Glossary

BMP: Bureau of Minerals and Petroleum, Greenland
Board: The Board of Directors of Cairn Energy
Cairn: The Company and/or its subsidiaries as appropriate
Cairn excluding Cairn India: Cairn the Company and/or its subsidiaries excluding Cairn India Limited and/or its subsidiaries
Cairn India: India Limited and/or its subsidiaries as appropriate
Capricorn: Capricorn Oil Limited (previously named Capricorn Energy Limited) and/or its subsidiaries as appropriate
CEC: Chief Executive's Committee
CH₄: Methane – the primary component of natural gas and a greenhouse gas
CIL: Cairn India Limited and/or its subsidiaries as appropriate
CIPD: Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
Company: Cairn Energy
CO₂: Carbon dioxide – a greenhouse gas
CO₂e: Carbon dioxide equivalent
COMAH: UK 'Control of Major Accident Hazards' Regulations
CR: Corporate Responsibility
CRMS: Corporate Responsibility Management System
CTE: Consent to Establish
Defra: Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
EIA: Environmental Impact Assessment – a study assessing the environmental impact of a proposed activity or a major change proposed to current activity, which concludes with a management plan for the control of any identified significant impacts
EITI: Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative
ERM: Environmental Resources Management – consultants providing external assurance on selected information in this report
ESIA: Environmental and Social Impact Assessment
Flaring: The burning of waste combustible gases
GAYE: Give As You Earn
GHG: Greenhouse gas – six greenhouse gases are listed in the Kyoto Protocol (carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons and sulphur hexafluoride); carbon dioxide and methane are the most significant to Cairn's activities
GJ: Gigajoules
GRI: Global Reporting Initiative
Group: Cairn Energy and/or its subsidiaries as appropriate
Guiding Principles: Group CR Guiding Principles that describe Cairn's fundamental values and approach to managing CR issues in its business
HSE: Health, Safety and Environment
IFC: International Finance Corporation, a member of the World Bank Group
IPO: Initial public offering – when a company issues stocks or shares to the public for the first time
ISO 14001: International Standard for Environmental Management Systems
km: Kilometres
KPI: Key Performance Indicator
LTI: Lost Time Injury – any work related injury or illness, which prevents a person from working the day after the injury
LTIF: Lost Time Injury Frequency
LTIFR: Lost Time Injury Frequency Rate – the number of Lost Time Injuries recorded for a group of workers per million hours worked
m³: Cubic metres
MBA fields: The Mangala, Bhagyam and Aishwariya oilfields in Rajasthan, India
MPT: Mangala Processing Terminal
NGO: Non-Governmental Organisation
NOx: A mixture of oxides of nitrogen – emission of these gases can contribute to acid rain and other air quality problems
OGP: International Association of Oil and Gas Producers – a worldwide association of oil and gas companies involved in exploration and production of hydrocarbons
PCDP: Public Consultation and Disclosure Plan
Precautionary approach: An expression of a need by decision makers to anticipate harm before it occurs. It is the responsibility of a proponent of an activity to establish that it will not (or is very unlikely to) result in significant harm.
RAP: Resettlement Action Plan
SIA: Social Impact Assessment
SO₂: Sulphur dioxide – emission
TRIFR: Total Recordable Incident Frequency Rate
UDHR: Universal Declaration of Human Rights
UK: United Kingdom
Venting: The release of gases to the atmosphere without burning
VOCs: Volatile organic compounds – organic substances, excluding methane, which vaporise at room temperature
VPSHR: Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights