09:47 AM EST - Petromanas Energy Inc. : announced that, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Petromanas Albania GmBH and as operator of a joint venture with Shell Upstream Albania in Blocks 2-3, it has entered into a definitive agreement with a third party to secure a 3,000-horsepower heavy drilling rig for use in its planned 2015/16 drilling program. The contract has an initial term of two years with an option for extension. Under the terms of the agreement, the rig is expected to be mobilized to Albania in late 2014 or early 2015. Petromanas Energy Inc.
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