London-listed Gas Plus Khalakan (GPK) has spudded a fourth production well at the Shewashan field in the Kurdistan region of Iraq.

The Shewashan-4 well is being drilled to test new mapping which places further reserves up dip in the Shewashan Cretaceous reservoir, as well as test the deeper Jurassic potential at the field.

GPK added Thursday that the Shewashan-3 well,  which spud in July, was continuing to progress towards total depth, with completion for production expected to before the end of the year.

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