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Joint venture refinery in the U.S. Virgin Islands; fluid catalytic cracking facility in NJ

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Purchase, sale, storage and trade of petroleum products; major petroleum terminal network on East Coast

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Hess is the leading independent East Coast convenience store retailer, with locations from NH to FL

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Provides customers large and small with electricity, natural gas, fuel oil, and a green suite of products

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Gulf Of Mexico

Gulf of Mexico

Exploration
Production

Baldpate

Northwestern

Shenzi

Hack Wilson

Conger

Tubular Bells

Pony

Llano

Libya

Algeria

Egypt

Exploration
Production

Area 54

Waha

Texas

Exploration
Production

Eagle Ford

Permian Basin

Iraq

Turkey

Syria

Iraq

Iran

Saudi Arabia

Exploration

Dinarta

Shakrok

Indonesia

Malaysia

Singapore

Philippines

Indonesia

Exploration
Production

Semai V

Pangkah

United States

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GLOBAL OPERATIONS

Hess Corporation is an integrated energy company with operations in 23 countries. To learn more about Hess Corporation's global assets, select a tab at the top of the page.

Indonesia

EXPLORATION:Indonesia

Semai V

Hess interest:

100%

The Semai V Block is a 3,949 square kilometer block located in the deep waters off West Papua, 3,000 kilometers east of the Indonesian capital, Jakarta. In 2008, Hess signed a PSC with Indonesia's BPMIGAS to explore, develop and produce oil and gas in the area.

Iraq

Turkey

Syria

Iraq

Iran

Saudi Arabia

Dinarta

EXPLORATION:Iraq

Dinarta

Hess interest:

64%, operator

Partners:

Petroceltic International PLC (16%), Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq, (20%)

The Dinarta block covers an area of 1319 square kilometers and is located in the Iraq Kurdistan Region 75 kilometers north of Erbil. A production sharing contract with the Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq has an initial three-year exploration period in which the joint venture plans to acquire 2-D seismic and drill at least one exploration well.

Shakrok

EXPLORATION:Iraq

Shakrok

Hess interest:

64%, operator

Partners:

Petroceltic International PLC (16%), Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq, (20%)

The Shakrok block covers an area of 418 square kilometers and is located in the Iraq Kurdistan Region 50 kilometers north east of Erbil. A production sharing contract with the Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq has an initial three-year exploration period in which the joint venture plans to acquire 2-D seismic and drill at least one exploration well.

Texas

EXPLORATION:Texas, United States

Eagle Ford

Hess interest:

90%

Partner:

ZaZa, operator (10%)

In the Eagle Ford hydrocarbon shale formation in Texas, Hess holds a 90 percent working interest in 86,000 acres. First production occurred in 2011.

China

EXPLORATION:China

China

Hess has signed three joint study agreements to explore unconventional oil and gas resources in China. In 2010, it entered into a joint study agreement with PetroChina to study prospects of enhancing output at the Daqing oil field in the Songliao basin. Another two agreements with Sinopec Corp., signed in 2011, facilitate a joint study on tight oil and shale oil/gas reserves at the Shengli oil field in the Bohai Bay basin.

France

EXPLORATION:France

Paris Basin

Partner:

Toreador Resources Corporation

In 2010, Hess entered into an agreement with Toreador to invest in an initial exploration phase and earn up to a 50 percent working interest in, and become operator of, Toreador's Paris Basin acreage.

Colombia

EXPLORATION:Colombia

Block RC 6 and RC 7

Hess interest:

30%

Partners:

Petrobras, operator (40%), Ecopetrol (30%)

Hess has interests in offshore Blocks RC 6 and RC 7.

Peru

EXPLORATION:Peru

Block 64

Hess interest:

50%

Partners:

Talisman, operator (50%)

Hess has an interest in Block 64 in Peru, and exploration activities are underway in the Situche discovery.

Gulf of Mexico

Tubular Bells

EXPLORATION:Gulf of Mexico, United States

Tubular Bells

Hess interest:

40%, operator

Partners:

BP (30%), Chevron (30%)

The Tubular Bells oil and gas field in the Gulf of Mexico was discovered in 2003. It is a deepwater play approximately 135 miles southeast of New Orleans, LA. Hess doubled its interest in the field by acquiring an additional 20 percent share from BP and assuming ownership. Development is underway.

