TORONTO (Standard & Poor's) March 22, 2002--Standard & Poor's today said it assigned its triple-'B'-plus rating to Talisman Energy Inc.'s ú250 million senior unsecured bond issue maturing on Dec. 5, 2017. Proceeds from the bond issue will be used to repay the Lundin acquisition bridge facility and other bank debt. At the same time, the ratings outstanding on Calgary, Alta.-based Talisman, including the triple-'B'-plus long-term corporate credit rating, were affirmed. Talisman is one of the largest independent upstream oil and gas companies in Canada, with core production areas in Western Canada, the North Sea, Indonesia, and Sudan. The company recently expanded its operations into Malaysia and Vietnam with its June 2001 acquisition of Lundin Oil AB. Talisman also is conducting
