ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Private generators in Sulaimani resumed operating on Saturday after the attack on Khor Mor gas field caused widespread power outages across the Kurdistan Region.
“Most generators have begun operating again, except those that may have technical problems,” Osman Mohammed, head of the Association of Private Generator Owners in Sulaimani, told Rudaw English.
They “were given the decision to operate” following an order from local authorities, he added.
The electricity supply across the Region dropped to about five hours a day after a drone strike on the Khor Mor field on Wednesday night ignited a fire and halted gas flows, leading to an estimated 80 percent drop in power production, according to the electricity ministry. There is no timeline for when power will be restored.
The electricity and natural resources ministries, along with Dana Gas which operates Khor Mor, are working to bring the field back online “so that natural gas production for power stations can restart as soon as possible,” the natural resources ministry said in a statement on Saturday.
“Most of the technical problems at Dana Gas’s Khor Mor field have been resolved,” it added.