Dana Gas evacuates Khor Mor staff in Iraq's Kurdistan Region after Iran threats
Tehran has warned it will target Gulf oil and gas facilities following Israel's strike on South Pars.
Dubai-listed Dana Gas has evacuated all staff from its Khor Mor gas field in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq as a precautionary measure. The move follows Iran’s threats to attack oil and gas facilities in the Gulf region in retaliation for an Israeli strike on its South Pars gas field, well-placed sources told Al-Monitor.
In a statement carried by Iran’s semiofficial Tasnim news agency on Wednesday, Iranian authorities said five facilities in Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar “will be targeted in the coming hours."
Dana Gas halted its operations at the start of the Iran conflict three weeks ago. The Khor Mor field, which provides most of the Kurdistan Region’s natural gas, has been repeatedly targeted by drones thought to be launched by Iran-backed Shiite militias.
A Dana Gas spokesperson did not respond to Al-Monitor’s request for comment.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
