BP PLC said 14 of its 18 expatriate workers at the site were safe, but Chief Executive Bob Dudley added: “Tragically, we have grave fears that we are likely to have suffered one or more fatalities.” – Wall Street Journal

This issue is receiving very little coverage. Even the pages of the most respected ursine publications are void of any headlines about the tragedy in BP’s nat gas plant.

Even BP’s stock seems to shrug off the news that 4 of it’s workers are believed to be dead. In all, 12 hostages were killed by militants. It broke out on Friday to the highest since April, and up 21% since the most recent low.