By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, Dec. 2 -- Santos International Holding Pty. Ltd. has committed to Phase 2 of its five-block exploration program in Kyrgyzstan as a farmee of Manas Petroleum Corp., Baar, Switzerland.
Santos completed the first phase, spending $10 million for geological studies and reprocessing and shooting seismic surveys. It will drill three exploration and three appraisal wells in phase two, spending up to $7 million/well.