Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc.

Greetings and welcome to the second quarter Helix Energy Solutions 2023 earnings conference call. During the presentation, all participants will be in a listen-only mode. Afterwards, we will conduct a question and answer session. At that time, if you have a question, please press the 1 followed by the 4 on your telephone. If at any time during the conference you need to reach an operator, please press star 0. As a reminder, this conference is being recorded Thursday, July 27, 2023. I would now like to turn the conference over to Brent Arriaga, CAO of Helix Energy. Please go ahead.

Good morning, everyone, and thanks for joining us today on our conference call for our second quarter 2023 earnings release. Participating on this call today for Helix are Owen Kratz, our CEO, Scotty Sparks, our COO, Eric Staffeld, our CFO, Ken Nykerk, our general counsel, and myself. Hopefully, you've had an opportunity to review our earnings press release and the related slide presentation released last night. If you don't have a copy of these materials, both can be accessed through the For the Investor page on our website at www.helixesg.com. The press release can be accessed under the Press Releases tab, and the slide presentation can be accessed by clicking on today's webcast icon. Before we begin our prepared remarks, Ken Nykerk will make a statement regarding forward-looking information.

Ken? During this conference call, we anticipate making certain projections and forward-looking statements based on our current expectations and assumptions as of today. Such forward-looking statements may include projections and estimates of future events, business or industry trends, or business or financial results. All statements in this conference call or in the associated presentation, other than statements of historical fact, are forward-looking statements and are made under the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Our actual future results may differ materially from our projections and forward-looking statements due to a number and variety of risks, uncertainties, assumptions, and factors, including those set forth in Slide 2, in our most recently filed annual report on Form 10-K, our quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, and in our other filings with the SEC. You should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, and we do not undertake any duty to update any forward-looking statement. We disclaim any written or oral statements made by any third party regarding the subject matter of this conference call. Also during this call, certain non-GAAP financial disclosures may be made. In accordance with SEC rules, the final slide of our presentation provides reconciliations of certain non-GAAP measures to comparable GAAP financial measures. These reconciliations, along with this presentation, the earnings press release, our annual report, and a replay of this broadcast are available for the investor section of our website at www.helixesg.com. Please remember that information on this conference call speaks only as of today, July 27, 2023, and therefore you are advised that any time-sensitive information may no longer be accurate as of any replay of this call. Owen?