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Amerada Hess Contributes to Toys for Tots
12/08/2005

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 8, 2005--Amerada Hess Corporation (NYSE: AHC) announced today that it is donating 50,000 of its 2005 Hess Toy Trucks to the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots program.

John Hess, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Amerada Hess said, "Our Company and our employees deeply appreciate the work that the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve has undertaken for 57 years in providing toys for needy children through its Toys for Tots program. This year, with the devastating impacts of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, we understand the needs of the program are greater than ever. We are honored to join with Toys for Tots this year in providing our 2005 Hess Emergency Truck with Rescue Vehicle toy to disadvantaged children in the hurricane damaged Gulf Coast area."

About Amerada Hess Corporation

Amerada Hess, headquartered in New York, is a global integrated energy company engaged in the exploration for and the production, purchase, transportation and sale of crude oil and natural gas, as well as the production and sale of refined petroleum products.

CONTACT: Amerada Hess Corporation
Jay R. Wilson, 212-536-8940

SOURCE: Amerada Hess Corporation