Algeria attack just another ‘risk’ for energy workers

For oil and gas workers in Algeria, the job is all about trade-offs. The money is good, the hours are long, the locations remote and the risks, as shown by the hostage crisis in Algeria, are often high. But expatriates who have spent time at sites such as the In Amenas gas complex, the scene of the deadly 4-day assault by Islamist gunmen, say the job is inherently dangerous and terrorism was rarely their main concern. One engineer there noted, “These people are not oil industry mercenaries who sacrifice everything. These guys often have a taste for adventure. It’s normally fine.”

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