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Hess Reports Estimated Results for the Second Quarter of 2024

31/07/2024

Second Quarter Financial and Operational Highlights:

  • Net income was $757 million, or $2.46 per share, compared with net income of $119 million, or $0.39 per share, in the second quarter of 2023
  • Adjusted net income(1) was $809 million, or $2.62 per share, compared with $201 million, or
  • $0.65 per share, in the second quarter of 2023
  • Oil and gas net production was 494,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boepd), up 28% from 387,000 boepd in the second quarter of 2023
  • Bakken net production was 212,000 boepd, up 17% from 181,000 boepd in the second quarter of 2023; Guyana net production was 192,000 barrels of oil per day (bopd), up 75% from 110,000 bopd in the prior-year quarter
  • E&P capital and exploratory expenditures were $1,151 million, compared with $933 million in the prior-year quarter
  • Hess Corporation today reported net income of $757 million, or $2.46 per share, in the second quarter of 2024, compared with net income of $119 million, or $0.39 per share, in the second quarter of 2023. On an adjusted basis, the Corporation reported net income of $809 million, or $2.62 per share in the second quarter of 2024, compared with $201 million or $0.65 per share, in the prior-year quarter. The increase in adjusted after-tax earnings compared with the prior-year quarter primarily reflects higher production volumes and realized selling prices in the second quarter of 2024.

Exploration and Production 

E&P net income was $765 million in the second quarter of 2024, compared with $155 million in the second quarter of 2023. On an adjusted basis, E&P second quarter 2024 net income was $817 million, compared with $237 million in the prior-year quarter. The Corporation’s average realized crude oil selling price was $80.29 per barrel in the second quarter of 2024, compared with $71.13 per barrel, including the effect of hedging, in the prior-year quarter. The average realized natural gas liquids (NGL) selling price in the second quarter of 2024 was $20.07 per barrel, compared with $17.95 per barrel in the prior-year quarter, while the average realized natural gas selling price was $4.22 per mcf, compared with $3.82 per mcf in the second quarter of 2023. 

Net production was 494,000 boepd in the second quarter of 2024, compared with 387,000 boepd in the second quarter of 2023, primarily due to higher production in Guyana and the Bakken. In the third quarter of 2024, E&P net production is expected to be in the range of 460,000 boepd to 470,000 boepd, primarily reflecting planned downtime in Guyana and Southeast Asia. 

Cash operating costs, which include operating costs and expenses, production and severance taxes, and E&P general and administrative expenses, were $11.69 per barrel of oil equivalent (boe) in the second quarter of 2024, compared with $13.97 per boe in the prior-year quarter, primarily due to higher production volumes.

Operational Highlights for the Second Quarter of 2024

Bakken (Onshore U.S.): Net production from the Bakken was 212,000 boepd in the second quarter of 2024, compared with 181,000 boepd in the prior-year quarter, primarily reflecting increased drilling and completion activity. NGL and natural gas volumes received under percentage of proceeds contracts were 26,000 boepd in the second quarter of 2024, compared with 22,000 boepd in the second quarter of 2023. During the second quarter of 2024, the Corporation operated four rigs and drilled 38 wells, completed 37 wells, and brought 31 new wells online. The Corporation plans to continue operating four drilling rigs in 2024. Bakken net production is forecasted to be in the range of 200,000 boepd to 205,000 boepd in the third quarter of 2024, reflecting lower anticipated volumes received under percentage of proceeds contracts and planned maintenance at our gas infrastructure.

Gulf of Mexico (Offshore U.S.): Net production from the Gulf of Mexico in the second quarter of 2024 was 24,000 boepd, compared with 32,000 boepd in the prior-year quarter, reflecting planned maintenance at the Conger and Tubular Bells fields. The Pickerel-1 oil discovery (Hess – 100%) located in Mississippi Canyon Block 727 achieved first production in late June as a tieback to the Tubular Bells production facilities. In June, the Corporation spud an exploration well at the Vancouver prospect (Hess – 40%) located in Green Canyon Block 287. The exploration well results are anticipated in the third quarter.

Guyana (Offshore): At the Stabroek Block (Hess – 30%), net production totaled 192,0002 bopd in the second quarter of 2024, compared with 110,0002 bopd in the prior-year quarter. The third development on the block, Payara, which commenced production in November 2023, reached its initial production capacity of approximately 220,000 gross bopd in January 2024. Guyana net production is forecasted to be in the range of 170,000 bopd2 to 175,000 bopd(2) in the third quarter reflecting downtime associated with the Liza Destiny and the Liza Unity floating production, storage and offloading vessels related to pipeline and field hook-up for the Gas to Energy project, and production optimization work at the Liza Unity. In the second quarter of 2024, 14 cargos of crude oil were sold from Guyana, compared with nine cargos in the prior-year quarter. In the third quarter of 2024, 14 cargos of crude oil are expected to be sold. 

The fourth development on the block, Yellowtail, was sanctioned in April 2022 with a production capacity of approximately 250,000 gross bopd and first production expected in 2025. The fifth development, Uaru, was sanctioned in April 2023 with a production capacity of approximately 250,000 gross bopd and first production expected in 2026. The sixth development, Whiptail, was sanctioned in April 2024 and is expected to add production capacity of approximately 250,000 gross bopd by the end of 2027. The application for the environmental permit for the seventh development, Hammerhead, has been filed with Guyana's Environmental Protection Agency. Pending government and regulatory approval and project sanctioning, the development is expected to have a production capacity in the range of 120,000 gross bopd to 180,000 gross bopd with first oil anticipated in 2029.

Southeast Asia (Offshore): Net production at North Malay Basin and JDA was 66,000 boepd in the second quarter of 2024, compared with 64,000 boepd in the prior-year quarter.

Capital and Exploratory Expenditures

E&P capital and exploratory expenditures were $1,151 million in the second quarter of 2024, compared with $933 million in the prior-year quarter, primarily due to higher development activities in Guyana, and higher drilling activity in the Gulf of Mexico and the Bakken. Third quarter 2024 E&P capital and exploratory expenditures are expected to be approximately $1,125 million.

Midstream capital expenditures were $73 million in the second quarter of 2024 and $52 million in the prior-year quarter.

(1) “Adjusted net income” is a non-GAAP financial measure
(2) Net production from Guyana included 29,000 bopd of tax barrels in the second quarter of 2024 and 13,000 bopd of tax barrels in the second quarter of 2023. Net production guidance for Guyana for the third quarter of 2024 includes tax barrels in the range of 25,000 bopd to 30,000 bopd

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