Headquartered in Port Louis, Mauritius and subsidiary of Essar Group, the firm has interests in both the power generation and petroleum industries.

Ravi Ruia, the Chairman, and Sanjay Mehta, a senior board member of Essar Global Limited, were identified in an Economic Times of India article as instrumental in the listing.

[7] The Sunday Times reported on 26 September 2021, that the company was conducting urgent talks with HM Revenue and Customs to prevent it from collapse.

The firm also holds exploration and production interests in Nigeria, Vietnam, Australia, Indonesia, and Madagascar.

In June 2012 Essar Energy received the final forest approval for developing a coal mine in Indonesia.