Cairn Energy Share Price (CNE)

CNE - Cairn Energy Investor Summary

Cairn Energy is a company listed on the FTSE 100 share price index and has been listed since 1988. The company was founded in 1980 by Sir Bill Gammell, a former Scotland international rugby player, following an injury that ended his career. Gammell remains CEO of the company. The company specialises in oil exploration and extraction. The company previously operated oil fields in the North Sea but has relinquished these to focus on exploration in Asia. Cairn Energy plc is headquartered in Edinburgh, Scotland, and has activities in India, Bangladesh and Nepal. The company's Indian business is now actually operated as a separate business, Cairn India Ltd, quoted on the Indian National Stock Exchange and on the Bombay Stock Exchange. Cairn India primarily operates in the West of India, with offshore operations in Sandu, Lakshmi and Gauri. However, it also operates from Ravva in the East, a facility that also operates production of petroleum. Cairn Energy plc now holds a 65% interest in Cairn India Ltd. The company also has a subsidiary operating in South Asia, the Mediterranean and Greenland, named Capricorn. This is a non-listed company, in which Cairn Energy holds a 90% shareholding.

In 2008 Cairn India alone showed operating cash flows of £1.68 billion and Capricorn of $0.4 billion.The company had revenues of $180 million with a gross profit of $109 million. However, after earnings on an offering of 4% of shares in Cairn India post-taxation profits were recorded at $375 million.