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MANAS ANNOUNCES THAT SHELL JOINS PETROMANAS ENERGY INC. IN
ALBANIA
BAAR, SWITZERLAND, February 9, 2012.
Manas Petroleum Corp. (“Manas”) (TSX‐V: MNP; OTCBB: MNAP) today announced that on February
9, 2012 Petromanas Energy Inc. has secured Shell as JV partner for selected Albanian assets.
Manas, through its subsidiary DWM Petroleum AG owns 31.7% of the issued and outstanding shares
of Petromanas.
Petromanas Energy Inc. (“Petromanas” or the “Company”) today announced it has entered into a
definitive farm out agreement (the “Agreement”) with a wholly owned subsidiary of Royal Dutch
Shell plc (“Shell”), whereby Shell will farm into the Company’s rights on onshore exploration Blocks 2‐
3 (the “Blocks”) comprising approximately 852,000 acres onshore Albania. Under the terms of the
Agreement, Shell will acquire a 50% participating interest in the Blocks in exchange for payments and
carried costs up to US$50.3 million. Petromanas will continue to act as operator of the Blocks.
“We are very pleased to have Shell as a joint venture partner. They bring exceptional technical
capabilities and substantial resources to our new relationship,” said Mr. Glenn McNamara, CEO of
Petromanas. “We believe that partnering with a global leader like Shell provides a validation of the
potential of our Albanian assets and the exploration work we have completed to date. Our 2012
drilling program remains unchanged and is moving ahead as planned from a position of enhanced
strength and we expect the addition of a further seismic program to accelerate the exploration and