some on IV think its the signing of the Albania deal with WWI....

and Undiscovered Equities says this about Manas and their 2010 hot list

Manas Petroleum is an international oil and gas company with primary focus on exploration and development in south-eastern Europe, Central Asia and South America. Since inception, Manas has acquired a spectacular portfolio of high impact exploration properties. In keeping with their philosophy of building a strong and enduring resource base, earlier in 2009 Manas added blocks 2 and 3 in Albania, blocks 13 and 14 in Mongolia and the Western blocks in Tajikistan, expanding their portfolio from 11 to 16 blocks in 5 countries; we now believe that Manas controls in excess of 4 Billion Barrels of Recoverable Oil. Every one of the Company’s giant projects are moving forward and maturing toward production. In Albania, Manas now controls six giant exploration blocks near Europe's largest onshore production. Independent reports from Gustavson (2008) assign (P50) of 3 billion barrels in block A, B, D and E (12.3 billion barrels of oil in place). Two of Manas' original four blocks are now drill-ready. In 2009 the council of ministers ratified the production-sharing contract on the two former Oxy blocks to DWM Petroleum, a subsidiary of Manas. These blocks are within the area where most of Bankers Petroleum's current shallow oil production derives from. Manas has the rights to explore the deeper targets in block two where Bankers is producing oil, and where in 2001 Occidental made a light oil discovery. In November Manas entered into a letter of intent to spin off a portion of its interest in its Albanian project to a TSX-V listed company WWI Resources ("WWI") which is controlled by one of the largest and most successful North American resource investors, Frank Giustra. We believe this is an excellent transaction for Manas as it will create significant shareholder value moving forward. The closing is expected to be completed during the first several weeks of the New Year. In Kyrgyzstan, Manas has signed a $54 million USD farm-out agreement with Santos LTD ADR, covering 1.2 billion barrels in place (Scott Pickford, 2005). Santos will continue to drill with Manas on their 6 shallow and deep well program in 2010. Manas' Development of its license in Tajikistan is now covered by an option farm-in agreement with Santos, where a seismic program is moving forward. In Mongolia Manas will expand their exploration with a seismic campaign to encompass approximately 20, 000 square kilometers. Additionally, to expose Manas to a much larger and more sophisticated audience, the Company is continuing to take the necessary steps to become listed on the TSX Venture stock exchange. Importantly, next year looks set to see a very significant acceleration of Manas Petroleum’s activities and surely this company has the greatest upside potential on our list.