Occidental Petroleum returns to Houston after Westchester departure

Occidental Petroleum flew from Westchester County Airport to George Bush Intercontinental Airport late on May 27, 2026, a three-hour-and-48-minute trip in the company's Gulfstream G280, tail N280XY. The flight departed New York at 9:01 p.m. local time and touched down in Houston just before 1 a.m. the following day.

Westchester County is a common gateway for executives visiting Berkshire Hathaway or attending private meetings in the New York metro area. Occidental Petroleum counts Berkshire Hathaway as its largest single shareholder, holding roughly 28 percent of the company — a stake built during Occidental's 2019 acquisition of Anadarko Petroleum, as per the company's public filings. No news events in the Houston area this week demand immediate explanation: no major conference, shareholder meeting, or regulatory deadline is scheduled that would necessitate a late-night return.

The pattern of flights earlier in the week shows the Gulfstream moving between Houston, the Permian Basin, and Westchester in a steady back-and-forth — the May 26 New York departure was preceded by a Houston-to-Westchester leg the same day. This suggests the Westchester trip was a routine business meeting, and the flight home to Houston is exactly what it appears to be: an executive returning to base after a standard workday in the Northeast.