Directors' Dealings

Cairn Energy PLC
9 March 2000

                                                                              
                 CAIRN ENERGY PLC ('Cairn' or 'the Company')                  
                                                                              
             Awards under the Company's Long Term Incentive Plan              
    

Cairn announces that on 8 March 2000, the following awards were made to
Directors of the Company under the Company's Long Term Incentive Plan at a
price of 137.5 pence per Share (being the mid-market closing price on 7th
March 2000):

Name of Director          Number of Ordinary         Number of Notional
                          Shares Under Tier 1        Shares Under Tier 2   
                            
W B B Gammell                 150,000                    100,000
M J Watts                     120,000                     50,000
K Hart                        120,000                     50,000

As a result of these awards, the total number of Shares/Notional Shares held
by the above named Directors under the Company's Long Term Incentive Plan is
as follows:

Name of Director         Number of Ordinary         Number of Notional
                         Shares Under Tier 1        Shares Under Tier 2   
                            
W B B Gammell                 400,000                     500,000
M J Watts                     245,000                     450,000
K Hart                        245,000                     450,000