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• Marathon Oil is a Houston-based oil and gas company. Marathon engages in exploration, production, refining, oil sands mining, as well as oil and gas marketing and production. It is the fifth largest oil refiner, and the fourth largest integrated oil company in the United States.

• Fast Facts

  1. Stock symbol: MRO
  2. 2007 Revenue: $65.2 billion
  3. Year Established: 1887
  4. Industry: Energy
  5. Phone: (713) 629-6600
  6. Fax: (713) 296-2952
  7. HQ: Houston, Texas
  8. Chairman: Thomas J. Usher
  9. President: Clarence P. Cazalot Jr.
  10. CEO: Clarence P. Cazalot Jr.
  11. CFO: Janet F. Clark
  12. Staff: 28,195
  13. Operates 7 refineries
  14. Refining capacity: 974,000 barrels crude/day

• Key Dates

  1. 1887: The Ohio Oil Company was founded
  2. 1889: Purchased by John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil
  3. 1911: Standard Oil trust broken
  4. 1930: Marathon Oil branded
  5. 1965: Marathon Oil went public
  6. 1990: Moved headquarters to Houston

• Exploration

  Marathon conducts oil and gas exploration in the United States, Norway, Equatorial Guinea, Angola, and the Tar Sands of Canada.

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