ConocoPhillips lands in Houston the week of its landmark Syria gas deal

ConocoPhillips flew from David Wayne Hooks Memorial Airport to George Bush Intercontinental Airport on June 17, 2026 — a three-minute, 2,525-foot repositioning flight that moved the company's Embraer ERJ-145XR (N284CP) between two Houston-area fields. The aircraft, typically used for crew shuttles between Anchorage and North Slope oil operations, returned to its home base at KIAH.

The transfer arrives the same week ConocoPhillips, per [energyconnects.com](https://www.energyconnects.com/news/gas-lng/2026/june/syria-signs-deal-with-conocophillips-to-revive-natural-gas-production/), signed a deal with the Syrian Petroleum Company and Novaterra Energy to revive natural gas production in Syria — the first major entry by a U.S. oil and gas company into the postwar country. The agreement, brokered in Damascus, signals a warming of relations between Syria and Western energy firms.

While this particular flight is a short domestic reposition, ConocoPhillips's recent flight history shows frequent shuttles between Houston and the Permian Basin, as well as Williston, North Dakota. The Syria deal, covered by [Simply Wall St](https://simplywall.st/stocks/us/energy/nyse-cop/conocophillips/news/conocophillips-cop-signs-syria-gasfields-deal-in-a-first-for) and [Oil Monster](https://www.oilmonster.com/article/conocophillips-eyes-syria-gas-investment-as-energy-sector-reopens-to-foreign-companies-/8307), adds a new geopolitical dimension to ConocoPhillips's global upstream portfolio, even as its Houston-based operations continue their routine rhythm.