Harbour Energy plc was founded by private equity firm EIG Global Energy Partners in 2014 with a strategy to acquire conventional, cash generative, producing assets outside of North America. In 2017, Harbour made its first acquisition backing Chrysaor Holdings Limited to acquire a package of UK North Sea assets from Shell for $3.0 billion and, in 2019, acquired ConocoPhillips UK North Sea for $2.7 billion.
In 2021, through a reverse takeover, Chrysaor merged with Premier Oil plc to create Harbour Energy plc.
