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- Amerada Hess Corporation, integrated American petroleum company involved in exploration and development of oil and natural-gas resources, and the transportation, production, marketing, and sale of petroleum products.
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Hess Corporation (formerly Amerada Hess Corporation) is an American global independent energy company involved in the exploration and production of crude oil and natural gas. It was formed by the merger of Hess Oil and Chemical and Amerada Petroleum in 1968.
Amerada Hess Corporation operates as a leading integrated oil and gas concern involved in exploration, production, refining, energy marketing, and retail marketing through a chain of over 1,000 Hess gas stations in the eastern U.S.
May 8, 1999 · Amerada Hess, based in New York, was the foundation of Mr. Hess's personal fortune, estimated at $720 million last October by Forbes magazine, which listed him among the 400 richest Americans.
5 days ago · Amerada Hess Corporation, integrated American petroleum company involved in exploration and development of oil and natural-gas resources, and the transportation, production, marketing, and sale of petroleum products. Headquarters are in New York City. The company was incorporated in 1920 as Amerada.
Leon Hess (March 14, 1914 – May 7, 1999) was an American businessman, the founder of the Hess Corporation and the owner of the New York Jets. Hess built an oil terminal in New Jersey after the Great Depression, building his first refinery in the late 1950s.
Oct 28, 2023 · During the time the company was prominent in Alaska, it was known as Amerada Hess, due to a merger with Amerada Petroleum Corp. in 1969. By May of 1970, Amerada Hess drilled the first successful wildcat well in Prudhoe Bay on Alaska’s North Slope.
Amerada Hess Corporation is one of the largest integrated petroleum companies not considered one of the "majors." It engages in petroleum exploration, production, refining, transportation, and service station retailing.
