The Hess Corporation is an integrated oil company based in New York City. The company explores, produces, transports, and refines crude oil and natural gas. Vertically completing the logistical chain, about 1,360 Hess branded filling stations market gasoline to consumers in 16 states along the East Coast of the United States. The Hovensa refinery in the United States Virgin Islands, a joint venture between a subsidiary of Hess Corporation and a subsidiary of Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A. , is one of the largest crude oil refineries in the world. Refined petroleum products, as well as... natural gas and electricity, are marketed to customers throughout the East Coast of the United States. Although towered over in size by enormous global players in the same industry, Hess placed #55 in the 2009 Fortune 500 rankings. The company has exploration and production operations in the United States, United Kingdom, Norway, Denmark, Russia, Equatorial Guinea, Algeria, Libya, Gabon, Egypt, Ghana, the Joint Development Area of Malaysia and Thailand, Indonesia, Thailand, Azerbaijan, Australia, Brazil, and St. Lucia.
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| NYSE symbol: | HES |
| Founded: | 1919 |
| Headquarters: | Woodbridge, New Jersey |
| Annual revenue: | $28,720,000,000 |
| Net income: | $2,360,000,000 |
| Operating income: | $4,812,000,000 |
| Market cap: | $33,000,000,000 |
| Industries: | Petroleum, Petroleum Refineries, Petroleum industry |