Two oil fields operated by DNO ASA in northern Iraq had been attacked by drones on Wednesday, a 3rd such hit on vitality installations within the area this week.
Two drones attacked the Peshkabir discipline within the Kurdish area round 6am native time, Kurdistan Counter Terrorism mentioned in a press release on its Fb web page. One other drone hit the Tawke challenge about an hour later, it mentioned. There was some injury however no individuals had been injured, the group mentioned.
DNO suspended output on the initiatives, and would restart as soon as an evaluation is accomplished, the corporate mentioned.
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It provides to a spate of drone assaults on oil installations within the Kurdish area in latest days. The Sarsang discipline operated by US agency HKN Power was shut on Tuesday after a success triggered an explosion and hearth, whereas one other challenge referred to as Khurmala was attacked by two projectiles earlier. Nobody has claimed duty for the strikes.
The US embassy in Iraq condemned the assaults in a press release on Tuesday.
The Tawke discipline produced 29,153 barrels a day final yr and the Peshkabir’s output was 49,462 a day, based on DNO’s web site.
The Sarsang discipline’s output was about 30,000 barrels a day of oil on common within the first quarter, based on Canadian producer ShaMaran Petroleum Corp., which has a minority stake within the challenge. It wasn’t instantly clear how a lot crude the Khurmala discipline was pumping.
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