Operator

Greetings, and welcome to the Antero Midstream Corporation First Quarter 2026 Earnings Call. [Operator Instructions] As a reminder, this conference is being recorded.

It is now my pleasure to introduce Dan Katzenberg, Vice President of Investor Relations. Thank you. You may begin.

Daniel Katzenberg
Director of Finance & Investor Relations

Thank you for joining us for Antero Midstream's First Quarter Investor Conference Call. We'll spend a few minutes going through the financial and operating highlights, and then we'll open it up for Q&A. I would also like to direct you to the homepage of our website at anteromidstream.com, where we have provided a separate earnings call presentation that will be reviewed during today's call.

Today's call may contain certain non-GAAP financial measures. Please refer to our earnings press release for important disclosures regarding such measures.

Joining me on the call today are Michael Kennedy, CEO and President of Antero Midstream; Justin Agnew, CFO of Antero Midstream; and Brendan Krueger, CFO of Antero Resources.

With that, I'll turn the call over to Mike.

Michael Kennedy
President, CEO & Director

Thanks, Dan. Good morning, everyone. I'll start my comments on Slide #3. The first quarter of 2026 was an exciting quarter for Antero Midstream as we continue to make progress on our strategic initiatives. We successfully navigated adverse winter weather conditions and delivered another quarter of EBITDA and free cash flow growth.

In addition, we closed the company's