Director/PDMR Shareholding

Cairn Energy PLC
14 June 2007


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

14 June 2007


                                CAIRN ENERGY PLC

                           ('Cairn' or 'the Company')


                         Directors' Interests in Shares


Cairn announces that Philip Tracy, Engineering & Operations Director, yesterday
sold 40,000 ordinary shares of 6 2/13 pence in the Company at a price of
£17.7352 per share.


Details of the share sale and the resulting effect on Mr Tracy's shareholding
are set out below:

Director   Previous          Shares    New           Percentage of Issued Share
           Shareholding      Sold      Shareholding  Capital
Philip     46,400            40,000    6,400                         0.005
Tracy











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