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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20060816143735
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001087997-06-000027
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20060815
FILED AS OF DATE:		20060816
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20060816

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			HESS CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000004447
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	PETROLEUM REFINING [2911]
		IRS NUMBER:				134921002
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0503

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1185 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10036
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2129978500

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1185 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10036

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	AMERADA HESS CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	AMERADA PETROLEUM CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19690727

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			HESS JOHN B
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001087997

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-01204
		FILM NUMBER:		061037942

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		AMERADA HESS CORP
		STREET 2:		1185 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10036
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2129978500

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O HESS CORPORATION
		STREET 2:		1185 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10036
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    <periodOfReport>2006-08-15</periodOfReport>

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    <issuer>
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        <issuerName>HESS CORP</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>AHC</issuerTradingSymbol>
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        <reportingOwnerId>
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            <rptOwnerName>HESS JOHN B</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O HESS CORPORATION</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>1185 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>NEW YORK</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NY</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>10036</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>1</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>Chairman of the Board</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock, $1.00 par value</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2006-08-15</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>S</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value></value>
            </transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>2400</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>50.07</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>D</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>1906337</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
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                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
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            <transactionAmounts>
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                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>50.79</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>D</value>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">The sales of shares set forth herein are made in connection with a selling plan dated August 1, 2006 that is intended to comply with Rule 10b5-1(c).</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">This amount includes 630,000 shares held in escrow pursuant to the Corporation's Second Amended and Restated 1995 Long-Term Incentive Plan.  The reporting person has only voting power of these shares until the lapsing of the period set by the Committee administering the Plan at which time the shares plus accrued dividends will be delivered to the reporting person if he is still an employee of the Corporation.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>George C. Barry for John B. Hess</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2006-08-16</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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