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Cairn Energy draws another blank in Greenland

28.09.11
Cairn Energy's explorations for oil in Greenland have come up blank again.... more

'Bah! Humbug!' say analysts to retailers' Christmas hopes

28.09.11
September might usually be considered a little early for the Christmas Grinches to emerge but not in the City... more

Times Atlas 'exaggerated' Greenland's ice loss, says scientists

20.09.11
The Times Atlas of the World exaggerated the rate of Greenland's ice loss in its thirteenth edition last week, scientists say... more

Cairn shares drop as second Arctic well comes up dry

13.09.11
Shares in Cairn Energy drop 9% as the oil explorer again fails to strike crude in its controversial drilling campaign off the coast of Greenland... more

Greenpeace cheers as Cairn comes up dry in Greenland

03.08.11
It's dry! The least-favourite phrase of the oil explorers was uttered today by Cairn Energy, sending the Arctic driller down 18.8p to 333.9p... more

Cairn Energy begins Arctic drills amid protests

03.06.11
Cairn Energy begins drilling at two Arctic wells as it prepares for a court battle with environmental campaigners to try to prevent disruption to its Greenland operations ... more

Cairn catches a cold in wake of Arctic rig stunt by Greenpeace

31.05.11
A potent combination of a Greenpeace protest and worries over the sale of a stake in a subsidiary made Cairn Energy the worst-performing blue chip today... more

Cairn Energy takes the lead role as oils fire up a quiet day

28.03.11
The gods of black gold were smiling on the City today as the oil sector provided three of the day's biggest winners... more

Greenland offers a bizarre eco vision

02.02.11
Oh dear. It's rare for the National to come a cropper with new writing but every so often a howler like the late, unlamented Fram or Greenland slips through the quality control nets... more

Desire Petroleum loses its allure for shareholders as it all proves dry in the Falklands again

04.01.11
Market round-up: Three no strikes and we’re out is the reaction from many investors to Falklands-focused oil explorer Desire Petroleum... more

Cairn Energy dives after failing in Arctic oil drilling

26.10.10
Cairn Energy shares tumble 5% after the oil explorer admits it failed to find a commercial discovery in one of its Greenland wells and did not reach target depth in another... more

Cairn lifted by breakthrough in Greenland

21.09.10
Explorer Cairn Energy raised hopes of a major oil find in its drilling campaign off the coast of Greenland... more

Cairn Energy hit by Greenland oil blow and Greenpeace row

24.08.10
Cairn Energy’s hopes of striking it rich in Greenland hit a setback when its first drilling in the Arctic territory shows up only gas... more

Cairn Energy and Vedanta link talks trigger deal frenzy

12.08.10
Vedanta Resources is in talks to buy assets or take a multibillion-dollar equity stake in oil and gas exploration company Cairn Energy... more

Cairn Energy's backers hoping that Greenland comes up good

09.08.10
Market Round-up: Cairn Energy is as close as anyone came to drumming up a story on a typically quiet summer's day, with some punting the idea its Greenland drilling campaign is poised to come up double trumps... more

Relief for investors as Cairn gets go-ahead in Greenland

16.06.10
Market Round-up: The adventures of Cairn Energy in Greenland are kicking off, providing relief to some investors who feared the Gulf of Mexico disaster might force the campaign to be delayed... more

Friends mourn boy, 12, drowned jumping in the Thames to cool off

28.05.10
Friends pay tribute a schoolboy who died after jumping into a deepwater Thames dock to cool off on one of the hottest days of the year... more

Cairn Energy expects higher sales from Indian oil pipeline

20.05.10
Cairn Energy plans to increase production in its Indian oil fields after laying a pipeline which will enable it to sell more oil to refiners... more

Gay man 'murdered after unwanted sexual advances'

08.02.10
Father killed a homosexual because he made 'unwanted sexual advances' on him, a court hears... more

Cairn meets with a gushing reaction on prospect of find

21.12.09
Cairn Energy's investors were handed an early Christmas present - the hope of a glut of black gold next year... more

Cairn to up pace on Greenland frontier

31.03.09
Cairn Energy hopes to begin drilling as early as next year in Greenland, probably the world's last great undiscovered oil frontier... more

Sea roots at Ship & Whale

17.02.09
The Ship & Whale is worth a try if you are visiting this stretch of the Thames Path, being one of the better Shepherd Neame pubs.... more

Minus 10 - it's colder than the Antarctic

06.01.09
The big chill tightened its grip on London and the South-East with temperatures as low as -10C - colder than parts of Greenland and the Antarctic... more

We want to break free, Greenland tells Denmark

26.11.08
Voters in Greenland gave their overwhelming approval to a plan that offers them a route to independence from Denmark... more

Off the record

19.09.08
From Coldplay to KT Tunstall — charities are finding that enlisting musicians is the ideal way to get their message to a jaded public.... more

Greenland may be hot - Cairn

26.08.08
Cairn energy is investigating potential new sources of crude in Greenland, where Sir Bill Gammell reckons there could be 50 billion barrels waiting... more

Wibbley Wobbley will float your boat

18.03.08
Floating on a barge, Wibbley Wobbley offers all you would expect from a pub with an added novelty factor...... more


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