Range Energy Resources Inc. announced that production on the Khalakan Block in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, has been halted with leased topside production equipment returned to the vendor. The company understand, Gas Plus Khalakan, the sole contractor of the Khalakan PSC in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, is pursuing a 6-month study to determine how to re-establish production and at a lower cost. The study is expected to conclude approximately in December 2018. It is not known if production will resume upon completion of this study.