Chevron flies from Midland to Houston the week it axes 200 West Texas jobs

Chevron’s Boeing Business Jet, tail N884GL, departed Midland International Air and Space Port on the evening of June 17 and landed at Sugar Land Regional Airport, just southwest of Houston, an hour later. The short hop came the same week Chevron confirmed it will lay off 200 workers at three facilities in Midland County, beginning July 15, as part of a broader integration of Hess Corporation’s operations, per a Texas Workforce Commission filing reported by the Houston Chronicle via foundernews.eu.

Chevron is shedding 15 to 20 percent of its global workforce—up to 8,000 jobs—after closing its $53 billion acquisition of Hess earlier this year, with the first 575 cuts already coming at the former Hess Tower in Houston in late September, according to Hoodline coverage of state WARN notices. The Midland layoffs, concentrated at the Chevron Midcontinent Headquarters Campus, represent the leading edge of a consolidation that executives have described as a post-merger “clean-up” to simplify the corporate structure.

The Midland-to-Houston flight is a familiar route for Chevron’s senior leadership, who have been shuttling between the company’s Houston headquarters and its Permian Basin operations amid the workforce reductions. The flight pattern over the past week shows multiple trips between KMAF and KIAH/KSGR, underscoring the intense focus on managing the transition in West Texas, where the company’s oil production remains a core asset.