About Business
Hess Corporation is a U.S.-based company formed in 1919 by Leon Hess and headquartered at 1185 6th Avenue, 40th Floor, New York City, New York, United States. It?s the largest energy company in the world, producing crude oil and natural gas. Hess Corporation was formed in 1968 by the amalgamation of Hess Oil and Chemical and Amerada Petroleum. This company was also ranked on the Fortune 500 as the 394th largest company. Its history traces back to 1919 when Lord Cowardy, an oil entrepreneur, started the Amerada Corporation to produce oil in North America. In the 1950s, Hess Corporation expanded its business to refining and pipeline.
