The Aporia · Production suspended at Iraq's Khor Mor gas field after drone attack, sources say

On November 8, production at Iraq's Khor Mor gas field was halted after a drone attack damaged an LPG storage tank and caused a fire. The attack resulted in the evacuation of employees to shelters within the facility; however, there were no reported casualties according to Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi. Two gigawatts of power generation capacity in the Kurdistan region was lost due to this incident, impacting regional electricity supply.

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On 2026-11-09, a drone attack hit the Khor Mor gas facility in northern Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdish region, causing a fire and cutting off power to over 70% of the area. The strike suspended natural gas supply to several cities including Erbil and Sulaimaniyah, reducing electricity generation by between 2,500 and 2,800 megawatts, according to Omid Ahmed, spokesperson for the Kurdistan Regional Government’s Ministry of Electricity. US President Donald Trump had announced an economic blockade on Iran's land supply routes that same day but said renewed strikes against Tehran were unlikely if nuclear talks progressed and the Strait of Hormuz was reopened. The responsible party for the drone attack in Iraq remains unclear, though it could be linked to tensions between external parties like the United States and Israel and Iran.

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Production suspended at Iraq's Khor Mor gas field after drone attack, sources say Nov 8 - asserted

sources → suspend → attack

Production was halted on Sunday at Iraq's Khor Mor gas field, one of the largest in the Kurdistan region, after a drone attack hit the field, sources said. asserted

sources → halt → field

Two sources in the region's electricity ministry said production at the field was suspended after a single drone strike hit the LPG storage tank, causing a fire that was still raging. asserted

that → say → fire

Two security sources said smoke was seen rising from the field. asserted

smoke → say → field

Employees at the field were evacuated to shelters inside the facility following the attack, the two ministry sources said. asserted

sources → evacuate → attack

Iraq's prime minister and commander-in-chief of the armed forces, Ali al-Zaidi, said the attack did not result in casualties, based on an initial assessment. asserted

attack → say → assessment

A joint statement by the region's natural resources and electricity ministries described the attack on the field as a "terrorist attack," saying they are working on minimizing its impact. asserted

they → describe → impact

The gas field provides supplies for regional power generation. asserted

field → provide → generation

Some 2.8 gigawatts of power generation in the Kurdistan region was lost following the attack, the region's electricity ministry said in a statement. asserted

ministry → lose → statement

Joint field operator Dana Gas had previously shut down the main production facilities at the field in July due to credible security threats and regional tensions before restarting production later in the same month. asserted

Gas → shut → month

Iraq has been among the countries most affected by Iran’s effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz. asserted

Iraq → affect → Hormuz

Traffic in the strait remains disrupted as ships continue to face attacks in the area asserted

ships → disrupt → area

Baghdad has been striving to balance its ties with neighboring Iran and the US amid the military escalation between the two countries. asserted

Baghdad → strive → countries

However, Tehran has launched attacks against Iranian Kurdish opposition groups in northern Iraq, while Iran-backed militants in Iraq launched attacks against Gulf neighbors earlier in the conflict. asserted

militants → launch → conflict

Production suspended at Iraq's Khor Mor gas field after drone attack, sources say

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