Hess Gulfstream returns to New Jersey after Chevron merger closes and Guyana profits hit a milestone

Hess flew from Henderson Executive Airport in Las Vegas to Teterboro Airport in New Jersey on May 20, touching down just after noon local time after a three-hour-and-53-minute trip. The Gulfstream G650ER, tail N1454H, made the transcontinental hop at up to 45,050 feet and 582 knots. Hess had spent the previous two days in the Las Vegas area following an earlier trip from Teterboro on May 19.

The same week Hess lands in New Jersey, Hess Corporation's 2025 financials show the company has fully recovered its entire invested capital in the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana, per Kaieteur News, returning contributions of about US$3.6 billion directly from Guyana earnings to zero. The milestone comes just months after Chevron closed its $53 billion acquisition of Hess on July 18, 2025, a deal that finally cleared after an arbitration panel rejected ExxonMobil's right-of-first-refusal claim over the Guyana stake, as reported by JPT and the Maritime Executive. With the merger complete, former Hess CEO John Hess is cleared to join Chevron's board, and the combined company now holds a 30% non-operating interest in the block's more than 11 billion barrels of recoverable resource.

Hess is no stranger to the New York City area—the company's headquarters is in Manhattan and Teterboro is the usual gateway for trips to industry meetings, investor days, and the boardroom. The flight pattern over the past two weeks shows a typical rhythm of travel to Washington, London, and back, with the Las Vegas detour likely a personal or business stop before returning to the New Jersey base where the integration work continues.