official and operator statements via Reuters, Al Jazeera and Rudaw, Nov 8 to 9
Suspected drone attack halts Iraq Khor Mor gas field, Kurdistan power cut
A fire at the field cut gas to Kurdish power plants.
Key facts
- Attack
- Suspected drone attack; Dana Gas statement via Reuters. Al Jazeera and Rudaw also report a drone/strike on the field. Culprit unconfirmed; no group officially identified (Reuters)
- Time and place
- Late Sunday night, Nov 8, Sulaimaniyah governorate (Al Jazeera). Rudaw cites the prime minister's office saying 11:10 local time and places the field in Chamchamal district west of Sulaimani
- Damage
- Fire at gas storage/truck-loading unit; production suspended (Dana Gas via Reuters; Rudaw). Reuters ministry sources said a single drone hit an LPG storage tank
- Casualties
- No staff hurt, Dana Gas via Reuters; no human casualties in initial assessment, Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi via Al Jazeera and Rudaw
- Power
- About 2.8 GW offline, Kurdistan electricity ministry via Reuters and Rudaw; 2,500 to 2,800 MW, ministry spokesperson Omid Ahmed via Al Jazeera. More than 70% of the Kurdish region without power; gas cut to plants serving Erbil, Sulaimaniyah, Bazian, Chamchamal and Duhok (Al Jazeera)
- Investigation
- Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi ordered a joint investigative committee with Kurdish authorities, starting Monday (Al Jazeera, Rudaw)
- Unverified claims
- A security source told Rudaw the attack was launched from Tuz Khurmatu; Telegram channels affiliated with pro-Iran armed groups claimed a suicide drone. Both are unverified. Reuters says there was no claim of responsibility
Note
Production was halted at Iraq's Khor Mor gas field in the Kurdistan Region after a suspected drone attack on Sunday, Nov 8, joint operator Dana Gas said, Reuters reports. The company said it was assessing damage after extinguishing a fire and that no staff were hurt.
Al Jazeera describes a Sunday night attack in Sulaimaniyah governorate that left more than 70 percent of the Kurdish region without power. Rudaw cites the prime minister's office as saying the attack took place at 11:10 local time and that gas production was suspended after a gas storage unit and truck-loading area were hit.
About 2.8 GW of power generation went offline, the Kurdistan electricity ministry said, Reuters and Rudaw report. Al Jazeera quotes ministry spokesperson Omid Ahmed putting the figure at between 2,500 and 2,800 megawatts and saying gas supply was suspended to plants serving Erbil, Sulaimaniyah, Bazian, Chamchamal and Duhok.
Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi ordered a joint investigative committee with Kurdish authorities, Al Jazeera and Rudaw report. Both outlets say the initial assessment found no human casualties.
Rudaw reports unverified claims that the strike was launched from Tuz Khurmatu and that pro-Iran militia Telegram channels claimed a suicide drone. Reuters says there was no claim of responsibility. No group has been officially identified. Rudaw also says the strike ended an almost four-month lull in attacks on the field.
Why it matters
Khor Mor supplies much of the Kurdistan Region's power generation. A production halt and multi-gigawatt outage cut electricity across the region while responsibility remains unconfirmed.
Sources
- Reuters: Iraq's Khor Mor gas field suspends output after drone attack (Nov 8 2026)
- Al Jazeera: Drone attack suspends production at Iraq's Khor Mor gasfield (Nov 9 2026)
- Rudaw: PM orders joint probe into Khor Mor attack (Nov 9 2026)
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