Dana Gas keeps Khor Mor shut to assess damage, says no staff hurt

SULAYMANIYAH — Dana Gas said Monday it was assessing the damage at the Khor Mor gas field after putting out a fire from a suspected drone attack late Sunday, and that no staff were injured, Reuters reported. Production at the field remains suspended, and the UAE-based operator did not say when it would resume.

The fire was fully brought under control shortly after 2 a.m. Monday, and the Kurdistan Region’s power loss from the attack has fallen to about 1,000 megawatts, 964media found. The Kurdistan Regional Government’s Electricity Ministry said late Sunday that the Region had lost more than 2,500 megawatts of generation.

Two sources responsible for security and gas shipments at the field confirmed the details to 964media. They said the gas lost to the fire was behind the sharp drop in electricity supply.

The attack hit the field’s loading depot for liquefied petroleum gas, the household gas used for cooking and heating, shortly after 10:30 p.m. Sunday, the sources said. The KRG’s ministries of Natural Resources and Electricity put the attack at 11 p.m. in a joint statement.

The depot loads 1,500 metric tons of household gas a day. It is served by 172 tankers, with four at the loading arms at any one time.

The attack late Sunday halted the gas that feeds the Region’s power stations and cut electricity in parts of Erbil, Duhok and Zakho. Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi ordered a joint investigation with the relevant authorities in the Kurdistan Region. No group has claimed responsibility.

After a drone strike on the field on Nov. 26, 2025, a federal investigation found that two drones launched from areas east of Tuz Khurmatu, in Salah al-Din governorate, had carried it out. The investigation said it was the 11th attack on the field from the same area.

On Sunday night, before the fire was out, a source at the field told 964media that the pipelines would be inspected once it was extinguished. Production would resume if the damage proved limited and stay halted until repairs were made if it was extensive, the source said.

Khor Mor, in the Qadir Karam subdistrict of Sulaymaniyah governorate’s Chamchamal district, can process about 750 million cubic feet of natural gas a day. Its operators, Dana Gas and Crescent Petroleum, say it fuels more than 80% of the Region’s electricity generation. In August, under a one-year deal with Iraq’s Electricity Ministry, they began sending 100 million cubic feet a day to the federal Taza power station in Kirkuk.