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Pat: What do you think of Petromanas Energy, a speculative stock? Thanks.

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Petromanas Energy, $0.21, symbol PMI on Toronto (Shares outstanding: 693.7 million; Market cap: $145.7 million; www.petromanas.com), is an oil and gas company that’s focused on developing and exploring on its properties in Albania. Petromanas holds two production sharing contracts with the Albanian government. That gives it a 100% interest in Blocks D and E and a 25% interest in Blocks 2 and 3. In total, these areas include over 1.1 million acres. Petromanas also holds exploration properties in France and Australia. The company’s 75% partner in Blocks 2 and 3 is global giant Royal Dutch Shell plc, which gives the stock some speculative interest. Shell is contributing $100 million for exploration and seismic costs. It also paid Petromanas for costs incurred before Shell became its partner in February 2012. Shell and Petromanas have drilled a well, called Shpirag-2, on these blocks that resulted in a light-oil discovery. The partners tested the well in the fourth quarter of 2013, and it flowed at rates…