Halliburton flies from West Virginia to Sarasota the week of a major energy conference

Halliburton flew from Fairmont Municipal Airport in West Virginia to Sarasota Bradenton International Airport on May 28, a 2-hour Gulfstream G550 hop that touched down just after 11 a.m. local time. The flight, operated under tail number N235DX, originated from a small airport near the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory in Morgantown, a hub for energy research and federal contracting.

The same week, Halliburton is hosting its 2026 Investor Day and Technology Showcase in Sarasota, per a company press release issued May 15. The event, scheduled for May 29 at the Ritz-Carlton, features presentations from CEO Jeff Miller on the company’s deepwater and Middle East growth strategy, alongside demonstrations of new digital drilling systems. The choice of Sarasota—not Houston—underscores the firm’s push to court East Coast institutional investors and private-equity partners.

This trip follows a pattern of Halliburton’s executive fleet shuttling between Pittsburgh-area airports and energy conferences or federal labs. Over the past week, N235DX flew from Las Vegas to Pittsburgh, then to Baltimore and New York, before the West Virginia leg. The Sarasota stop is the first Florida visit for this aircraft in 2026, aligning with the company’s stated goal of expanding its Gulf of Mexico and international service contracts.