Lower Prices Dent Hess Earnings
Hess posted $504 million in net profit for the third quarter.
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Hess posted $504 million in net profit for the third quarter.
One of North Dakota's largest oil and gas producers has announced plans to sell its assets to another major firm, possibly bringing more resources to the Bakken.
Leon Hess founded Hess Corp. with a secondhand truck delivering fuel oil during the depression. Ninety years later, his son, John Hess, has agreed to sell the US oil producer to Chevron Corp. in a deal that crystallizes the value of the stake controlled by the family at about $5 billion.
Chevron is buying Hess Corp. for $53 billion and it’s not even the biggest acquisition in the energy sector this month as major producers seize the initiative while oil prices
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