Erbil Refinery
A 100,000 barrels per calendar day petroleum refinery in Kurdistan, IQ, operated by KAR Group.
Record
- Rated capacity
- 100,000 bpd (atmospheric crude distillation, calendar day)
- Status
- Damaged
- Operator
- KAR Group
- Supplier graph
- bomforge.com/companies/kar-group
- Coordinates
- 33.2513, 42.1981
Notes
April 2026 news reports huge explosions at Erbil Refinery, indicating active attack damage. While previous March reports indicated closure due to war conditions, this new incident suggests the facility has suffered physical damage from explosions, escalating from operational halt to structural damage.
What coverage reports
Fire at fuel depot outside Erbil stops operations at a refinery
2026-08-01 · 1 publisher filed it
conflict 6 · incident 4
These are counts of what publishers filed about this plant, not an operating status. A quiet month means nobody named this facility that month, which is a fact about coverage and not about the plant. Where this site states how a refinery is running it says so in the facts table above, from the curated dataset, and cites it there.
Wire
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Incident HighFire at fuel depot outside Erbil stops operations at a refineryDevdiscourse · matched erbil
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Incident CriticalMassive BLAST Rocks Iraq Oil Refinery | Erbil Inferno Sparks Fears Amid Iran Tensionsmid-day.com · matched erbil
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Incident CriticalErbil refinery blast adds to global string of oil facility firesMSN · matched erbil
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General LowExplosions hit Erbil oil refinery amid global energy crisisMSN · matched erbil
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General LowHuge explosions rock oil refinery in Iraq’s ErbilLatest news from Azerbaijan + 2 other outlets · matched erbil
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Incident HighIRAQI MEDIA: FIRE AT AN OIL REFINERY IN ERBILnews.cgtn.com + 1 other outlet · matched erbil
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Conflict CriticalThree drones hit Castrol warehouses near Erbilشفق نيوز · matched erbil
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Conflict CriticalWatch: Fire breaks out at Lanaz refinery in Iraq's Erbil after drone strikeMSN · matched erbil
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Conflict LowIranian Source: We, Resistance Have No Connection to Attack on Erbil Refinery, Kuwait Airport Radarwww.saba.ye · matched erbil
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Conflict CriticalDrone strike halts operations at refinery in Iraq’s Erbil, officials sayAl Arabiya English · matched erbil
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Conflict CriticalA drone attack targeted an oil refinery in Erbilصوت الإمارات · matched erbil
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Conflict CriticalWatch: Fire breaks out at Lanaz refinery in Iraq's Erbil after drone strikeThe Times of India · matched erbil
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Conflict HighPanic In Israel As Iranian Missiles Slip Past Air Defences; Iraq's Erbil Refinery Ablaze In StrikesNews18 · matched erbil
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Conflict CriticalDrone strike hits oil refinery in Erbilشفق نيوز · matched erbil
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Conflict LowLIVE BLOG: US Base in Erbil Targeted as Iran Rejects Refinery Attack Claims – Day 15Palestine Chronicle · matched erbil
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Conflict CriticalDrone attacks target sites in Iraq's Erbil regionAnadolu Ajansı · matched erbil
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Conflict LowDRONES ATTACK LANAZ REFINERY WEST OF IRAQ'S ERBILnews.cgtn.com · matched erbil
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Incident CriticalAt least two killed, three wounded by security forces outside Lanaz refinery near Iraq's Erbil, sources sayReuters + 1 other outlet · matched erbil
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Incident HighFire erupts at Erbil’s refinery, prompt response prevents major damageKurdistan24 · matched erbil
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Incident HighHuge Fire at Oil Refinery in Erbilوردنا · matched erbil
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Incident CriticalFatal quarrel at "KAR" refinery in Erbil leaves two dead - Shafaq News | Latest breaking news in Iraq and the worldشفق نيوز · matched erbil
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Incident HighFire at Erbil refinery ‘under control’ after 18 hours964media · matched erbil
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Incident LowErbil refinery blaze still raging 12 hours inRudaw · matched erbil
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General LowMissiles target Erbil refinery owned by Kurdish businessman BarzanjiThe Arab Weekly · matched erbil
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