Mongolia

Manas Petroleum Corp., Baar, Switzerland, started seismic surveys on Blocks XIII and XIV in Mongolia to be completed by November 2010.

Oct. 19, 2010

By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, Oct. 19 -- Manas Petroleum Corp., Baar, Switzerland, started seismic surveys on Blocks XIII and XIV in Mongolia to be completed by November 2010.

The 300 line-km of 2D seismic represents the required work program for 2011 under terms of the production sharing contract. The first well is to be drilled in 2011.
Gobi Energy Partners LLC, a Mongolian subsidiary owned by Manas through its Swiss subsidiary DWM Petroleum AG, is operator of the project.