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Drones strike Kurdistan oil fields

Attack on HKN-operated Sarsang field coincides with the company's signing of a preliminary upstream deal with the federal Oil Ministry.
Representatives of the Oil Ministry, North Oil Company, and the U.S. company HKN attend a signing ceremony for a deal for the Hamrin field on July 15, 2025. (Photo credit: Oil Ministry)
Mohammed Hussain, Rawaz Tahir, Wrya Abdulkhaliq, Ben Lando and Ben Van Heuvelen of Iraq Oil Report
Tuesday, July 15th, 2025

SULAIMANIYA/CHAMCHAMAL - Armed drones hit two oil fields in Iraqi Kurdistan on Monday and Tuesday — the latest sign that militia groups operating beyond government control are determined to use violence to shape oil policy negotiations between Baghdad and the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG).

One of the attacks, at about 7 a.m. on Tuesday, targeted the Sarsang field, operated by the American firm HKN. At the same time, senior executives from HKN were in Baghdad to sign what the Oil Ministry called a “preliminary agreement” to develop the Hamrin field, in Salahaddin province, which is the company's first deal with the federal government.

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