DNO and Dana Gas halt Kurdistan output after U.S.-Israel strikes on Iran
By Nerijus Adomaitis and Maha El Dahan
OSLO/DUBAI, Feb 28 (Reuters) - Oslo-listed DNO DNO.OL and Dubai-listed Dana Gas DANA.AD shut oil and gas production at their respective fields in the Kurdistan region of Iraq, as a precaution, after the United States and Israel launched strikes on neighbouring Iran.
Last year, production facilities at both the Tawke oilfield and Khorm Mor gas field were attacked.
No group claimed responsibility, but an Iraqi government source told Reuters at the time that pro-Iranian militia were suspected.
"Today, as a precautionary measure, we temporarily stopped operations and moved our people to safe locations," DNO Executive Chairman Bijan Mossavar-Rahmani told Reuters.
He added that the company had been preparing for "a possibility of overhead military operations in the region for the last couple of weeks".
DNO and its partner Genel Energy GEN.L produced over 77,000 barrels of oil per day (bpd) in the fourth quarter of 2025 at their Tawke and Peshkabir fields, situated close to the border with Turkey.
Similarly, production at the Dana Gas-operated DANA.AD Khorm Mor gas field was shut on Saturday as a precautionary measure, a company source told Reuters.
Iraq's oil exports from the Kurdistan region totalled 200,000 bpd in February.
Iraqi Kurdistan's counter-terrorism service said U.S.-led coalition forces intercepted several rockets and drones over the regional capital of Erbil on Saturday, the Iraqi news agency reported.
Security officials told Reuters the attacks targeted U.S. forces stationed near Erbil airport.
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