UAE firm operating as normal at Iraq gas field after drone strike

An employee turns a valve at the Nahr Bin Omar natural gas field, north of the southern Iraqi port of Basra on April 21, 2020 [HUSSEIN FALEH/AFP via Getty Images]

United Arab Emirates energy firm Dana Gas DANA.AD said today that production operations continued as normal at Iraq’s Khor Mor gas field in the Kurdistan region after it was targeted by a drone attack yesterday, Reuters reports.

Dana Gas, which along with its affiliate Crescent Petroleum has the rights to exploit the field, said it remained in close coordination with all relevant Iraqi authorities and security forces to ensure the continuation of safe operations.

A drone attack targeted the Khor Mor gas field in Iraq’s Kurdistan region yesterday, two security sources. There was no damage to the field.

No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.

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