(Adds details, comments) By Seher Dareen Oct 25 (Reuters) - Oil and gas producer Hess Corp on Wednesday beat Wall Street estimates for third-quarter profit on higher production, days after agreeing to be bought by larger U.S. rival Chevron Corp for $53 billion. New York-based Hess's net production was 395,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boepd) in the quarter and it forecast production to be around 410,000 boepd in the fourth quarter.