Talisman Energy - 2005 Corporate Responsibility Report

Performance Data Summary

Social Performance Data

KPI	Page	GRI	Country	2005	2004	2003	Footnote

Workforce Practices
Number of full-time equivalent permanent employees		LA1	Canada	1,508	1,386	1,301
			US	34	21	11
			Netherlands	4	3	3
			Norway	104	81	76
			UK	275	204	194
			Indonesia	36	38	48
			Malaysia & Vietnam	171	130	120
			Algeria	0	1	1
			Trinidad	4	5	1
			Qatar	1	1	1
			Other	1	0	2
			Total	2,138	1,870	1,758

Number of full-time equivalent positions added		LA2	Canada	120	104	-
			US	27	9	-
			UK	21	6	-
			Norway	11	-	-
			Indonesia	-7	-	-
			Malaysia & Vietnam	12	57	-
			Algeria	0	-	-
			Trinidad	0	3	-
			Other	-3	-	-
			Total	181	179	275

Voluntary Turnover Rate	4	LA2	Global	4	4	4

New Graduates Hired	21		Canada	21	20	18
			UK	2	1	3
			Malaysia/Vietnam	4
			Total	27	21	21

Number of cooperative education and summer students hired	21		Canada	111	102	125
			US	1
			UK	18	6	3
			Norway	2	1
			Malaysia/Vietnam	2
			Trinidad	2
			Total	136	109	128

Temporary or contract employees		LA1	Global	1680	1,383	670

Number of employees in flexible work arrangements			Global	100	83	80

Number of employees represented by independent trade union organizations			Canada	25	23	23	In Canada, 25 employees are represented by the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers of Canada, Local 686-B. In Norway, 43 employees are represented by the Federation of Oilworkers Trade union, 9 employees are represented by the Norwegian Oil and Petrochemical Trade Union and 6 employees are represented by the Norwegian Team Leaders Federations.
			Norway	58	60	-
			Total	83	83	23

Diversity
Number of employees participating in aboriginal cross-cultural awareness courses	18	HR8	Canada	58	33	42

Number of aboriginal work experience terms			Canada	2	1	2

Composition of executive management and corporate governance bodies	2	LA11	Global	10M 1F	8M 1F	8M 1F	M-Male F-Female
				7M 1F	7M 1F	7M 1F	M-Male, F-Female, Board of Directors.
							Executive Committee

Training And Development
Dollars spent on technical and personal development training		LA9	Global	3.9	3.2	-	Million $. personal development training Includes education assistance, personal development and technical training but not employee time. Technical training may include contract staff in some locations.

Number of employees registered in personal development programs		LA17	Canada	400	185
			US	13
			UK	151	97
			Indonesia	0	17
			Malaysia	31	28
			Total	595	327

Number of employees receiving support through educational assistance program			Canada	66	71		Includes employees enrolled in formalized degree programs.
			UK	1	12
			Total	67	83

Number of employees using fitness subsidy		LA12	Canada	485	445
			UK	81	68
			Norway	31	23
			Malaysia	28	15
			Total	625	551

Ethical Business Conduct
Number of certificates of compliance with PBCE received from employees and contractors	7		North America	2,390	2,154	2,044
			North Sea	725	654	596
			Southeast Asia	569
			Rest of World	35	326	254
			Total	3,719	3,134	2,894
Potential Exceptions to PBCE	7		Global	16	14	11

Number of employees who completed Ethics in 2005. Includes permanent, temporary and contract employees. Awareness Training	19		Global	2,484	-	-	Company-wide Ethics Awareness Training program launched

Community Relations
Number of public open house consultations			Canada	20	26	18	Includes open houses, aboriginal career fairs, stay-in-school celebrations and community appreciation events. See pages 12-13 for examples.
			US	9
			Total	29	26	18

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP has reviewed the data on this page noted in bold font.

Performance Data Summary

Social Performance Data

Workforce Practices

Diversity

Training And Development

Ethical Business Conduct

Community Relations