Britain's Harbour Energy raised its 2026 output outlook on Thursday, citing a strong start to the year helped by early contributions from its newly acquired LLOG assets in the Gulf of Mexico…
Britain's Harbour Energy raised its 2026 output outlook on Thursday, citing a strong start to the year helped by early contributions from its newly acquired LLOG assets in the Gulf of Mexico.
Harbour has been leaning on Wintershall Dea assets in Norway, Argentina and Mexico while cutting investment and jobs in the UK over what it calls an "uncompetitive tax regime".
The company's production in the UK has declined to less than a third from over 80% around three years ago, Harbour CEO Linda Cook said in a call with reporters on Thursday.
Harbour expects 2026 production of 475,000-500,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day, compared with a prior estimate of 435,000-455,000 boepd.
The earlier outlook had excluded the impact of its acquisitions of Waldorf in the UK and LLOG in the U.S., as well as the announced sale of its Indonesian assets.
Pretax Profit More Than Doubles
Harbour posted $2.8 billion in profits before taxation in 2025, up from $1.2 billion a year prior.
Shares in the company rose about 4% in early-morning trade on Thursday. A broader index of European energy companies .SXEP rose around 0.1%.
British finance minister Rachel Reeves on Wednesday told oil
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