At least one rocket hits key gas field in Sulaimani

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - At least one rocket targeted Khor Mor gas field, run by UAE-based Dana Gas in Sulaimani’s Chamchamal district, officials and a field employee told Rudaw on Friday in the second such attack in under a week. 

A fire fighting team are putting out the fire caused by the attack, the source who preferred to stay anonymous said. 

Sdiq Mohammed, head of Qadir Karam subdistrict in Chamchamal district confirmed the attack to Rudaw saying no casualties or injuries have been reported. 

Ahmed Mufti, Kurdistan Regional Government's (KRG) natural resources deputy minister said an operations room have been formed with the security forces and that they were on their way to the area of the incident. 

He later told reporters that there is "no possibility" of Dana Gas leaving the field as "such incidents have taken place in the past as well." 

The extent of the damage is still unclear. 

The attack comes two days after a Katyusha rocket hit the field on Wednesday, slightly injuring two contractors.

Dana Gas said in a disclosure on Thursday said that “no damage occurred and production operations continued normally without interruption.”

Khor Mor field produces 452 million standard cubic feet of gas per day, according to Dana Gas.

The Kurdistan Region has been facing an unprecedented scale of rocket and drone attacks since the start of the year. They are mostly blamed on Iran-backed militia groups. 

At least two rockets targeted Peshmerga positions in Nineveh province on Tuesday, stated the Kurdistan Region’s counter-terrorism, without resulting in any casualties or material damage.

Updated at 7:00 pm