Local Business Cairn to spearhead more North Sea exploration, content with Kraken, Catcher stakes By Mark Lammey March 14 2018, 1:58 pm March 14 2018, 1:58 pm Share Cairn to spearhead more North Sea exploration, content with Kraken, Catcher stakes Share via Facebook Twitter Whatsapp Messenger Linkedin Email Post link https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/business/local/1434294/cairn-spearhead-north-sea-exploration-content-kraken-catcher-stakes/ Copy Link Scottish oil firm Cairn Energy said yesterday that it would get to work on its first operated exploration well in UK waters later this year. Scottish oil firm Cairn Energy said yesterday that it would get to work on its first operated exploration well in UK waters later this year. And bosses at Edinburgh-headquartered Cairn said the company intends to spearhead more North Sea exploration campaigns in future. Operations on the Ekland well are slated to begin in the central North Sea in the third quarter of 2018. Read more on Energy Vice here.