By: Reuters

Production was halted on Sunday (November 8) at Iraq's Khor Mor gas field, one of the largest in the Kurdistan region, after a drone attack hit the field, sources said.

Two sources in the region's electricity ministry said production at the field was suspended after a single drone strike hit the LPG storage tank, causing a fire that was still raging.

Video showed smoke plumes rising towards the sky. Reuters confirmed the location from terrain, lamp poles and utility tower which matched archive and satellite images. Corroborating image also showed smoke rising from the gas field. Date of the footage was confirmed by Reuters report of the attack on Iraq’s Khor Mor gas field on November 8. Government and security sources told Reuters that fire broke out after drone strike hit a LPG storage tank. No older version of the video was found posted online before November 8.

Employees at the field were evacuated to shelters inside the facility following the attack, the two ministry sources said.

Iraq's prime minister and commander-in-chief of the armed forces, Ali al-Zaidi, said the attack did not result in casualties, based on an initial assessment.

A joint statement by the region's natural resources and electricity ministries described the attack on the field as a "terrorist attack," saying they are working on minimizing its impact.

There was no claim of responsibility for the attack.

The gas field provides supplies for regional power generation.

Some 2.8 gigawatts of power generation in the Kurdistan region was lost following the attack, the region's electricity ministry said in a statement.

(Verification: Arthur Wei, Chandni Shah; Editing: Adib Satikin; Production: Adib Satikin, Jacinta Goh, Yogendran Sandiran)