Pony

EXPLORATION:Gulf of Mexico, United States

Pony

Hess interest:

100%, operator

Hess encountered oil in the deepwater, subsalt Pony oil and gas field in the Gulf of Mexico in 2005. The second exploration well reached 33,000 feet in 2008, making it one of the world's deepest. The subsea infrastructure is being developed and the project is expected to come onstream in 2015.

Brazil

EXPLORATION:Brazil

Block BMS-22

Hess interest:

40%

Partners:

ExxonMobil, operator (40%), Petrobras (20%)

Hess was awarded the license for Block BMS-22 in 2005. It is located in the Santos Basin off the coast of Brazil, and its size is equivalent to 55 Gulf of Mexico blocks. In early 2011, drilling was completed on a third exploration well.

Libya

EXPLORATION:Libya

Area 54

Hess interest:

100%, operator

Area 54, 38 miles off the coast of Libya in the Sirte Basin, was acquired in mid-2005. Hydrocarbons were discovered in 2008 on the Arous Al-Bahar prospect. Production in Libya was suspended in March 2011, due to civil unrest.

Egypt

EXPLORATION:Egypt

West Med

Hess interest:

55%, operator

Partners:

RWE (35%), KUFPEC (10%)

In January 2006, Hess acquired a 55 percent working interest in the West Mediterranean (Block 1) deepwater area, 45 miles off the coast of Egypt within the Nile Delta Basin. The block contains four existing natural gas discoveries, with an additional hydrocarbon discovery announced in 2008.

Ghana

EXPLORATION:Ghana

Deepwater Tano/Cape Three Points

Hess interest:

90%, partner

Partner:

Ghana National Petroleum Company (10%)

Exploration at Deepwater Tano/Cape Three Points, about 70 kilometers offshore Ghana, began in 2008. The Deepwater Tano/Cape Three Points block covers an area of 3,000 square kilometers. In early 2011, hydrocarbons were discovered in the drilling in the Paradise 1 exploration well.

Brunei

EXPLORATION:Brunei

Block CA1

Hess interest:

13.5%

Partners:

Total, operator (54%), BHP Billiton (22.5%), PETRONAS Carigali (5%), Murphy Oil (5%)

Block CA1, about 100 kilometers northwest of the coast of Brunei, covers an area of more than 5,850 square kilometers in the deepwater areas, with depths ranging from 1,000 to 2,750 meters. Hess was awarded an interest in Block CA1 in 2003, but exploration activities were put on hold pending border negotiations between Malaysia and Brunei. Following a successful resolution, exploration drilling is to resume in September 2011.

Australia

EXPLORATION:Australia

Permit WA-390P

Hess interest:

100%, operator

Hess was awarded a 100 percent interest in the WA-390-P permit in 2007. In 2008, Hess made three commercial discoveries in Permit WA-390-P off the coast of Western Australia. Hess drilled 16 exploratory wells on the block, 13 of which were natural gas discoveries.

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EXPLORATION

Hess pursues an exploration program that delivers value and long-term growth through a balanced global portfolio.

Russia

PRODUCTION:Russia

Samara Nafta

First production:

2001

Hess interest:

85%

Hess owns an 85 percent interest in Trabant Holdings International, a company that owns 100 percent of ZAO Samara-Nafta, an exploration and production company located in the Volga-Urals region of the Russian Federation. Samara Nafta has been producing since 2001 and currently includes more than 60 fields and two oil treatment plants.

North Dakota

PRODUCTION:North Dakota, United States

North Dakota

First production:

1957

Hess interest:

100%, operator

Hess discovered oil in North Dakota in 1951, and its presence has since continued to grow. Hess North Dakota operations are in Tioga, Williston, Keene, Fryburg and Newburg. Hess has made significant investments to develop the Bakken shale, and is the largest gas producer and the third-largest oil producer in North Dakota, with over 40,000 BOEPD. Hess also operates the Tioga Gas Plant. In 2010, Hess acquired American Oil & Gas and TRZ Energy, increasing the company's net acreage in North Dakota by 252,000 acres.

