ConocoPhillips aircraft lands in Midland as CEO warns on supply gaps

ConocoPhillips's aircraft, an Embraer ERJ-145XR bearing tail number N284CP, was tracked flying from Burnet Municipal Airport to Midland International Air and Space Port on June 25, 2026, a 35-minute hop across Texas.

If aboard, ConocoPhillips would arrive in the Permian Basin the same week its CEO Ryan Lance has been warning that supply losses and infrastructure gaps will drive higher oil prices, per a CERAWeek speech covered by World Oil. The company's Lower 48 production, anchored in the Delaware Basin, Eagle Ford, and Bakken, reached 1.45 MMboed in Q1, per a separate World Oil report, making Midland a logical hub for operational reviews amid ongoing Middle East disruption.

The flight follows a pattern of recent hops between Houston-area fields and West Texas, including a June 24 leg from San Angelo to Midland. ConocoPhillips has been flagging geopolitical risk to its Qatar volumes and advancing its Willow project in Alaska, now 50% complete, as global oil markets recalibrate after the Strait of Hormuz closure, per CNN Business.