Khor Mor begins supplying gas to federal power station in Kirkuk

SULAYMANIYAH — Dana Gas and Crescent Petroleum have begun supplying gas from the Khor Mor field to Iraq’s Electricity Ministry, the first deliveries from the Kurdistan Region’s largest gas field to a federal power station, the companies said Tuesday.

They are sending 100 million standard cubic feet a day from the Khor Mor processing facility to the Kirkuk Taza power station under a one-year agreement signed with the ministry in December 2025. The volume is about 13% of the field’s capacity.

The deliveries were made possible by the KM250 expansion, commissioned in October 2025, which raised processing capacity by half to 750 MMscf/d and allows sales beyond the Kurdistan Region through pipeline infrastructure. “The first delivery of gas to Iraq’s Ministry of Electricity is an important milestone,” said Majid Jafar, chief executive of Crescent Petroleum and managing director of the Dana Gas board. Dana Gas chief executive Richard Hall said the agreement “lays the foundation for more cooperation on energy within Iraq’s growing market.”

Khor Mor, in Sulaymaniyah’s Chamchamal district, is the largest gas field in Iraq and fuels power stations generating about 90% of the Kurdistan Region’s electricity. It has been hit repeatedly by rocket and drone attacks in recent years, with production usually restored after temporary interruptions. Generation across the Region fell by 2,500 MW on July 16 when the operator halted production over what it called credible security threats.

The Electricity Ministry said earlier Tuesday that Iraq is receiving 600 MW from Turkey and 300 from Jordan after cross-border transmission links entered service, four days after the minister told parliament that none of the promised interconnection projects was running.