Suspected Drone Attack Halts Iraq's Khor Mor Gas Field, Cutting 2.8GW of Kurdistan Power Generation, Officials Say

A suspected drone attack struck Iraq's Khor Mor gas field on the night of November 8, 2026, sparking a fire that halted production at one of the Kurdistan Region's largest gas facilities and knocked out roughly 2.8 gigawatts of electricity generation capacity, according to joint operator Dana Gas and the Kurdistan Regional Government's (KRG) Electricity Ministry.

What Happened

Dana Gas told the market that the Khor Mor facility in the Kurdistan Region was subject to a suspected drone attack that caused a fire, according to Rudaw. The company said the blaze has since been extinguished and that no personnel were injured. As of the latest reporting, Dana Gas said gas production at the field, which feeds the majority of the Kurdistan Region's electricity grid, remains suspended while it continues assessing the damage, per Rudaw's report.

The region's natural resources and electricity ministries issued a joint statement describing the incident as a "terrorist attack" and said they were working to minimise its impact, according to Reuters reporting published via Al-Monitor. The KRG Electricity Ministry said the shutdown would reduce the region's electricity generation capacity by 2,800 megawatts — roughly 2.8 gigawatts — underscoring the immediate impact on Kurdistan's energy infrastructure.

Investigation and Prior Attacks

There was no claim of responsibility for the attack as of reporting, Reuters said. Two sources in the region's electricity ministry told Reuters that a single drone strike hit an LPG storage tank, causing the fire, while sources told Rudaw that the field's gas storage and truck loading unit — which stores approximately 1,500 tons of cooking gas across 170 tanker trucks — was struck on Sunday evening, after more than four months of calm. Two Iraqi security sources with knowledge of the situation told Reuters that preliminary information indicates the drone was launched from areas east of the city of Tuz Khurmatu, around 80 km (50 miles) southwest of Khor Mor, and that an ongoing investigation has so far ruled out the possibility that it originated in Iran. Reuters noted the field has faced several drone attacks and output disruptions since 2022, which Kurdish officials have blamed on Iran-linked militias. Iraq's prime minister, Ali al-Zaidi, ordered the formation of a joint committee with Kurdistan Region authorities to investigate the attack, which he described as "heinous," Rudaw reported.

Bottom Line

Khor Mor is operated through Pearl Petroleum, in which Dana Gas and Crescent Petroleum each hold 35% stakes, with OMV, MOL and RWE each holding 10%, per Reuters. Dana Gas said in its annual report that output at the field has topped 700,000 cubic feet per day this year, versus 506,000 cf/d in 2025, following an expansion project. The stoppage also lands amid a commercial dispute: in August, Dana Gas and Crescent Petroleum began supplying gas from Khor Mor to Iraq's federal Ministry of Electricity, a deal the KRG said was taken unilaterally and outside the contractual framework governing the project; the companies denied breaching their contractual obligations and said they did not need KRG approval to sell the gas to Baghdad, Reuters reported. Interpretation: with the field feeding the majority of Kurdistan's grid and production still suspended pending damage assessment, the duration of the outage — not the attack itself — is the variable that determines how much of the 2,800 MW of lost capacity translates into sustained power shortfalls.