text: Oil, Gas Prices Lift Amerada Hess Profit  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Amerada Hess Corp. &lt;A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=AHC.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote"&gt;AHC.N&lt;/A&gt; on  Wednesday reported higher quarterly profit, spurred by record  oil and gas prices.