Poorly Secured Remote Energy Facilities Invite Terrorist Attacks

BY KEITH JOHNSON AND DANIEL GILBERT

The terrorist attack on a remote gas field in Algeria has underscored security risks facing energy installations in unstable parts of the world, and analysts say the Algerian attack could be just the beginning of a wave of similar strikes at other potentially vulnerable facilities.

The rise in al Qaeda-linked activity in Mali and Algeria is a complication for international oil and gas companies still navigating the fallout from the Arab Spring, the Libyan civil war, unrest and domestic terrorism in Nigeria, and continued maritime piracy off the coasts of Africa. It also adds pressure on regional governments to boost investment on security

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