Texas

PRODUCTION:Texas, United States

Permian Basin

First production:

1936

Hess interest:

34.26%, operator

Partners:

Occidental Petroleum (27.99%), ExxonMobil (19.22%), Marathon (13.53%), others (5%)

In the West Texas Permian Basin, Hess operates the Seminole San Andres Field, which has been producing since the late 1930s. The field uses carbon dioxide injection technology to maximize oil recovery. The ongoing development of the Residual Oil Zone (ROZ) will extend the recovery of long-life reserves from the Seminole field for more than 40 years. Hess also operates the Seminole Gas Processing Plant.

Gulf Of Mexico

Gulf of Mexico

Baldpate

PRODUCTION:Gulf of Mexico, United States

Baldpate

First production:

1998

Hess interest:

50%, operator

Partner:

Anadarko (50%)

Baldpate is an oil and gas development approximately 110 miles off the Louisiana coast. The field was discovered in 1991 and achieved first oil through a compliant tower platform in 1998.

Northwestern

PRODUCTION:Gulf of Mexico, United States

Northwestern

First production:

2000

Hess interest:

33.34%

Partners:

Anadarko, operator (33.33%), Marubeni (33.33%)

Oil and gas were first discovered in 1998, approximately 125 miles off the coast of Louisiana.

Shenzi

PRODUCTION:Gulf of Mexico, United States

Shenzi

First production:

2009

Hess interest:

28%

Partners:

BHP Billiton, operator (44%), Repsol YPF (28%)

Shenzi, a deepwater oil and gas field in the Gulf of Mexico approximately 125 miles off the coast of Louisiana, was discovered in 2002 and achieved first production in March 2009.

Hack Wilson

PRODUCTION:Gulf of Mexico, United States

Hack Wilson

First production:

2004

Hess interest:

33.34%

Partners:

Anadarko, operator (33.33%), Marubeni (33.33%)

Hack Wilson, a subsea development of four wells, was discovered in 2001, approximately 155 miles off the Texas coast. First oil was achieved in 2004. Production from Hack Wilson goes to Anadarko's Boomvang platform.

Conger

PRODUCTION:Gulf of Mexico, United States

Conger

First production:

2000

Hess interest:

37.5%, operator

Partners:

Shell (37.5%), Anadarko (25%)

Conger was discovered in 1997 and achieved first oil in 2000. Conger is a subsalt, high-pressure, high-yield gas/condensate Gulf of Mexico field approximately 125 miles off the Louisiana coast.

Llano

PRODUCTION:Gulf of Mexico, United States

Llano

First production:

2004

Hess interest:

50%

Partners:

Shell, operator (27.5%), ExxonMobil (22.5%)

Llano was discovered in 1997 and achieved first oil in 2004. Llano is an oil and gas field approximately 150 miles off the Louisiana coast.

United Kingdom

PRODUCTION:United Kingdom

Triton FPSO

First production:

2000

Hess interest:

18.85%, operator

Partner:

Petro-Canada (33.11%), Shell (26.42%), ExxonMobil (20%), Endeavour (1.61%)

Hess has operated six development projects that have utilized offshore floating production facilities in the North Sea. The Triton floating production, storage, and offloading vessel (FPSO) produces oil and gas from the Bittern, Guillemot West, and North West fields, and the Clapham, Pict, and Saxon satellite developments. Along with exporting oil via shuttle tankers, Triton pipes gas to shore via the nearby Gannet platform, and onto St. Fergus in Northeast Scotland.

Norway

PRODUCTION:Norway

Valhall

First production:

1982

Hess interest:

64.05%

Partner:

BP, operator (35.95%)

The Valhall Field in the Norwegian North Sea was discovered in 1969, and began producing oil and gas in 1982. A major redevelopment project in 2010 provided new integrated production and accommodation facilities to extend field life and replace original platforms affected by seabed subsidence.

Denmark

PRODUCTION:Denmark

South Arne

First production:

1999

Hess interest:

57.48%, operator

Partners:

DONG (34.38%), Noreco (6.56%), Danoil (1.58%)

Hess began operations in Denmark in 1994 and discovered the South Arne field a year later. The field, in the Central North Sea, has produced oil and gas since 1999, and utilizes extensive horizontal production and water-injection wells to optimize production from a tight chalk reservoir. Hess maintains offices in Copenhagen.

