Iraq: Four Yemeni nationals killed in drone strike at gas complex, UAE firm suspends operations
Summary
Date Reported: 29 Apr 2024
Location: Iraq
Companies
Dana Gas - EmployerAffected
Total individuals affected: 4
Migrant & immigrant workers: ( 4 - Yemen , Oil, gas & coal , Gender not reported , Unknown migration status )Issues
Deaths , Occupational Health & SafetyResponse
Response sought: Yes, by Journalist
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Action taken: Dana Gas has suspended operations. Iraqi security forces formed an investigative committee to probe the incident, vowing that the "aggressors" will be punished. Dana Gas said it was "engaged with governmental authorities to enhance the security and defence measures to allow the resumption of production at the Khor Mor gas facility".
Source type: News outlet
"UAE firm suspends work at Iraq gas complex after deadly strike,"
Emirati-owned Dana Gas has suspended operations at a gas complex in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region after a drone strike that killed four people, it said on Monday.
The Khor Mor complex owned by the United Arab Emirates firm has been hit several times in recent years, but Friday's attack was the first deadly incident.
Four workers died and eight others were wounded when the drone struck a condensate storage tank, Dana Gas said in a statement to the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange...
Iraqi security forces formed an investigative committee to probe the incident, vowing that the "aggressors" will be punished.
Dana Gas said it was "engaged with governmental authorities to enhance the security and defence measures to allow the resumption of production at the Khor Mor gas facility"...
The four killed in Friday's attack are all Yemeni nationals, according to Peshawa Hawramani, spokesperson for the Kurdistan regional government...