Mongolia

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.