Occidental Petroleum lands in Midland the week of Permian Basin energy summit

Occidental Petroleum flew from Eberly Ranch Airport to Midland International Air and Space Port on the afternoon of June 3, a 1-hour-35-minute hop aboard its company ERJ-175. The ranch airstrip, just south of the New Mexico line, is a staging ground for the company’s field operations in the northern Delaware Basin. Midland is the central hub of Occidental Petroleum’s core producing region.

This trip lands Occidental Petroleum in the Permian Basin during the same week the region’s annual Permian Basin Energy Summit kicks off in Midland, per event listings confirmed by the Midland Chamber of Commerce. The summit draws operators, regulators, and investors — and Occidental Petroleum CEO Vicki Hollub has historically keynoted or participated in the sessions. It is a high-relevance gathering for a company that holds 28% of its stock with Berkshire Hathaway and is the largest producer in the basin.

The flight also continues a pattern visible in Occidental Petroleum’s recent logs: three trips between the Houston-area HQ (KIAH) and the Permian in the first three days of June alone, plus a rotation between the remote Eberly Ranch strip and the KMAF field base. This is not a splashy red-eye — it is the quiet, necessary rhythm of an independent oil company at work in its highest-yielding asset.