ERBIL, Kurdistan Region of Iraq – Iraq is set to send household gas to the Kurdistan Region for local consumption after production at the key Khor Mor gas field was halted due to security concerns, an informed source told The New Region on Friday.

The move came after the Kurdistan Regional Government’s (KRG) Minister of Natural Resources Kamal Mohammed held a phone call with Iraqi Oil Minister Basim Mohammed Khudair, the source said.

Gas production was suspended at Sulaimani province’s Khor Mor field, operator Dana Gas announced Thursday, due to what it described as “credible security threats.”

Dana Gas's reservations about continuing operations come as the Kurdistan Region faces renewed attacks. At least eight drones were intercepted over Erbil early Friday, two days after another wave of drones was shot down over the capital by global coalition forces.

Seven missiles targeted Sulaimani on the same day, killing nine members of Komala Toilers of Kurdistan, an Iranian Kurdish opposition group, in Zirgwezala. 

In addition to household gas, Khor Mor serves as the main supplier of electricity in the Kurdistan Region.

Shortly after the Dana Gas statement, the Kurdistan Region’s electricity ministry announced that the shutdown of operations at Khor Mor, which the ministry also attributed to “security concerns,” had reduced power-generation capacity by 2,500 megawatts.

Significant disruptions to production at the Khor Mor gas field have made gas prices soar from around 8,500 dinars per cylinder to around 30,000 dinars earlier in 2026. 

In November, an attack on the Khor Mor field shut down production and slashed the Kurdistan Region’s electricity production by 80 percent for several days. The strike also disrupted power delivery to the provinces of Nineveh, Kirkuk, and Salahaddin.

The Khor Mor field is the main producer of the Kurdistan Region’s electricity, with natural gas reserves of around 1.8 trillion cubic feet. It is operated by the UAE-based Dana Gas, which, alongside affiliate Crescent Petroleum, agreed to a deal with the KRG in 2007 to develop the Region’s gas capacities.

The Kurdistan Region, despite maintaining a neutral stance, has come under hundreds of drone and missile attacks targeting civilian infrastructure, energy facilities, and Peshmerga forces.