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Drone Strikes Shut Oilfields in Iraq's Kurdistan, Cut Output by up to 150,000 Bpd
IRAQI KURDISTAN, JUL 15 – Drone attacks forced suspension of over 200,000 barrels per day of oil production across five Kurdistan fields amid regional disputes over export revenues.
- On Wednesday, explosive-laden drones struck five oil fields in Iraqi Kurdistan, including DNO-operated Tawke and Peshkabir, causing major disruptions.
- These attacks follow several days of escalating drone strikes amid tensions between Erbil's regional government and Baghdad over oil export revenues and pipeline closures.
- The strikes caused explosions damaging infrastructure such as storage tanks and processing equipment, forcing DNO and US firms like HKN Energy and Hunt Oil to suspend operations region-wide.
- More than 150,000 barrels per day of production is halted, with regional authorities labeling the raids as acts of terrorism targeting national infrastructure.
- No group claimed responsibility, but investigations suggest Iran-aligned militias carried out a strategic campaign against Western-backed oil interests, deepening regional instability.
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The source told the Shafaq News Agency that preliminary reports indicated that a drone carrying explosives had fallen in an area with a movement in Erbil, without further details. This came in the context of a series of simultaneous drone attacks in Kordistan territory a few days ago, targeting a number of strategic oil fields in Erbil and Dohuk governorates, which had led to a halt in production in some of them, causing direct damage to the Ter…
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