Chevron’s Boeing Business Jet lands in Sugar Land the week of its annual shareholder meeting

Chevron’s Boeing Business Jet, tail N884GL, flew from Skywest Inc Airport in West Texas to Sugar Land Regional Airport on June 5, a 55-minute hop at 39,000 feet. The aircraft, part of Chevron’s unusually heavy fleet that includes Praetor 600s for Gulf rig logistics, touched down just outside Houston shortly after 11:30 p.m. local time.

The same week, Chevron is preparing for its annual meeting of stockholders on May 27, a virtual event scheduled for 8:00 a.m. PT, per the company’s investor materials. The flight also lands days after Chevron settled a closely watched Texas “zombie well” lawsuit with Antina Ranch landowner Ashley Watt, avoiding a trial that could have set a costly precedent for the industry, as reported by the Houston Chronicle. The settlement, finalized out of court, resolves claims over decades-old leaking wells on a 22,000-acre ranch in West Texas.

The trip fits a pattern: Chevron’s fleet has been shuttling between Houston-area fields and West Texas oil country all week, with multiple flights logged on June 4 between Midland, Odessa, and the Permian Basin. This particular leg, from a small airstrip near the ranchlands at the heart of the litigation, suggests the company’s senior leadership was on the ground dealing with the fallout before heading back to headquarters for the shareholder vote.