Hess Reports Second Quarter 2013 Earnings

Hess [HES] today reported net income of $1,431 million for the quarter ending June 30th 2013. Hess beats by $0.09, misses on revenue. 2nd quarter EPS of $1.51 beats by $0.09. Revenue of $4.11B misses by $0.95B

Hess says proceeds from $3.5B in asset sales made so far in 2013 have allowed it cut debts by $2.4B and add cash to its books. Will book $933M income from the $2.05B sale of Samara-Nafta to Lukoil made in April; without the sale, Q2 net income fell to $520M from $549M in the year-ago period.

The Russian divestment and other sales sent Q2 production falling to 341K boe from 429K boe a year ago, but output was within 340K-355K boe guidance.

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