CAIRN Energy remains committed to returning to drilling off Greenland in 2014 in spite of having spent $1 billion (£0.6bn) on unsuccessful exploration programmes in the region.
In a trading update, the Edinburgh firm said its drilling on the Pitu block, in the Melville Basin off the north-west coast of Greenland, would go ahead subject to government approval and the outcome of mapping and technical data evaluations.
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