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Dave Meats

Hess U-Turn on Denmark Disappoints, but Utica Sale Adds Value

Hess surprised the market June 29 by agreeing to sell its Utica assets for $400 million ($1.30/share)--a much higher price tag than we expected. The divestiture includes 39,000 net acres in eastern Ohio, of which 26,000 are undeveloped. Hess anticipates production of 14,000 boe/d from the package in 2018, of which 70% is natural gas. That pegs the deal terms at approximately $9,000 per undeveloped acre (assuming $3,000 per flowing mcf of natural gas and $30,000 per flowing barrel of liquids). We...
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Hess Corporation

Hess is a global exploration and production company engaged in exploration, development, production, transportation, purchase and sale of crude oil, natural gas liquid (NGL), and natural gas with production operations located primarily in the United States, Guyana, the Malaysia/Thailand Joint Development Area, Malaysia and Denmark. The company's Midstream operating segment provides fee-based services, including gathering, compressing and processing natural gas and fractionating NGL; gathering, terminaling, loading and transporting crude oil and NGL; storing and terminaling propane, and water handling services primarily in the Bakken shale play in the Williston Basin area of North Dakota.

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Morningstar
Morningstar

Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of independent investment research in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. The company offer an extensive line of products and services for individual investors, financial advisors, asset managers, and retirement plan providers and sponsors.

Morningstar provides data on approximately 530,000 investment offerings, including stocks, mutual funds, and similar vehicles, along with real-time global market data on more than 18 million equities, indexes, futures, options, commodities, and precious metals, in addition to foreign exchange and Treasury markets. Morningstar also offers investment management services through its investment advisory subsidiaries and had approximately $185 billion in assets under advisement and management as of June 30, 2016.

We have operations in 27 countries.

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