03/11/2011
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Economic Times
Cairn India , a unit of British exploration firm Cairn Energy plc, said Friday it plans to drill for oil and natural gas deposits off Sri Lanka's northwestern coast in July.
In 2008, Cain invested $100 million, spread over three years, to conduct detailed seismic studies and drilling three wells off the coast of Mannar.
03/11/2011
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Colombo Page
Sri Lanka's Presidential Secretariat and Cairn Lanka Ltd signed a Memorandum of Understanding Friday (11) at the Presidential Secretariat for the construction of 27 libraries in some of the least-advantaged schools in Moneragala District.
This Presidential Library Project is a concept of the President Mahinda Rajapaksa to improve the reading habit among Sri Lankan children and thereby enable them to improve knowledge, skills, and good attitudes.
12/12/2009
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AFP
"We need more players in the oil exploration race and the government plans to call for tenders for three more blocks off the Gulf of Mannar early next year," Petroleum Resources Minister A.H.M. Fowzie told AFP.
12/10/2009
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Reuters
Cairn Lanka, a fully owned subsidiary of Cairn India (CAIL.BO), said on Thursday it had started a $100 million seismic survey off Sri Lanka's northwestern coast to explore for crude oil.