Refinery downtime hurts hess'1Q earnings

摘要

A weak downstream showing adn two dry holes failed to dampen analysis'optimistic view of amerada hess'first-quarter result.the compay reported apr 27 first-quarter net of us219-mil (us2.12/share),down 22% from a year ago.But analysts noted hess'"clean"earnings,minus us19-mil in non-recurring charges of us2.31/shae handily beat us2.09/share forecasts.