美国页岩油生产商大陆资源公司已对赫斯公司提起诉讼，指控该公司通过与其子公司进行的一系列交易被骗取高达 6900 万美元。

大陆石油公司表示，赫斯公司在北达科他州巴肯油田运营着数百口油井，并通过与其子公司签订协议人为抬高了中游服务费。诉讼称，由于向赫斯中游合作伙伴支付了过高的服务费，大陆石油公司持有非经营性权益的油井的碳氢化合物净收入远低于市场价值。

在休斯顿联邦法院提起的诉讼中称，“赫斯公司将上游资产的价值转移到中游资产，而不是以非经营性权益所有者的最佳利益为出发点。”

U.S. shale producer Continental Resources has filed a lawsuit against Hess Corp. alleging that it was defrauded out of up to $69 million through a series of deals the well operator conducted with its subsidiaries.

Continental said that Hess, which operates hundreds of wells in North Dakota’s Bakken play, artificially inflated midstream service fees by entering into agreements with its own subsidiaries. Net revenues for hydrocarbons from the wells, in which Continental holds a non-operating working interest, were far below market value due to excessive service fees paid to Hess Midstream Partners, the lawsuit said.

"Hess Corp has transferred value from its upstream assets to its midstream assets rather than operate with the best interests of non-operating working interest owners in mind," said the lawsuit filed in a federal court in Houston.