{"id":"iraq-khor-mor-kirkuk-taza-gas-supply-start-2026","canonicalSlug":"iraq-khor-mor-kirkuk-taza-gas-supply-start-2026","url":"https://wellficent.com/en/news/iraq-khor-mor-kirkuk-taza-gas-supply-start-2026","language":"en","title":"Khor Mor starts supplying gas to Iraq’s Kirkuk Taza power station","summary":"Dana Gas and Crescent Petroleum announce first deliveries under a one-year, 100 MMscf/d agreement.","body":["Dana Gas and Crescent Petroleum announced on 4 August 2026 that gas supplies had begun from the Khor Mor field in the Kurdistan Region to Iraq's Ministry of Electricity in Kirkuk. The agreement provides for 100 million standard cubic feet per day to the Kirkuk Taza power station for an initial one-year term. It was signed in the preceding December, so the August milestone is first delivery rather than a newly signed supply contract.","The companies are joint operators of the Kurdistan Gas Project. They linked the new market to the KM250 expansion, commissioned in October 2025, which increased Khor Mor's capacity by 50% to 750 million standard cubic feet per day. That capacity figure concerns the expanded facility; it should not be presented as the amount assigned solely to the Kirkuk agreement or as measured average deliveries during the new contract.","The development connects gas production and processing with electricity generation elsewhere in Iraq. For well-industry analysis, the commercial outlet matters because additional processing capacity needs customers and a delivery route to generate value. However, the announcement does not identify new wells drilled specifically for this supply arrangement, nor does it provide a contract price, payment schedule or precise producing-well coordinates.","The official statement supports a supply-start event with named operators, field, customer and contracted daily quantity. It does not establish the actual volume received on every subsequent day or a verified increase in electricity output. Those outcomes require operating and delivery data. Keeping the first-gas-supply milestone separate from the earlier expansion and the contract's daily commitment allows market development to be tracked without counting the same capacity as multiple independent production additions."],"keyPoints":[],"sections":[],"text":"Khor Mor starts supplying gas to Iraq’s Kirkuk Taza power station\n\nDana Gas and Crescent Petroleum announce first deliveries under a one-year, 100 MMscf/d agreement.\n\nDana Gas and Crescent Petroleum announced on 4 August 2026 that gas supplies had begun from the Khor Mor field in the Kurdistan Region to Iraq's Ministry of Electricity in Kirkuk. The agreement provides for 100 million standard cubic feet per day to the Kirkuk Taza power station for an initial one-year term. It was signed in the preceding December, so the August milestone is first delivery rather than a newly signed supply contract.\n\nThe companies are joint operators of the Kurdistan Gas Project. They linked the new market to the KM250 expansion, commissioned in October 2025, which increased Khor Mor's capacity by 50% to 750 million standard cubic feet per day. That capacity figure concerns the expanded facility; it should not be presented as the amount assigned solely to the Kirkuk agreement or as measured average deliveries during the new contract.\n\nThe development connects gas production and processing with electricity generation elsewhere in Iraq. For well-industry analysis, the commercial outlet matters because additional processing capacity needs customers and a delivery route to generate value. However, the announcement does not identify new wells drilled specifically for this supply arrangement, nor does it provide a contract price, payment schedule or precise producing-well coordinates.\n\nThe official statement supports a supply-start event with named operators, field, customer and contracted daily quantity. It does not establish the actual volume received on every subsequent day or a verified increase in electricity output. Those outcomes require operating and delivery data. Keeping the first-gas-supply milestone separate from the earlier expansion and the contract's daily commitment allows market development to be tracked without counting the same capacity as multiple independent production additions.","category":"economy","region":"world","topics":[],"eventDate":"2026-08-04","eventDateBasis":"source-event-or-period","publishedAt":"2026-10-03T15:15:00+03:00","modifiedAt":"2026-10-03T15:15:00+03:00","publicationBasis":"first-publication","preparedAt":null,"sourcePublishedAt":"2026-08-04","translatedAt":null,"sources":[{"name":"Dana Gas and Crescent Petroleum","url":"https://www.danagas.com/storage/2026/08/20260804-FI-Gas-Sales-EN.pdf","checkedAt":"2026-10-03","publishedAt":"2026-08-04"}],"translations":{"en":"https://wellficent.com/en/news/iraq-khor-mor-kirkuk-taza-gas-supply-start-2026","tr":"https://wellficent.com/tr/news/iraq-khor-mor-kirkuk-taza-gas-supply-start-2026","ar":"https://wellficent.com/ar/news/iraq-khor-mor-kirkuk-taza-gas-supply-start-2026","fr":"https://wellficent.com/fr/news/iraq-khor-mor-kirkuk-taza-gas-supply-start-2026","es":"https://wellficent.com/es/news/iraq-khor-mor-kirkuk-taza-gas-supply-start-2026","ru":"https://wellficent.com/ru/news/iraq-khor-mor-kirkuk-taza-gas-supply-start-2026","pt":"https://wellficent.com/pt/news/iraq-khor-mor-kirkuk-taza-gas-supply-start-2026"},"corrections":[],"locations":[{"id":"country-iq","type":"country","countryCode":"IQ","name":{"en":"Iraq","tr":"Irak","ar":"العراق","fr":"Irak","es":"Irak","ru":"Ирак","pt":"Iraque"},"context":{"en":"Country context of the report, not an exact well location. The cited source supplies no verified well coordinates.","tr":"Haberin ülke bağlamıdır; kesin kuyu konumu değildir. Kaynak doğrulanmış kuyu koordinatı sağlamıyor.","ar":"سياق البلد للخبر، لا موقع بئر دقيق. لا يقدم المصدر إحداثيات آبار موثقة.","fr":"Contexte national du reportage, pas emplacement exact d’un puits. La source ne fournit pas de coordonnées vérifiées.","es":"Contexto nacional del informe, no ubicación exacta de un pozo. La fuente no proporciona coordenadas verificadas.","ru":"Страна указана для контекста материала, а не как точное местоположение скважины. Цитируемый источник не предоставляет проверенных координат скважин.","pt":"A localização indica o país referido no artigo, não a posição exata de um poço. A fonte citada não fornece coordenadas verificadas dos poços."},"source":{"name":"Dana Gas and Crescent Petroleum","url":"https://www.danagas.com/storage/2026/08/20260804-FI-Gas-Sales-EN.pdf","checkedAt":"2026-10-03"}}],"wellIndustry":{"sector":"oil-gas","signal":"operational-result","activities":["production"],"metrics":[],"source":{"name":"Dana Gas and Crescent Petroleum","url":"https://www.danagas.com/storage/2026/08/20260804-FI-Gas-Sales-EN.pdf","checkedAt":"2026-10-03"},"reviewedAt":"2026-10-03T12:03:26+00:00"}}