BP: 'small number unaccounted for'

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Eoin O'Cinneide

 18 January 2013 11:24 GMT

BP says "a small number" of its employees at the In Amenas gas facility in Algeria remain unaccounted for as local forces continue an offensive against armed terrorists.

Precise information on how many people are safe, unaccounted for, injured or dead following a hostage drama and apparent botched rescue mission at the gas field remains elusive, however.

(Read our full coverage on the crisis at In Amenas here.)

BP is joint operator of the field in central east Algeria along with Norway's Statoil and state oil company Sonatrach.

The UK oil giant is unwilling to divulge precise numbers of its staff caught up in the crisis, but said on Friday that the "serious situation...remains ongoing" and "the situation remains unclear as it…

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