Talisman Energy

Talisman Energy Inc. is a Canadian company based in Calgary, Alberta. The company is listed on the stock index S & P / TSX 60. Initially, the company was a part of the company British Petroleum (BP). 1992, the company became independent under the name of Talisman Energy.

2012 Talisman Energy was the sixth- largest oil and gas company in Canada.

History

In 1998 the company was acquired Araki Energy, which sponsored oil in Sudan. 2003 Talisman Energy decided to withdraw from the oil business in Sudan.

In the area of ​​Departemento Vichada kidnapped in Colombia guerrillas of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia ( FARC) or criminal gangs in March 2011 near Cumaribo more than 20 employees of a subsidiary of Talisman Energy.

2012 sold Talisman Energy for $ 1.5 billion 49 percent of its North Sea oil production to the Chinese company Sinopec and announced to increase its focus on the shale gas fields in North America and the oil fields in Southeast Asia.

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