Khor Mor expansion highlights pipeline squeeze and potential Baghdad sales

The Pearl Petroleum consortium has completed a major expansion of the Khor Mor gas field — a project that has boosted electricity supply while also highlighting the Kurdistan region's need for additional pipeline capacity and raising the prospect of gas sales to Baghdad.

The $1.1 billion project increases the field's processing capacity to 750 million standard cubic feet per day (scf/d), up from 500 million scf/d, according to an Oct. 14 statement from the UAE's Dana Gas and Crescent Petroleum, which jointly lead the Pearl consortium.