On Wednesday, UAE-based companies Dana Gas and Crescent Petroleum announced that they had commenced supplies of natural gas from the Khor Mor field in the Kurdistan Region to Iraq’s Ministry of Electricity in Kirkuk. 

Based on an agreement signed last December with the Iraqi Ministry of Electricity, Dana Gas and Crescent Petroleum, as joint operators of the Kurdistan Gas Project, will supply 100 million standard cubic feet per day of gas from the Khor Mor gas processing facility to Kirkuk Taza power station for an initial term of one year to help improve power generation and services in the country, the company said in a press release.

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On July 27, Dana Gas announced that it would gradually resume production at the Khor Mor gas field, a week after it suspended production due to security risks amid ongoing drone attacks.

“This first delivery of gas to Iraq’s Ministry of Electricity is an important milestone for the companies in their development of gas sector in the Kurdistan Region, while also further supporting the growing electricity demand for Iraq as a whole,” Majid Jafar, CEO of Crescent Petroleum and Managing Director of the Board of Dana Gas, said in a public statement.

Also on Wednesday, UK-listed Genel Energy announced that they will continue working closely with Norway’s DNO to normalize production and restore exports in the Kurdistan Region. 

Genel Energy reported in its half-year results that oil production fell sharply to 6,600 barrels of oil per day (bpd) in the first half of 2026, down from 19,600 bpd in the same period last year, reflecting ongoing disruptions to operations. 

“The half-year averages on this slide, 26,400 barrels a day gross, 6,600 barrels net to us, reflect four months without production in a six-month reporting period,” Genel Energy CEO Paul Weir told investors in an earnings call on Wednesday. 

“Notwithstanding the fact that most production activities within Kurdistan were disrupted to some extent by the regional conflict, we’ve kept a close eye on the arrangements surrounding international export arrangements from Kurdistan and remain hopeful that circumstances there will allow us at Tawke to resume international exports too.” 

However, he said the company was “pleased to hear that the United States decided to halt hostilities in anticipation of peace negotiations with Iran resuming this week.”