On Thursday, the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) said that it rejects the August 4 announcement by UAE-based Dana Gas and Crescent Petroleum that the companies had begun supplying natural gas from the Khor Mor field in the Kurdistan Region to Iraq’s Ministry of Electricity for power generation in Kirkuk.

“The KRG also rejects the operators’ public statement thanking the KRG for supporting these gas supplies. The KRG neither approved nor authorized this action,” the KRG said.

“The KRG has never opposed the supply of gas or electricity to any part of Iraq, provided that such arrangements are undertaken in full compliance with the governing contractual framework and with the approval of the KRG as the contracting authority,” the statement added.

“The operators’ actions are particularly disappointing because the KRG has repeatedly requested additional gas supplies for facilities that had more demand for gas supplies and in which KRG has invested substantial public resources. 

“Those facilities were developed not only to strengthen electricity supply within the Kurdistan Region, but also to expand electricity generation for the benefit of the people of the Kurdistan Region and Iraq. Instead of working with the KRG to achieve these shared objectives, the operators chose to proceed unilaterally.”

On Wednesday, UAE-based Dana Gas and Crescent Petroleum announced they had begun supplying 100 million standard cubic feet of natural gas per day from the Khor Mor field in the Kurdistan Region to Iraq’s Ministry of Electricity in Kirkuk under a one-year agreement signed in December 2025.