Iraqi oil shutdowns loom as U.S. attacks Iran

BAGHDAD/BASRA/ERBIL - Most oil and gas production in Iraqi Kurdistan is offline and oil officials in southern Iraq are bracing for major disruptions stemming from the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran.

Almost all of the fields managed by the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) have shut down, according to an Iraq Oil Report survey of several local industry officials, representing over 200,000 barrels per day (bpd) of lost production, most of which had been pumped for export via Turkey's Ceyhan port. The Khor Mor gas field is also totally offline, depriving the region of the large majority of its power plant feedstock.