Hess returns from London to New York the week after Chevron's Hess integration earnings boost

Hess's Gulfstream G650ER, tail number N1454H, lifted off from Farnborough Airport outside London at 9:30 a.m. on May 10, 2026, slicing across the Atlantic to touch down at Teterboro Airport near New York City at 4:12 p.m. local time. The six-hour, 42-minute journey peaked at 45,025 feet and pushed 526 knots—efficient work for a bird built for global energy pursuits.

The timing aligns with the tail end of a bustling week for the oil major, now folded into Chevron since the $53 billion acquisition closed in July 2025. Just days earlier, on May 1, Chevron's Q1 2026 earnings call spotlighted a 15% production jump to 3.8 million barrels of oil equivalent per day, crediting seamless Hess integration, per the company's release. Back at the New York headquarters, executives no doubt eye continued synergies from the Stabroek block in Guyana and beyond.

This round trip echoes Hess's routine: a May 8 departure from the New York area to the UK, bookended by east coast hops—Philadelphia to New York on May 6, then New York to Washington, D.C., and back. With Chevron's London offices steering European and Middle East exploration, such jaunts keep the wheels turning, wry reminder that even merged giants can't phone in the details.