CORRECTED-Norway's DNO resumes oil output from Kurdistan fields after drone strikes

OSLO, Aug 21 (Reuters) - Norway's DNO DNO.OL has restarted oil production at its Tawke and Peshkabir fields in Iraq's semi-autonomous region of Kurdistan, which were halted last month due to drone strikes in the area, the company said on Thursday.

Repeated drone attacks on oilfields in the region slashed crude output, including the production of other companies, by some 140,000 to 150,000 barrels per day, energy officials told Reuters last month.

No people were injured, but surface processing equipment at Peshkabir and an oil storage tank at Tawke were hit, DNO said on Thursday.

"On a test basis, DNO restarted production from Tawke in early August, while Peshkabir was restarted later in the month," DNO said in a statement along with its second-quarter earnings report.

DNO's Oslo-listed shares rose 11% by 0734 GMT.

While months-long repairs were still pending, the company has ramped up gross production on a test basis to 55,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boepd), about evenly split between the Tawke and Peshkabir fields, DNO added.

The company, which holds a 75% stake in the Tawke license, where the Tawke and Peshkabir fields are, said it aimed to increase production in the Kurdistan region to 100,000 boepd in the long-term. Its partner Genel Energy has the remaining 25%.

Gulf Keystone Petroleum GKP.L, another Kurdish oil producer, said on August 13 that it had resumed production at the Shaikan oilfield, which was also hit by drone attacks.