Operator
Good afternoon, and welcome to the Genel Energy plc investor presentation. [Operator Instructions]
Before we begin, I’d like to submit the following poll. I’d now like to hand you over to Paul Weir, CEO. Good afternoon, sir.
Paul Weir
CEO & Director
Good afternoon, everybody. My name is Paul Weir, and I’m the CEO of Genel Energy. I’m joined as usual by our CFO, Luke Clements. Welcome to our half year results presentation. There are two subjects that have a significant bearing on the business so far this year.
The first, the headline is our proposed acquisition of Capricorn Energy announced at the start of July, a transaction that delivers on the growth strategy that we’ve been talking about for some time.
The second is the temporary suspension of production at Tawke that began at the end of February and lasted through until the end of June, a full 4 months of the 6-month period being reported. That production suspension was, of course, the result of facilities in the region that’s spilled over and close to our operational footprint. I’d like to offer some quick guidance upfront to manage expectations about what we can say on today’s presentation. We’re in an offer period. So on the Capricorn transaction, our update will be consistent with what’s in the published announcement and the scheme document. And we’d ask you to look there for the detail.
And as in our March update, we won’t be able to provide a regional security update or offer any sort of an insight beyond that, which is publicly available. Notwithstanding all of that, today, we will take you through the performance of
 Q2 2026 Earnings Call Transcript){kind=link}