Key facts
- Kurdistan's natural resources and electricity authorities said the Khor Mor gas field came under a "terrorist attack" at 11pm on November 8, 2026.
- Two sources in the region's electricity ministry told Reuters production was suspended after a drone hit an LPG storage tank, starting a fire.
- Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi said the attack caused no casualties, based on an initial assessment.
- The region's electricity ministry said 2.8 gigawatts of power generation in Kurdistan was lost after the attack.
- Khor Mor supplies most of Kurdistan's power stations and is owned by the United Arab Emirates firm Dana Gas, per Arab News.
- No party claimed responsibility for the attack, the reports said.
An Emirati-owned gas complex in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region was attacked on Sunday, November 8, 2026, disrupting gas supply to the region's power plants, the region's natural resources and electricity authorities said in a statement.
The authorities said the Khor Mor gas field came under a "terrorist attack" at 11pm, without elaborating. A Kurdish security source told Agence France-Presse that an "explosive-laden drone" hit the field. Reuters, citing two sources in the region's electricity ministry, reported that production was suspended after a single drone strike hit the LPG storage tank, causing a fire that was still burning. Two security sources told Reuters smoke was seen rising from the field.
Employees at the field were evacuated to shelters inside the facility, the two ministry sources said. Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi said the attack did not result in casualties, based on an initial assessment. The region's electricity ministry said 2.8 gigawatts of power generation in the Kurdistan region was lost following the attack.
Khor Mor supplies most of Kurdistan's power stations and is owned by the United Arab Emirates firm Dana Gas, which operates the field jointly, according to Arab News. Dana Gas had previously shut the field's main production facilities in July over security threats and restarted production later the same month, Reuters reported. There was no claim of responsibility for the attack.