The casket with the fifth and last victim from the terrorist attack on the Statoil/BP gas plant in Algeria, Victor Sneberg, arrived at Bergen Airport on Thursday.
Statoil CEO Helge Lund, executive vice presidents Lars Christian Bacher and Margareth Øvrum, and senior vice president Anders Hatteland were in attendance with Sneberg’s family to receive the casket in a private and closed reception.
The caskets of the other four Statoil employees who died following the terrorist attack at In Amenas on 16 January arrived in Norway last Wednesday. On Monday 4 February, a mourning ceremony was held in Haakon’s Hall in Bergen to commemorate the victims.
(NRK/Press release)
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Norwegian energy provider Statoil has decided to conduct an investigation following the In Amenas terrorist attack in Algeria, in which five Norwegian Statoil employees were killed.
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Statoil has appointed former director at Mongstad Refinery, Bjørn Kåre Viken, new country manager for Algeria. He will begin his new job om March 1st, NRK reports.
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The Norwegian government has turned down the demand for an independent investigation of the terrorist attack on the Statoil/BP gas plant in Algeria.
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A fresh poll shows that nearly half of those asked are open for the use of Norwegian military forces in a war against extreme Islamists in North Africa.
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Minister for Industry and Trade Trond Giske has called a rushed meeting with representatives for Norwegian industry to discuss risks and security for Norwegian firms operating abroad.
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Norwegian energy provider Statoil wants to continue its operations in Algeria, according to Statoil country manager Rolf Magne Larsen.
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