Kurdistan oil back to 250,000 bpd with Sarsang still shut

ERBIL — Oil production in the Kurdistan Region has returned to between 200,000 and 250,000 barrels a day with every field restarted except Sarsang, which remains shut after drone and missile attacks, acting Natural Resources Minister Kamal Mohammed said.

About 50,000 barrels a day go to the domestic market and the rest is combined with Kirkuk crude and piped to Ceyhan, he told a news conference. Iraq exported about 526,000 barrels a day in May and June, so Region crude accounts for a substantial share of what the country is currently selling abroad.

Sarsang, in Duhok governorate, was damaged and halted in March in an attack the KRG blamed on outlawed groups operating from elsewhere in Iraq. It is operated by HKN Energy, with ShaMaran Petroleum holding an interest. ShaMaran suspended production at Sarsang and Atrush in July to protect staff and assets, and Gulf Keystone shut Shaikan, which had been producing more than 45,000 barrels a day, as a precaution without any direct damage. Dana Gas halted Khor Mor the same month over credible security threats, cutting the Region’s electricity generation by about 2,500 MW.

Exports through the Iraq-Turkey pipeline resumed in October 2025 after more than two years, with Baghdad taking responsibility for receiving Region crude and exporting it through Ceyhan.