Iraq's Khor Mor Gas Field Hit Less than Day After Reportedly Referenced by Kataib Hezbollah
- On Nov 8, production at the Khor Mor gas field in Kurdistan was halted after a drone strike hit an LPG storage tank, igniting a fire that continued raging at the facility.
- Joint field operator Dana Gas had previously suspended production in July due to credible security threats before restarting operations later that month.
- Some 2.8 gigawatts of power generation in the Kurdistan region was lost following the attack; Iraq Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi confirmed no casualties based on initial assessment.
- Employees at the site were evacuated to shelters following the strike, and a Joint statement by regional ministries described the attack as a "terrorist attack."
- Baghdad continues balancing diplomatic ties with Iran amid ongoing military escalation between the two countries, as Iraq remains vulnerable to regional tensions affecting critical infrastructure.
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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Lee Ji-heon = A gas field owned by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in the Kurdistan Autonomous Region of Iraq was attacked by drones on the 8th (local time), causing gas production...
The drone attack on the Khor Mor gas field in Iraq has caused a disruption in gas supply and a reduction in electricity production by approximately 2.8 gigawatts. This amount of energy is enough to simultaneously supply about 2 to 2.3 million average homes, reports Telegrafi. Omid Ahmed, spokesman for the Ministry of Electricity of the Kurdistan Regional Government, said that after the attack, gas supply to several power plants in Erbil, Sulaima…
Production at the Khor Mor gas field in Sulaimaniyah province in Iraqi Kurdistan was urgently stopped after an explosion as a result of a drone attack, local security services say.
Attack on Iraq gas complex disrupts supply to region’s power plants, authorities say
An Emirati-owned gas complex in Iraq’s autonomous Kurdistan region was attacked on Sunday, disrupting the gas supply to the region’s power plants, local Kurdish authorities said. “At 11pm, the Khor Mor gas field came under a terrorist attack,” the regional natural resources and electricity authorities said in a statement, without elaborating. A Kurdish security source told Agence France-Presse that an “explosive-laden drone” hit the field. The K…
Production suspended at Iraq's Khor Mor gas field after drone attack, sources say
Nov 8 - Production was halted on Sunday at Iraq's Khor Mor gas field, one of the largest in the Kurdistan region, after a drone attack hit the field, sources said. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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