ConocoPhillips aircraft lands in Midland after Iran war disrupts Qatar LNG output

ConocoPhillips’s Embraer ERJ-145XR, tail N284CP, was tracked flying from Cavern City Air Terminal in New Mexico to Midland International Air and Space Port on June 24, a 43-minute hop across the Permian Basin.

If the crew or executives were aboard, the aircraft would have arrived the same week ConocoPhillips faces fallout from the Iran conflict. Per an earnings transcript via The Motley Fool, the company said its Qatar operations — roughly 3% of total production, or 80,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day — have been largely shut since the Strait of Hormuz closure, with two LNG trains struck and repairs expected to take three to five years [fool.com](https://www.fool.com/earnings/call-transcripts/2026/04/30/conocophillips-cop-q1-2026-earnings-transcript/). CEO Ryan Lance told CERAWeek the company has evacuated staff and is pleading with the Trump administration for extra protection of its Qatari assets, per Al-Monitor [al-monitor.com](https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2026/03/conocophillips-chief-seeks-extra-us-protection-mideast-assets).

The flight is part of a pattern of shuttles between Houston and the Permian Basin — the aircraft moved from KIAH to KMAF earlier this week and made several hops between Texas and Oklahoma. Midland serves as a hub for the company’s domestic unconventional operations, a region unaffected by the Middle East disruptions, per the Q1 call.