Jeffrey L. Chastain - Noble Corp. Plc
Management
Thank you, Julie, and welcome, everyone, to Noble Corporation second quarter 2018 conference call. We appreciate your interest in the company. And, in case you missed it, a copy of Noble's earnings report issued last evening, along with all the supporting statements and schedules, can be found on the Noble website and, again, that's noblecorp.com. Before I turn the call over to Julie, I'd like to remind everyone that we may make statements about our operations, opportunities, plans, operational or financial performance, the drilling business, or other matters that are not historical facts and are forward-looking statements that are subject to certain risks and uncertainties. Our filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, which are posted on our website, discuss the risks and uncertainties in our business and industry and the various factors that could keep outcomes of any forward-looking statements from being realized. These include the price of oil and gas, customer demand, operational and other risks. Our actual results could differ materially from these forward-looking statements, and Noble does not assume any obligation to update these statements. Also note we are referencing non-GAAP financial measures in the call today. You will find the required supplemental disclosure for these measures, including the most directly comparable GAAP measure and an associated reconciliation on our website. And consistent with our quarterly disclosure practices, once our call has concluded, we will post on our website a summary of the financial guidance covered on today's call, which will cover third quarter and full-year 2018 figures. One final update. Since our comments today will include a review of our fleet, we will not issue a fleet status report on August the 9th as we had previously noted. We will plan to issue our next fleet update on September the 4th. With that, I'll now turn the call over to Julie Robertson, Chairman, President and Chief Executive of Noble.