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Hess Corporation

Sell additional crude oil in Asia

Not delivered by the deadline

AI-assessed · human review in progress Found and assessed by AI from the cited sources. Shown with its evidence; it is not counted in any Kept Score until confirmed.

Announced
29 Jul 2020
Due
31 Dec 2020
Checked
20 Oct 2026
  • Deadline
  • Met
  • Late
  • Not met
  • Today

What the company said

“The additional 4 million barrels of oil are expected to be sold in Asia in the fourth quarter of 2020.”
  • SourceHess Corporation Form 8-K press release, 2020-07-29
  • FilingSEC filing index
  • Deadline as statedin the fourth quarter of 2020
  • Deadline used31 Dec 2020, the last day of the stated period
  • TypeProduct
  • Permanent referenceKI-C-2020-C004447-017564
    Cite as https://keptindex.org/c/KI-C-2020-C004447-017564/ — this address never changes.

What we found

Evidence strength A What the grades mean

The company failed to sell the 4.2 million barrels of crude oil in Asia during the fourth quarter of 2020, instead completing the sales in the first quarter of 2021.

  • A
    Hess Corporation 8-K filed 2021-01-27 Regulatory filing · published 27 Jan 2021 · retrieved 20 Oct 2026 · kept permanently by the SEC · fingerprint 25b43b51c07c
    “In December, the Corporation entered into agreements to sell the second and third VLCC cargos totaling 4.2 million barrels for delivery in the first quarter of 2021.” ✓ confirmed on the page
  • A
    Hess Corporation 10-Q filed 2021-05-06 Regulatory filing · published 6 May 2021 · retrieved 20 Oct 2026 · kept permanently by the SEC · fingerprint 237253b01de5
    “During the first quarter of 2021, we completed the sale of 4.2 million barrels of Bakken crude oil transported and stored on two VLCCs during 2020 for sale in Asian markets.” ✓ confirmed on the page

Checked 20 Oct 2026.

Commitment DNA

The structured record of this commitment. Fields the company did not state are left blank rather than guessed.

Event type
Product other
Indicative materiality
Low rules
Action
Sell
Deliverable
4 million barrels of oil
Target
4 million barrels
Where
Asia
Language
Expected (“expects”, “plans”)
In the company’s control
High
Specificity
High

How this entry was checked

  1. Commitment recordedThe company's words were matched word for word against the filing.
  2. First checkAn AI model, Gemini (Google), read the company's later filings and recorded the outcome with a quoted passage.
  3. Second check: disagreesClaude (Anthropic) re-read the evidence blind and read it as “Late”.
  4. Tie-breakA stronger model read the evidence and both earlier answers, without knowing which was recorded, and agrees with the second check.

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