Azerbaijan

PRODUCTION:Azerbaijan

Azeri, Chirag and Guneshli

First production:

1997

Hess interest:

2.72%

Partners:

BP, operator (37.43%), Chevron (11.27%), Inpex (10.96%), SOCAR (10%), Statoil (8.56%), TPAO (6.75%), Itochu (4.3%)

The Azeri, Chirag and Guneshli (ACG) field in the Azerbaijani Caspian Sea was discovered in 1979, and started production from Shallow Water Guneshli (SWG) in 1980 by SOCAR. In 1994, a contract was signed between Azerbaijan International Operating Company and SOCAR to develop ACG, excluding SWG. First oil was in 1997, and presently the field is producing via seven platforms and more than 70 wells, with an eighth platform under construction. Oil is exported to Ceyhan, a Turkish port in the Mediterranean, via the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline.

Libya

PRODUCTION:Libya

Waha

First production:

1962

Hess interest:

8.13%

Partners:

NOC, operator (59.16%), ConocoPhillips (16.33%), Marathon Oil (16.33%)

Hess has had interests in Libya since 1955 when, as part of the Oasis Group, the company was awarded six concession areas named the Oasis/Waha Concessions. By 1970, the concession was producing more than a million barrels of oil per day. Hess suspended operations in Libya in 1986, and then reentered the Waha concessions January 1, 2006. Production in Libya was suspended again in March 2011, due to civil unrest.

Algeria

PRODUCTION:Algeria

Gassi El Agreb Redevelopment Project

First production:

1959

Hess interest:

49%

Partner:

Sonatrach (51%)

The El Gassi, El Agreb, and Zotti fields are located in the major oil-producing region of central Algeria. Gassi El Agreb was discovered in 1958; El Agreb and Zotti fields were discovered in 1960. Hess's interest in the redevelopment project began in 2001, when it entered a joint venture with Sonatrach of Algeria, creating the joint operating company, SonaHess.

Equatorial Guinea

PRODUCTION:Equatorial Guinea

Okume Complex and Ceiba Field

First production:

2000

Hess interest:

80.75%, operator

Partners:

Tullow Oil (14.25%), GEPetrol (5%)

Hess opened an office in Equatorial Guinea in 2001 and now operates two projects, Ceiba Field and Okume Complex, with partners Tullow Oil and GEPetrol.

Thailand

PRODUCTION:Thailand

Sinphuhorm

First production:

2006

Hess interest:

35%, operator

Partners:

Apico LLC (35%), PTTEP (20%), ExxonMobil (10%)

Sinphuhorm, formerly Phu Horm, was discovered in 1983. Hess acquired an interest in 1996. The onshore field and associated gas plant were developed among a designated national forest and the agricultural communities of Khon Kaen and Udon Thani provinces. Sinphuhorm came onstream in 2006, providing gas for regional power generation.

Malaysia

PRODUCTION:Malaysia/Thailand

JDA

First production:

2005

Hess interest:

50%, joint venture operator through Carigali Hess

Partner:

PETRONAS Carigali (50%)

The Malaysia/Thailand Joint Development Area (JDA), in the northern Malay Basin, was established in 1979. In 2001, Hess acquired a 26 percent interest in JDA Block A-18, which grew to a 50 percent interest in 2003. The block is operated by Carigali Hess, a joint venture with PETRONAS Carigali. Gas production commenced in 2005, and increased with the addition of Phase 2 in 2008. Phase 2 also added an additional export route allowing pipelines to run from the central Cakerawala processing facility west to serve the markets of Peninsular Malaysia, and north into the Bangkok region of Thailand.

Indonesia

PRODUCTION:Indonesia

Pangkah

First production:

2007

Hess interest:

75%, operator

Partner:

KUFPEC (25%)

The Pangkah PSC, located off the northeast cost of Java, was signed in 1996. It is operated by Hess under the Pangkah Production Sharing Contract with the Indonesian government. Pangkah began producing gas in 2007, supplying power-generation needs in the region. Oil production from a second phase of development began in late 2008. LPG production, also part of the Phase 2 development, commenced in 2009.

