U.S. oil and gas producer Hess Corp posted its first profit in about four years that also easily beat analysts' estimates, as it sold oil at higher prices and managed to slash costs by 62 percent.New York-based Hess has not reported a profit…
Guyana has put planned oil auctions on hold as the impoverished South American country works to establish a Department of Energy to oversee the energy boom, Minister of State Joseph Harmon said on Monday.Since 1999, Guyana has awarded a group…
U.S. oil producer Hess Corp has no intention to sell its assets in Asia as the region provides good, steady cash flow and a stable political environment, a senior company executive told Reuters on Tuesday.While the company sold assets in Thailand…
Operator Aker BP has completed an acquisition of Hess Norge, which owns 10% stakes in the Norwegian North Sea Valhall and Hod fields, from Hess Corp for US$2 billion. At the same time, a deal by Aker BP to sell 10% interest in the…
Hess Corp. has completed the sale of its interests in offshore Equatorial Guinea to Kosmos Energy and Trident Energy for US$650 million. Hess’ exit from Equatorial Guinea comes after nearly two decades of operations at the Ceiba field and Okume complex…
Map of North Malay basin, from Hess. Hess Corp. is ready to start production at its North Malay basin project offshore Malaysia in Q3 2017. The North Malay Basin Block PM302 is…
ExxonMobil is preparing exploration activities offshore Suriname, after signing a production sharing contract (PSC) with Suriname’s national oil company Staatsolie Maatschappij Suriname NV for deepwater Block 59. Image from Exxon…
Hess Corp. signed a non-exclusive 10-year global agreement with Wood Group to provide engineering, project management, construction, commissioning, operations and maintenance, integrity management, subsea, and decommissioning services. The…
McDermott International has won a contract award from Hess Corp. for subsea tieback work for its deepwater Penn State Deep (PSD) field in the Gulf of Mexico. The PSD field is located in the Garden Banks 216 block in approximately 1500ft of water…
Hess Corp.’s Stampede tension leg platform moved one step closer to production Wednesday following completion of an initial pre-production inspection of its topsides by the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) at the Kiewit shipyard in Ingleside…
Hess Corp. posted a US$4.9 billion net loss in Q4, as the company moves forward to focus on its developments offshore Thailand and in the Gulf of Mexico, which are expected to contribute significant production and cash flow. The…
Mexico’s Comisión Nacional de Hidrocarburos (CNH) has revealed a long list of individual international oil and gas companies, in addition to consortia, that have been prequalified for the country’s highly anticipated deepwater round set for next week…
ExxonMobil's Liza discovery, offshore Guyana, has upped its potential due to the company's successful run at the Liza-3 appraisal well, according to partner Hess Corp. The Steana Carron, from Stena…
Aberdeen, UK-based services firm Proserv has won two significant contract wins in the Gulf of Mexico. The deals with Talos Energy and Hess Corp. will see Proserv carry out work at the operators’ respective Phoenix and Conger field expansion developments…
Hess Corp. recorded a US$509 million loss in Q1, in addition to a 34% drop in its revenue. Image from Hess. The loss is much wider than the Q1 2015 loss of $389 million. The decrease…
