MAKASSAR, INDONESIA: Talisman Energy is shooting 2-D seismic in its Sageri block off Indonesia ahead of an exploration drilling campaign in 2010.

Talisman expects to drill at least one well in the deepwater block, a spokesperson said today at the sidelines of Asia Oil and Gas Summit in Singapore. Talisman has earlier secured a rig slot on Transocean drillship GSF Explorer through the Marathon-led Makassar Strait Explorers Consortium.

Sageri covers an area of 3,878 square kilometres (1,497 sq miles) in 2,000 meters (6,561 ft) of water on the South Makassar Basin. Talisman was awarded 100 per cent operating interest in the offshore block in March 2007. The committed work programme includes a 5,000-kilometre (3,107-mile) 2-D seismic survey and the drilling of one exploration well.