Chevron Boeing Business Jet lands in Houston after a week of Hormuz briefings and a Midland pit stop

Chevron's Boeing Business Jet, N884GL, departed Midland Airpark and touched down at Sugar Land Regional Airport on June 15, a 57-minute hop that lands back near the Houston headquarters. The jet had left Houston for Midland earlier that same day, a quick turnaround in the Permian Basin.

The same week, Chevron CEO Mike Wirth has been a central voice on the Strait of Hormuz crisis. In recent interviews with Bloomberg and CNBC, covered by [Energy News Beat](https://energynewsbeat.com/big-oil-companies/chevron-ceo-sees-more-pipelines-built-to-bypass-strait-of-hormuz-more-unreported-attacks-in-the-strait-impact-transits/) and [The Motley Fool](https://www.fool.com/investing/2026/05/12/chevrons-ceo-just-said-physical-oil-shortages-are/), Wirth warned of physical oil shortages as inventories hit eight-year lows and confirmed Chevron refuses to pay Iranian tolls for passage through the strait. The jet's schedule reflects a company in constant motion: the aircraft's recent flights show a pattern of shuttling between Houston, Midland, and Denver — likely tied to Permian basin operations and, on June 10, a trip to the Denver area coinciding with Wirth's appearance at the Milken Institute discussion where he predicted demand would need to