An Algerian official says that the country’s security forces will take over the job of securing the country’s oil and gas facilities, instead of private companies, following a massive terrorist attack in January.  More »

Algeria remains committed to mining its natural gas resources and won’t be deterred by the terrorist attack in January at a plant there, in which more than three-dozen people were killed, the country’s minister of energy and mines said Tuesday.  More »

A gas installation in Algeria that was the site of a terrorist attack last month that left 37 hostages dead partially resumed production Sunday, as the head of the state-owned energy company said he would request armed personnel for energy plants to help prevent future assaults on sites that can be hundreds of miles from the nearest city.  More »

With 48 of the continent’s 54 countries pursuing exploration for oil and gas, longtime advisor on Africa, Lord Mark Malloch-Brown, says investors need to be savvy.  More »

The head of Algeria’s state-owned energy company, Sonatrach, says the gas complex that came under terrorist attack last month will partially resume work in the next week.  More »

BP confirmed Monday that four of its employees, including a vice president, were killed in the terrorist attack on the natural gas facility in Algeria that it jointly operates.  More »

Houstonian Victor Lynn Lovelady was killed in last week’s hostage standoff at a natural gas complex in Algeria, the third American reported dead. See Lovelady’s family talk about their loss.  More »

Even in light of the deadly Algeria hostage crisis, U.S. oil companies and workers are unlikely to pull out of dangerous zones because of the big profits and lucrative job contracts they offer, experts say.  More »

Companies are reinforcing security at their facilities in the world’s trouble spots and reviewing evacuation plans after at least 23 workers were killed in an attack on a natural gas plant in Algeria.  More »

Katy resident Frederick Buttaccio was killed in the attack on a natural gas facility in Algeria. Another Houston-area man also was taken captive. His fate is unknown.  More »

One or more of BP’s employees may have been killed during the hostage crisis at its jointly operated facility in Algeria, BP CEO Bob Dudley told reporters Saturday morning.  More »

A State Department spokeswoman said Friday that hostages are still being held, but did not provide details on the condition of any of them, including a Houston engineer who was among the captives.  More »