BP unsure of In Amenas restart date

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Eoin O'Cinneide

 23 January 2013 13:13 GMT

BP is unsure when operations can resume at the attack-hit In Amenas facility in Algeria as confirmation of the fate of four of its colleagues remains elusive.

Over a week since a group of heavily-armed Islamist militants stormed the plant – jointly operated by BP, Statoil and state oil company Sonatrach – the exact death toll remains unconfirmed.

Despite Algerian Minister of Energy & Mines Youcey Yousfi saying shortly after military forces regained control of the site that it would be up and running again in a matter of days, a BP spokesperson said on Wednesday that operations had not restarted.

The company could not give any indication as to when operations may resume as it concentrates on confirming the…

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