Drone attack on major gas field in Iraq's Kurdish autonomous region... production halt

Reuters and other media outlets reported on this day that a gas field owned by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in the autonomous Kurdish region of Iraq was attacked by a drone on the 8th (local time) and gas production was halted.

According to reports, on this night, a drone struck a liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) storage tank at the Kormor gas field, one of the largest gas production complexes in the Kurdistan autonomous region, and a fire broke out.

A joint statement from the Kurdish government's Ministry of Natural Resources and Electricity called the attack a "terrorist attack" and said they were working to minimize damage.

Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi said that the initial assessment showed that there were no casualties from the attack.

The Kormor gas field supplies fuel for power generation in the Kurdistan autonomous region, and the power generation capacity equivalent to about 2.8 gigawatts (GW) was lost due to the attack that day, the Kurdistan Autonomous Government's Electricity Ministry explained.

Reuters reported that so far, no group has claimed responsibility for this attack.

The Kurdish autonomous region has been the target of rocket and drone attacks targeting energy facilities for several years, and local authorities have pointed to pro-Iran Iraqi militant groups as the mastermind behind the attacks, AFP explained.