivory Coast oilfield stake from Anadarko
September 12, 2014 at 02:34 AM EDT
TOKYO, Sept 12 (Reuters) - Japanese trading house Mitsubishi Corp is buying a 20 percent stake in an offshore oilfield in Ivory Coast from U.S. firm Anadarko Petroleum , in what will be the first Japanese oilfield stake purchase in the African country.