Hess Gas Stations to Be Sold

Hess Corp. is getting out of the retail gas business and that means it is going to unload its gas stations that dot busy Lehigh Valley roads including Third Street (Route 309) in Coopersburg, which has a Hess Express.

Hess also has local stations on Chestnut Street in Emmaus and Lehigh Street in Allentown.

The 1,350 gas stations employ about half of the company's 14,700 workers, but account for just 4 percent of Hess Corp. revenue. A Hess spokesman says the gas stations will not close.

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Hess Corp. is changing its strategy to focus on oil production, according to a New York Time blog, which reports:

While the fate of the toy Hess trucks remains in question, the company expects the 2013 models to be ready in time for Christmas, batteries included.