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A

  • AGM

    Annual General Meeting

  • ASP

    alkaline-surfactant-polymer

B

  • 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

C

  • 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

D

  • DGH

    Director General of Hydrocarbons

  • DoC

    Declaration of Commerciality

  • Dyas

    Dyas BV

E

  • 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

F

  • FDP

    field development plan

  • FEED

    front end engineering and design

  • FSA

    Financial Services Authority

G

  • GHG

    greenhouse gas

  • GMB

    Group Management Board

  • GoI

    Government of India

  • Group

    the Company and its subsidiaries

  • GSCs

    gas sales contracts

H

  • HSE

    Health, Safety and Environment

I

  • 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

J

  • JV

    joint venture

K

  • KPI

    key performance indicator

L

  • 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

  • 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

N

  • 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

O

  • 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

P

  • 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

R

  • RMC

    Risk Management Committee

  • RoU

    Rights of Use

S

  • Santos

    Santos International Holdings Pty Limited

  • SEBI

    Securities and Exchange Board of India

  • STOIIP

    stock tank oil initially in place

T

  • the Company

    Cairn Energy PLC

  • TRIFR

    total recordable incident frequency rate

  • TSR

    total share return

W

  • WAEP

    weighted average exercise price

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