* More than doubles security staff in international division
* Names first head of security, emergency preparedness
* Statoil board to see internal inquiry report in mid-Sept
OSLO, June 21 (Reuters) - Norway's Statoil has setup a separate division focused on security and emergencyprocedures in response to an attack in January on its gas plantin Algeria by Islamist militants.
The firm also said on Friday it had more than doubled thenumber of security staff in its international division comparedwith last year. It is also increasing security personnel inother divisions and has appointed Helga Nes, a long-standingStatoil official, as its first head of security, from July 1.
In January, Islamist gunmen had attacked the In Amenas plantin Algeria, jointly owned by Statoil, BP, and Algeria'sSonatrach.
Since then Statoil has been conducting an internal inquiryinto security at the facility.
"The appointment and the organisational changes are a partof a broader response from Statoil to the tragedy," the firmsaid in a statement.
Statoil said it had reviewed security arrangements at the InAmenas gas plant in Algeria together with BP and Sonatrach.
"So far we are pleased with the progress, but we need totake the time necessary to complete all measures before adecision to return personnel can be taken," it said.
The plant resumed partial production in February but withlimited numbers of non-Algerian staff.
A report on Statoil's internal inquiry into the attack willbe presented to the company board in mid-September, after whichit will be made public.
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