Harbour Energy plc (HBR) Q2 2026 Earnings Call

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Good morning and welcome to the Harbour Energy 2026 Half Year Results. I will now hand over to Elizabeth Brooks, SVP Investor Relations. Elizabeth please go ahead. Thank you Aidan. Good morning everyone and welcome to the Harbour Energy 2026 Half Year Results call. We have presented today our CEO Linda Cook, our CFO Alexander Krane and our Chief Operating Officer Nigel Hearne. Turning to today's agenda, Linda will begin by discussing our strategy and the highlights of another strong period for Harbour. Nigel will cover operational performance, followed by Alexander, who will take you through our financial results, guidance and outlook. We'll then return to Linda for some closing remarks before we open up for Q&A. With that, over to you Linda. Good morning everyone and thanks for joining the call. For those of you who are new to Harbour, maybe just a bit of a reminder. From the beginning, we set a vision to build a leading global independent oil and gas company. Following our first acquisition nearly 10 years ago in the UK, our priority was to build scale and to diversify, which we achieved through acquiring Wintershall DEA in 2024. And now, with the recently completed Log and Waldorf transactions, we further strengthen the portfolio's resilience and longevity. As a result of our disciplined investment, integration capability and active portfolio management, Today we're producing half a million barrels per day centered on five core countries and increasingly weighted towards lower cost and lower tax basins with growth potential. As we look ahead, we remain focused on continuing to execute our strategy, leveraging our scale and diverse portfolio to create value through our four strategic priorities. Sustaining production at scale, building a competitive portfolio of re...