Hess lands in Camarillo the week after Chevron acquisition closes

Hess flew from Francis S Gabreski Airport in Westhampton Beach, New York, to Camarillo International Airport in California on the night of May 31, arriving just before 3 a.m. local time on June 1. The Gulfstream G650ER, tail N1454H, completed the coast-to-coast leg in five hours and nineteen minutes, cruising at 47,025 feet.

The arrival lands Hess in Southern California the same week Chevron’s $53 billion acquisition of Hess Corporation closed, per a company statement reported by Reuters on May 23. Camarillo lies roughly 50 miles northwest of Los Angeles, where Chevron maintains significant operational headquarters and a major refining presence in Richmond. The trip aligns with executive-level integration planning that typically follows a merger close — meetings, site visits, and alignment sessions with the new parent company’s West Coast management.

The flight continues a pattern of corporate boardroom logistics: the aircraft has shuttled between Hess’s New York-area bases (KEWR, KFOK) and business destinations including Houston, Miami, and Washington, D.C. in recent weeks. The Camarillo arrival suggests Hess’s leadership is engaged in the practical work of merging the independent into a supermajor — a quiet, routine circuit of a newly combined empire.