Hess, Anadarko Exit West, Majors Storm In

摘要

US independent Hess is exiting exploration in West Africa and preparing to sell a slew of discoveries offshore Ghana instead of developing them. Hess said Monday it had decided 搕o not develop the discoveries?in Ghana and would look to offload them, taking a $280 million after-tax charge for the fourth quarter in recognition of the impairment. 揟he corporation is currently evaluating options to monetize our Ghana asset,?it said.