Iraqi sources have reported that production at the Khor Mor gas field, one of the largest gas fields in the Kurdistan Region, has been suspended following a drone attack on the facility.
Reuters reported early Monday, November 9, that two sources in the region’s Ministry of Electricity said production at the field had been suspended after a drone struck a storage tank.
According to the report, the two sources said that employees at the facility had been moved to shelters inside the compound following the attack.
Ali al-Zaidi, Iraq’s prime minister, said that preliminary assessments indicated that the attack had caused no casualties.
The region’s Ministries of Natural Resources and Electricity described the attack on the field as a “terrorist attack” in a joint statement, adding that they were working to minimize its consequences.
The gas field supplies the fuel needed to generate electricity in the region.
Meanwhile, the Kurdistan Region’s Ministry of Electricity said in a statement that approximately 2.8 gigawatts of the region’s electricity generation capacity had been taken offline following the attack.
Nevertheless, amid escalating military tensions between Iran and the United States, Baghdad has consistently sought to maintain a balance in its relations with both Tehran and Washington.
