Glossary

• AGM

  Annual General Meeting

• ASP

  alkaline-surfactant-polymer

• bn

  billion

• Board

  the Board of directors of Cairn Energy PLC

• boe

  barrels of oil equivalent

• boepd

  barrels of oil equivalent per day

• bopd

  barrels of oil per day

• BRMG

  Business Risk Management Guidlines

• bscf

  billion standard cubic feet of gas

• CAB

  Cairn Advisory Board

• Cairn /
  Cairn Energy

  Cairn Energy PLC and/or its subsidiaries as appropriate

• Cairn India

  Cairn India and/or its previously named

• Cairn India /
  CIL

  Cairn India Limited and/or its subsidiaries as appropriate

• Capricorn /
  Capricorn Energy Limited

  Capricorn Oil Limited (previously named Capricorn Group) and/or its subsidiaries as appropriate

• CH4

  Methane

• CIESOP

  Cairn India Employee Stock Option Plan

• CIPOP

  Cairn India Employee Performance Option Plan

• CISMP

  Cairn India Senior Management Plan

• Combined Code

  The Combined Code dated June 2006 appended to the Listing Rules

• Companies Act

  The Companies Act 1985 (as amended) and/or the Companies Act 2006 (as amended), as appropriate

• CR

  Corporate Responsibility

• CRMS

  Corporate Responsibility Management System

• DGH

  Director General of Hydrocarbons

• DoC

  Declaration of Commerciality

• Dyas

  Dyas BV

• EGM

  Extraordinary General Meeting

• EoR

  enhanced oil recovery

• EPC

  Engineering Procurement Contract

• ERM

  Environmental Resource Management

• ESIA

  Environmental and Social Impact Assessment

• ESOP

  Employee Share Ownership Plan

• EU

  European Union

• FDP

  field development plan

• FEED

  front end engineering and design

• FSA

  Financial Services Authority

• GHG

  greenhouse gas

• GMB

  Group Management Board

• GoI

  Government of India

• Group

  the Company and its subsidiaries

• GSCs

  gas sales contracts

• HSE

  Health, Safety and Environment

• IAS

  International Accounting Standard

• IAS 36

  International Accounting Standard 36: Impairment of Assets

• IFC

  International Finance Corporation

• IFRIC

  International Financial Reporting Interpretations Committee

• IFRS

  International Financial Reporting Standards

• IPO

  Initial public offering of shares in Cairn India Limited

• ISO 14001

  International Standard for Environmental Management Systems

• JV

  joint venture

• KPI

  key performance indicator

• LIBOR

  London Inter-Bank Offered Rate

• Listing Rules

  The Listing Rules of the United Kingdom Listing Authority

• LSE

  London Stock Exchange

• LTI

  lost time incident

• LTIFR

  lost time incident frequency rate

• LTIP

  Long Term Incentive Plan

• m

  million

• MBA fields

  Mangala, Bhagyam and Aishwariya

• medOil

  medOil plc and/or its subsidiaries as appropriate

• mmbbls

  million barrels of oil

• mmboe

  million barrels of oil equivalent

• mmscf

  million standard cubic feet of gas

• mmscfd

  million standard cubic feet of gas per day

• NAA

  Northern Appraisal Area

• NELP VI

  Sixth New Exploration Licensing Policy round

• NELP VII

  Seventh New Exploration Licensing Policy round

• NSE

  National Stock Exchange of India Limited

• OGP

  International Association of Oil and Gas Producers

• OIDA cess

  Indian Oil Industry (Development) Act 1974

• ONGC

  Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd

• Orient Global

  Orient Global Tamarind Fund Pte Limited

• PCDP

  Public Consultation and Disclosure Plan

• Petronas

  Petroliam Nasional Berhad

• PIRC

  Pensions Investment Research Consultants Limited

• Plectrum

  Plectrum Petroleum Plc and/or its subsidiaries as appropriate

• PSC

  Production Sharing Contract

• PTRR

  post-tax rate of return

• RMC

  Risk Management Committee

• RoU

  Rights of Use

• Santos

  Santos International Holdings Pty Limited

• SEBI

  Securities and Exchange Board of India

• STOIIP

  stock tank oil initially in place

• the Company

  Cairn Energy PLC

• TRIFR

  total recordable incident frequency rate

• TSR

  total share return

• WAEP

  weighted average exercise price