{{The remote Algerian gas plant at the centre of a deadly hostage-taking last month has partially resumed production.}}<\/p>\n
The Tiguentourine plant has been closed since the attack by al-Qaeda-linked gunmen who took hundreds of local and dozens of foreign workers hostage.<\/p>\n
After four days the Algerian army ended the siege by storming the complex, but 29 insurgents and at least 37 hostages were killed.<\/p>\n
The plant is now operating at about a third of capacity, reports said.<\/p>\n
When in full operation, the plant produces about 9bn cu m of gas a year, or about 11% of the total produced by Algeria – a key supplier of gas to Europe.<\/p>\n
Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal started up one of three gas streams at the plant, which is jointly run by BP, Algeria’s state-owned Sonatrach and Norway’s Statoil, state radio reported.<\/p>\n
Sonatrach head Andelhamid Zerguine said he would call for armed guards to be deployed to help protect Algeria’s remote desert energy installations.<\/p>\n
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