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Williams Partners Signs Agreements with Hess, Chevron for Gulfstar FPS
Williams Partners L.P. (NYSE: WPZ) announced today that it has signed multiple agreements with Hess Corporation (NYSE: HES) and Chevron (NYSE: CVX) to provide production handling, export pipeline, oil and gas gathering and gas processing services in the Tubular Bells field development located in the eastern deepwater Gulf of Mexico.

Hess Announces Plan to Develop Tubular Bells Field in the Gulf of Mexico
Hess Corporation (NYSE: HES) today announced that they will proceed with the development of Tubular Bells, a deepwater oil and gas project operated by Hess in the Gulf of Mexico.

CONSOL Energy and Hess Corporation Close on Ohio Utica Shale Acreage Joint Venture Agreement
CONSOL Energy Inc. (NYSE: CNX) announced today that it has closed on its previously announced agreement with Hess Corporation (NYSE: HES) to jointly explore and develop CONSOL's nearly 200,000 Utica Shale acres in Ohio for aggregate consideration to CONSOL of approximately $594 million.

Atwood Oceanics Announces Contract for the Atwood Condor
ATWOOD OCEANICS, INC., announced today that one of its subsidiaries has been awarded a drilling services contract by Hess Corporation for work in the Gulf of Mexico for the Atwood Condor, Atwood's ultra-deepwater, dynamically positioned Friede & Goldman ExD Millennium semisubmersible drilling unit currently under construction at Jurong Shipyard Pte. Ltd. in Singapore.The contract has a firm duration of 21 months, exclusive of the mobilization period from Singapore to the Gulf of Mexico, and includes two one-year options with pricing subject to mutual agreement.

Hess Acquires Additional Acreage in Ohio's Utica Shale
Hess Corporation (NYSE: HES) announced today it has acquired Marquette Exploration LLC and other leases in Ohio's Utica Shale, boosting its acreage position by 85,000 net acres at a cost of approximately $750 million.

Hess and CONSOL Energy Enter into Joint Venture in Utica Shale in Ohio
Hess Corporation (NYSE: HES) announced today it has entered into an agreement with CONSOL Energy Inc. to acquire a 50 percent interest in CONSOL's nearly 200,000 acres in the Utica Shale in eastern Ohio for aggregate payments of $593 million.

KBR Executes Engineering Study for BP Hod Re-Development Project
KBR (NYSE:KBR) today announced that it was awarded a contract by BP NORGE AS (BP) to execute pre-front-end engineering and design (pre-FEED) engineering studies for the Hod Re-Development (HRD) Project, operating on behalf of BP and HESS NORGE AS.

Hess Announces Exploration Agreement in Kurdistan Region of Iraq
Hess Corporation (NYSE: HES) announced today that, in partnership with Petroceltic International PLC, it has signed production sharing contracts (PSCs) with the Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq for its Dinarta and Shakrok exploration blocks.

Hess Confirms Paradise-1 Discovery Offshore Ghana
Hess Corporation (NYSE: HES) announced today that it has filed a Notice of Discovery with the Minister for Energy of Ghana for the Paradise-1 exploration well in the Deepwater Tano / Cape Three Points license, offshore Ghana. The well encountered an estimated 490 net feet of oil and gas condensate pay over three separate intervals.

Mustang Awarded Detailed Design by Hess Corporation for Tioga Gas Plant Expansion in North Dakota
Mustang, a Wood Group company, has been awarded detailed design and procurement services by Hess Corporation for the expansion of its Tioga natural gas plant in the Bakken oil play in northwestern North Dakota. The project will expand the facility’s capacity from approximately 110 MMSCFD gas to 250 MMSCFD. The cryogenic gas plant will be designed for ethane recovery, full fractionation and sales of natural gas liquids (NGL).