** FILE ** This is a April 19, 2005 fiel photo released by Statoil via NTB scanpix, shows the Ain Amenas gas field in Algeria, where Islamist militants raided and took hostages Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013. (AP Photo/Kjetil Alsvik, Statoil via NTB scanpix, File)
** FILE ** This is a April 19, 2005 fiel photo released by Statoil via NTB scanpix, shows the Ain Amenas gas field in Algeria, where Islamist militants raided and took hostages Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013. (AP Photo/Kjetil Alsvik, Statoil via NTB scanpix, File)
**FILE** This Ain Amenas gas field in Algeria, seen here in April 19, 2005, is where Islamist militants raided and took hostages on Jan. 16, 2013. (Associated Press/Kjetil Alsvik, Statoil via NTB scanpix)
**FILE** This Ain Amenas gas field in Algeria, seen here in April 19, 2005, is where Islamist militants raided and took hostages on Jan. 16, 2013. (Associated Press/Kjetil Alsvik, Statoil via NTB scanpix)
Statoil CEO Helge Lund reacts Jan. 17, 2013, during a press conference in Bergen, Norway, at the center for relatives to the hostages in Algeria, which has been established near the airport. Algerian forces launched a military assault at a natural gas plant in the Sahara Desert, trying to free dozens of foreign hostages held by militants who have ties to Mali's rebel Islamists, diplomats and an Algerian security official said. (Associated Press/Hakon Mosvold Larsen/NTB Scanpix)
Statoil CEO Helge Lund reacts Jan. 17, 2013, during a press conference in Bergen, Norway, at the center for relatives to the hostages in Algeria, which has been established near the airport. Algerian forces launched a military assault at a natural gas plant in the Sahara Desert, trying to free dozens of foreign hostages held by militants who have ties to Mali's rebel Islamists, diplomats and an Algerian security official said. (Associated Press/Hakon Mosvold Larsen/NTB Scanpix)
Statoil's chief executive officer Helge Lund arrives at the center in Bergen, Norway, set up for relatives of the hostages in Algeria. Algerian troops and helicopter gunships stormed the gas facility where Islamic extremists were holding foreign hostages on Thursday. (Associated Press)
Statoil's chief executive officer, Helge Lund, arrives at the center in Bergen, Norway, set up for relatives of the hostages in Algeria. Algerian troops and helicopter gunships stormed the gas facility where Islamic extremists were holding foreign hostages on Thursday. (Associated Press)
Kjetil Tonstad (left), Regional Vice President Middle East of Statoil, shakes hands with Abdul-Mehdi Al-Ami, the Deputy Director-General of the Department contracts after a signing ceremony at the Iraqi Oil Ministry in Baghdad, as Dmitry A. Timoshenko, Lukoil's vice president of strategy and business development, looks on. (Associated Press)
