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Marathon Oil Corp. (MRO) is in the Energy Industry

Revenue
Dec 31 2007
$65.2B
Profit
Dec 31 2007
$3.9B
Market Cap
Jul 17 2008
$30.8B

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  • Marathon and Partners Achieve First Oil and Gas Production From Neptune Development in the Deepwater Gulf of Mexico

    HOUSTON, July 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Marathon Oil Corporation and its partners, announced today that the Neptune development in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico has begun production of oil and natural gas. Neptune is being developed with a tension leg platform installed in Green Canyon Block 613 at a...

    Articles 2008-07-06

  • Big Cat Energy Provides Operations Update

    GILLETTE, Wyo., June 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Big Cat Energy Corporation, (BULLETIN BOARD: BCTE) , today announced that after numerous weather delays in the Powder River Basin of Wyoming, Marathon Oil Corporation has installed and turned on the first of their eleven (11) pilot wells using the ARID Tool....

    Articles 2008-06-25

  • Noble Corporation Announces Contract Extension on Ultra-deepwater Semisubmersible Noble Jim Day; Adds More Than $375 Million in Prospective Revenue Backlog

    SUGAR LAND, Texas, June 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Noble Corporation today announced that Marathon Oil Corporation has exercised its right to extend the contract on the Company's new ultra-deepwater semisubmersible Noble Jim Day from two to four years. The Noble Jim Day, which is currently being constructed in...

    Articles 2008-06-24

  • Marathon Announces Contract Extension for Noble's Deepwater Drilling Rig in the Gulf of Mexico

    HOUSTON, June 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Marathon Oil Corporation announced today that it has exercised a two-year option extension on its contract for the Noble Jim Day drilling rig, expected to commence drilling operations in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico in the first quarter of 2010. The...

    Articles 2008-06-24

  • Construction Begins on Marathon's Detroit Refinery Upgrade Project

    Project to Add 400,000 Gallons of Transportation Fuels Daily, Hundreds of Construction Jobs HOUSTON, June 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Marathon Oil Corporation today announced that construction of the estimated $1.9 billion heavy oil upgrading project at its Detroit refinery is underway following issuance of an air quality...

    Articles 2008-06-20

  • Research and Markets: Analysis of Marathon Oil Corporation is Available Now

    DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/8c8106/analysis_of_marath) has announced the addition of the "Analysis of Marathon Oil Corporation" company profile to their offering. The product Company Analysis is a highly comprehensive research analysis on the particular company and its competitors. A company analysis includes a complete and comprehensive...

    Articles 2008-06-12

  • Market Alert -- GYGC! June 11, 2008

    Stock Market Alert's performance stock listincludes: Guyana Gold Corp. (PINKSHEETS: GYGC), ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP),Marathon Oil Corporation (NYSE: MRO), BP PLC (NYSE: BP). Guyana Gold Corp. (PINKSHEETS: GYGC) continues to issue positive news, andthe company should have the attention of investors this morning. Thismorning, the company, a junior mineral exploration company,...

    Articles 2008-06-11

  • Linda A. Capuano, PhD, to Join Marathon Oil Company as Vice President, Emerging Technology

    HOUSTON, June 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Marathon Oil Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Marathon Oil Corporation , announced today that Linda A. Capuano, PhD, will be joining the Company as vice president, Emerging Technology, effective June 23. Marathon's Emerging Technology organization will provide an increased focus on renewable...

    Articles 2008-06-11

  • New Analyst Reports for INTREPID POTASH INC, MARATHON OIL CORP, TRANSOCEAN INC, and TERRA INDUSTRIES

    MaybachFinancial.com is one of the fastest growingindependent and unbiased research firms in the world. Through our numerouspartnerships with many of the top investment minds in the world, we provideresearch on companies making a move in the markets. Investors seekinggenuine analyst opinions on their investments for INTREPID POTASH INC(NYSE: IPI), MARATHON...

    Articles 2008-06-09

  • Marathon Achieves First Oil From Alvheim Development

    HOUSTON, June 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Marathon Oil Corporation , through its wholly owned subsidiary Marathon Petroleum Norge AS, today announced with its partners that the Alvheim development offshore Norway has achieved first production. The Company expects the combined Alvheim and Vilje projects to reach peak net production of...

    Articles 2008-06-09

  • Marathon Oil Corporation and Partners Donate $160,000 to Aid in Tamarisk Tree Removal Along Colorado's San Miguel River

    Tamarisk Control Project to Make Significant Improvements to Wildlife Habitat and Aid Human Access to Important Water Sheds GRAND JUNCTION, Colo., June 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The tamarisk tree has been called "the wickedest weed out West." It's a non-native, invasive species that severely depletes rivers and watersheds...

    Articles 2008-06-03

  • Incorporated: 1965
  • CEO: Mr. Clarence P. Cazalot Jr.

Marathon Oil is engaged in global exploration, production and marketing of liquid hydrocarbons and natural gas; mining, extraction and transportation of bitumen from oil sands deposits in Alberta, Canada, and upgrading of the bitumen for the production and marketing of synthetic crude oil and by-products; domestic refining, marketing and transportation of crude oil and petroleum products, mainly in the Midwest, upper Great Plains, Gulf Coast and southeastern regions of the U.S.; and global marketing and transportation of products manufactured from natural gas. At Dec 31 2007, Co.'s net proved liquid hydrocarbon and natural gas reserves totaled about 1.225 billion barrels of oil equivalent.

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Marathon Oil Corp. Company Info

Board of Directors

Mr. Thomas J. Usher

Non-Executive Chairman

Mr. John W. Snow

Mr. David A. Daberko

Mr. William L. Davis

Mr. Clarence P. Cazalot Jr.

Mr. Charles F. Bolden Jr.

Mr. Gregory H. Boyce

Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson Ph.D.

Mr. Philip Lader

Mr. Charles R. Lee

Mr. Dennis H. Reilley

Mr. Seth E. Schofield

Contact Information

5555 San Felipe Road

Houston, TX

http://www.marathon.com

713 629-6600

NAICS Code

Petroleum Refineries: 324110