In 2018 Cairn celebrated being listed on the London Stock Exchange for 30 years.
Cairn is an experienced oil and gas explorer, developer and producer and has operated in a variety of locations around the world. Historically, Cairn focused on South Asia where it created significant value for shareholders and stakeholders, particularly through its discovery, development and production of oil in Rajasthan, India. This was the largest onshore discovery in India for more than 25 years with the potential to provide more than 30% of India’s daily crude oil production and generate many billions of US dollars in revenue for the Government of India.


In 2006 the Indian business, Cairn India Limited (CIL), was listed on the Indian stock exchanges and in 2012 Cairn sold the majority of its stake in CIL and returned cash to shareholders as part of its business model to create, add and realise value for shareholders. Between 2006 and 2012 Cairn returned US$4.5 billion to shareholders.
Having created a legacy asset for India, Cairn then focused on rebuilding the business to create, add and realise value once again through exploration, development and production. We made the largest global offshore discovery of 2014 in Senegal which is now in the development planning stage, and participated in the development of two of the largest projects in the UK North Sea, Catcher and Kraken, which began production in 2017.
Cairn has a flexible exploration portfolio with a balance of near infrastructure, short cycle time opportunities with high value while remaining exposed to large, more frontier opportunties. This exploration is sustained by our production and development assets in the North Sea which provide the cash flow to support future exploration and development activity.

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