# [WARNING] Khor Mor Gas Plant Still Shut, Prolonging Kurdistan Power Crisis

*Saturday, November 14, 2026 at 4:58 PM UTC — Hamer Intelligence Services Desk*

**Detected**: 2026-11-14T16:58:08.264Z (1h ago)
**Tags**: MARKET, energy, natural-gas, MENA, Iraq, infrastructure-attack, risk-premium
**Sources**: OSINT
**Permalink**: https://hamerintel.com/data/alerts/30344.md
**Source**: https://hamerintel.com/summaries

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**Summary**: Dana Gas confirms the Khor Mor gas facility in Iraqi Kurdistan remains fully offline after a major attack, with ‘significant damage’ preventing any gas production. This entrenches a regional power shortage and reinforces risk premia on Iraqi/Kurdistan gas-linked assets and MENA energy infrastructure, with modest spillover upside for European gas benchmarks on security-of-supply concerns.

## Detail

Dana Gas has stated that the Khor Mor gas facility in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq remains offline and is currently unable to produce gas due to substantial damage from Sunday’s attack. Khor Mor is the single most important gas source for the Kurdistan Region’s power sector, feeding plants that generate a large share of its electricity. Iraqi authorities have set up an investigative committee, implying both severity and political sensitivity.

From a supply–demand perspective, Khor Mor’s output (roughly 500+ mmcfd in recent years) is primarily captive to Kurdistan’s domestic power grid rather than export markets, so the direct volumetric impact on global gas balances is limited. However, the outage effectively removes a critical baseload fuel source for KRG power, forcing increased reliance on diesel and fuel oil where available, raising local oil product demand and costs. If the outage persists beyond days into weeks, there is risk of sustained power rationing, industrial disruption, and heightened political tension between Baghdad, Erbil and project stakeholders over security guarantees and payment terms.

For traded markets, the impact is via risk premium rather than lost export flow. The attack underscores the vulnerability of onshore MENA gas infrastructure to militant or militia action at a time when global LNG and pipeline markets remain tight. European traders, still sensitive to any sign of new Middle Eastern supply risk post‑Ukraine, are likely to price a modest security premium into TTF and NBP, especially if there is talk of delaying planned KRG gas export ambitions to Turkey/Europe. Brent and ICE gasoil can see mild support on expectations of additional local oil product burn and a generalized MENA energy risk bid.

Historically, prior KRG infrastructure attacks (including earlier Khor Mor incidents and Kirkuk-area pipeline disruptions) have produced short-lived but noticeable lifts in regional risk premia and, at times, 1–2% intraday moves in Brent when coinciding with other geopolitical noise. If repairs are rapid and flows resume within days, the impact should be transient. A multi-week outage, repeat attacks, or any sign that international operators might scale back Kurdistan investment would make the shock more structural, supporting a sustained though modest premium across MENA-linked crude and gas assets.

**AFFECTED ASSETS:** TTF Dutch Gas Futures, NBP UK Gas Futures, Brent Crude, ICE Gasoil, Iraqi Eurobonds, Dana Gas equity, Kurdistan-focused E&Ps