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Hess, Wood Group sign 10-year global agreement

May 25, 2017

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 gets Hess PSD work

Mar 01, 2017

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…

BSEE inspects Hess' Stampede TLP

Feb 15, 2017

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…

Wood Group inks Hess Malaysia contract

Jan 31, 2017

Wood Group has been awarded a five-year contract with Hess Exploration & Production Malaysia. The operations and maintenance contract is to support Hess’ newbuild fixed and floating offshore facilities in the North Malay Basin development…

Hess takes Q4 loss, expects momentum

Jan 26, 2017

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…

Hess raises 2017 E&P budget by 18%

Jan 12, 2017

US independent Hess will increase its 2017 exploration and production (E&P) budget, turning its attention to activity offshore Norway, Guyana, and the Gulf of Mexico, the company announced on 12 January. Image from Hess…

Fugro completes Hess Ghana work

Aug 02, 2016

Fugro completed a 33-month period of metocean data acquisition for Hess Ghana Exploration, offshore western Ghana. Measurements were made at three locations in an area offshore western Ghana known as the Deepwater Tano/Cape Three Points block…

Hess farms into Suriname

May 04, 2016

US-based explorer Kosmos Energy has agreed to farm-out a one third stake in its Block 42 contract area offshore Suriname to Hess. In return, Hess will fully fund the cost of a 6500sq km 3D seismic survey, expected to start in Q3 this year…

Hess takes loss, drops 34% in revenue

Apr 27, 2016

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…

Hess cuts E&P budget by 40%

Jan 26, 2016

Hess Corp.’s 2016 exploration and production capital and exploratory budget has been reduced 40% compared to 2015, with the bulk of it going to offshore production, developments, exploration, and appraisals. Tubular Bells in the Gulf of Mexico…

Hess taps Fugro for Australian survey work

Jan 18, 2016

Fugro has been awarded a combined geophysical and geotechnical project by Hess Exploration Australia to assist in Hess’ activities in the Northern Carnarvon Basin offshore Northwest Australia. Fugro’s work will include seabed and shallow…

2H Offshore wins two Stampede contracts

Jul 08, 2015

2H Offshore has been awarded two separate contracts, one by Hess Corp. and a second contract by Enbridge Energy Co., to verify the design, fabrication and installation phases of the steel catenary risers (SCRs) for the Stampede field development in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM)…

Harris CapRock wins Stampede contract

May 27, 2015

Harris CapRock Communications, a provider of managed communications services for remote and harsh environments, has been selected by Hess Corp. to provide a turnkey, integrated telecommunications solution to support the Stampede offshore field development project…

Hess hosts congressional delegation at Tubular Bells

Apr 09, 2015

Hess Corp. will host a visit on 9 April of a bipartisan Congressional Delegation to its Tubular Bells oil and gas production facility, located in the Mississippi Canyon area of the deepwater Gulf of Mexico. Tubular Bells…

Tubular Bells topsides lift

Jan 27, 2015

Hess shows the carefully staged choreography of 14 cranes as they hoisted the 1000-tonne Tubular Bells main deck 100ft in the air to set it into place atop the production and cellar decks at a Houma, Louisiana fabrication facility. The Tubular…

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