Operations resumed on Monday at a major gas facility in Iraq’s Kurdish region, the Emirati company running the complex said, after more than a month of disruption due to the US-Iran war.
Dana Gas announced “the resumption of production of the Khor Mor gas facility in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, following a period of intermittent operations”, according to a statement published by the Abu Dhabi stock exchange.
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On February 28 the UAE company suspended natural gas supplies from the complex as war broke out, authorities in Iraq’s autonomous Kurdistan region had said.
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Kurdistan’s electricity and natural resources ministries said the decision was made “due to the extraordinary circumstances and ongoing events in the region, and to protect employees at the Khor Mor field”.
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The Khor Mor complex, which supplies most of Kurdistan’s power stations, has been hit several times in recent years in attacks blamed on pro-Iran armed groups in Iraq.
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