MOSCOW, Oct 1 (Reuters) - Sakhalin Energy, a group led by Russia's Gazprom and involving Royal Dutch Shell, has secured $1.4 billion of new funding for its Sakhalin-2 liquefied natural gas project, a news agency reported. The money comes on top of $5.3 billion provided by the Japan Bank for International Cooperation and a consortium of international commercial banks, Interfax quoted Ian Craig, the head of the project, as saying on Thursday.