KRG Ministry of Electricity says power to normalize within 24 hours after Khor Mor restart

ERBIL – The Kurdistan Regional Government’s Ministry of Electricity said Sunday that electricity supply in the region is expected to return to normal within 24 hours after gas deliveries from the Khor Mor field resumed.

In a statement, the ministry said gas flow to power stations restarted at 2 a.m. Sunday, allowing generation units to come back online in stages. It added that “power generation is now improving,” and said full stabilization of the grid is expected within a day.

The restart follows a shutdown caused by a drone attack on the Khor Mor gas field earlier this week that disrupted gas supplies and triggered widespread power outages across parts of the Kurdistan Region.

On the evening of Nov. 26, a drone strike hit Khor Mor, targeting a storage tank and sparking a blaze that took several hours to bring under control. The strike forced a complete halt in gas supplies from the field to power generation stations, cutting electricity to large areas of Erbil, Sulaymaniyah and other parts of the region.

Authorities from the federal government and the Kurdistan Regional Government have launched a joint investigation into the attack.

Khor Mor is among Iraq’s largest and most important gas fields and provides a substantial share of the natural gas used to fuel power plants in the Kurdistan Region. The site has been targeted multiple times in recent years by drones or missiles, including a fatal attack in April 2024 that killed at least four foreign workers.