ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - The Kurdistan Region’s oil exports have fallen to 20,000 barrels per day, less than 9 percent of pre-Iran war levels, with output now mainly used for domestic consumption, Rudaw has learned, as production across the Region's provinces also declined.
In the Region’s northern Duhok province, the Iran war led to a halt of operations at four major oil sites, including production at the Tawke field, operated by the Norwegian company DNO, where output plummeted from 78,000 barrels per day to zero.
The Sarsang, Atrush, and Sheikhan fields also went offline, losing their pre-war output of 29,000, 35,000, and 42,000 barrels per day, respectively. The only two sites that remained operational in Duhok were the Ain Sifni and Bijeel fields, maintaining production at 6,000 and 4,000 barrels per day.
Meanwhile, facilities in Erbil province did not stop entirely but sustained significant declines. Daily production at the Khurmala field fell from 90,000 barrels to 65,000 barrels per day.
Similarly, the Erbil field's production dropped from 9,000 to 4,000 barrels a day, while the Taq Taq field saw a decrease from 3,000 to 2,000 barrels daily.
In the Kurdistan Region’s eastern Sulaimani province, condensate production at the Khor Mor field went down from 20,000 barrels per day to zero, while the Sarqala field also saw a decline in production from 8,000 barrels per day before the war to 6,000 barrels currently.
Iraqi Prime Minister Ali Al-Zaidi on Wednesday met with a delegation from the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) led by Erbil’s Natural Resources Minister Kamal Mohammed Salih, with representatives of international oil companies in attendance.
Zaidi directed the "provision of all requirements" to secure oil operations in the Region, recognizing that the disruption of shipping through the Strait of Hormuz has dealt a heavy blow to the Iraqi oil sector, requiring efforts to "compensate for the damage by addressing the problems hindering production increases," his office said.
