SEC Form 4

FORM 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* HESS JOHN B (Last) (First) (Middle) (Street) (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol AMERADA HESS CORP [ AHC ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X Director X 10% Owner X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below) Chairman of the Board and CEO
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 11/25/2003
	4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
7.00% Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock	(1)	11/25/2003		P		50,000		11/25/2003	12/01/2006	Common Stock	(2)	$50	50,000	D
7.00% Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock	(1)	11/25/2003		P(3)		450,000		11/25/2003	12/01/2006	Common Stock	(4)	$50	450,000	I	See Note(5)

Explanation of Responses:

1. If the reporting person exercises his option to convert the preferred stock into common stock prior to the maturity date, he will receive 0.8305 shares of common stock for each share of preferred stock converted. If the preferred stock in converted at maturity, it will automatically convert into between 0.8305 and 1.0299 shares of common stock per share of preferred stock, depending on the applicable market value of the common stock.

2. 50,000 shares of convertible preferred stock convert into a minimum of 41,525 shares of common stock and a maximum of 51,495 shares of common stock.

3. Purchased by trust referred to in Note 5.

4. 450,000 shares of convertible preferred stock convert into a minimum of 373,725 shares of common stock and a miximum of 463,455 shares of common stock.

5. Held by a trust which was established for the benefit of the reporting person's mother. The reporting person is a co-trustee.

	John B. Hess	11/26/2003
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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