United States

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PRODUCTION

Hess is committed to a long-term strategy of growing its reserves and production. In 2008, the company's reserve life increased to 10 years.

New Jersey

REFINING:Port Reading, New Jersey

Established:

1958

The Hess Port Reading (N.J.) Refinery, 10 miles from New York City, is uniquely positioned to respond to the sometimes rapid changes in the gasoline market. The refinery's fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) unit processes residual fuel oil and vacuum gas oil, and has a production capacity of 70,000 barrels per day (BPD). Its terminal can store up to six million barrels and can transport product by truck, ship, barge, rail, and pipeline.

St. Croix

REFINING:St. Croix, United States Virgin Islands

HOVENSA Refinery

Established:

1966

Partners:

Joint Venture – HOVENSA, Subsidiaries of Hess Corporation and Petroleos de Venezuela, S.A. (PDVSA); HOVENSA LLC operator

HOVENSA has a crude capacity that puts it in the top 10 percent of U.S. and global refineries. Its 150,000 barrels-per-day fluid catalytic cracking facility (FCC) unit, one of the largest in the world, produces gasoline that meets stringent U.S. environmental standards. Its coking unit, commissioned in 2002, processes lower cost, heavy crudes to manufacture gasoline and heating oil.

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Hess has a joint venture refinery in the U.S. Virgin Islands, and owns and operates a fluid catalytic cracking facility in New Jersey.

EAST COAST U.S.

St. Lucia

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SUPPLY AND TERMINALS

Hess buys, sells, stores and trades petroleum products, and operates one of the U.S. East Coast's largest petroleum terminal networks.

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SUPPLY AND TERMINALS:East Coast, United States

Every day, Hess Corporation moves more than 700,000 barrels of crude oil, refinery feedstocks and finished products by land, sea and pipeline. Hess offices in New York, Houston and London market crude oil to refineries throughout North America, Europe and Asia and secure feedstocks, blendstocks and finished product for sale to Hess Retail and Energy Marketing customers. Hess is the largest supplier of marine (bunker) fuels on the U.S. East Coast, serving approximately 300 customers ranging from bulk carriers to cruise lines in the New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Norfolk and Charleston markets.

The company operates 20 petroleum terminals on the U.S. East Coast with 22 million barrels of storage capacity. A Hess terminal in St. Lucia can store another 9 million barrels of petroleum products. More than half of Hess terminals can accommodate deliveries by deep-water vessels.

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ENERGY MARKETING

Hess provides electricity, natural gas and fuel oil, plus a suite of total energy solutions, to commercial, industrial, institutional and small business customers. The business also is developing two natural gas-fired power plants in New Jersey.

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ENERGY MARKETING:East Coast, United States

Hess Energy Marketing is the largest provider of electricity, natural gas and fuel oil to about 21,000 commercial and industrial customers in its 18-state East Coast market area, as well as to utilities and other wholesale customers. Its suite of smart and sustainable products offers customers a comprehensive approach to "green energy." In 2010, Hess began offering small business customers in the New York metro area straightforward, cost-effective pricing plans for natural gas and electricity as part of Hess Small Business Services.

In 2010 construction began on a 512-megawatt, natural-gas-fueled electric power plant in Bayonne, New Jersey, which is jointly owned by Hess Corporation and ArcLight Capital Partners. Once operational in 2012, the facility will provide enough power to support approximately 500,000 homes in the New York City area. Hess is also developing a 655-megawatt natural-gas fueled plant in Newark, New Jersey that is designed to operate as one of the cleanest energy facilities of its kind in the country.

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RETAIL

Hess is the leading independent East Coast gasoline-convenience store retailer, with locations from New Hampshire to Florida.

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RETAIL:East Coast, United States

As the leading independent gasoline-convenience retailer on the East Coast, Hess is a one-stop shop for more than 1.3 million customers daily and offer modern and clean facilities, friendly service, great products and competitive prices. Employees know it as the "Hess Way," and it is one reason Hess outpaces the industry average for both fuel and merchandise sales at company-operated stores. There are more than 1,350 Hess-branded sites in 16 states along the East Coast of the United States. Dunkin' Donuts®, Blimpie™ sandwiches, Godfather's™ pizzas and other quality brands are sold at Hess locations.