SPOTLIGHT SERIES

Canadian Oil Sands Acquisition In October 2007, Marathon completed its acquisition of Western Oil Sands Inc. through a cash and securities transaction of approximately US$5.8 billion, plus Western's outstanding debt valued at approximately US$1.1 billion, for a total transaction value of US$6.9 billion. Read More>

Equatorial Guinea LNG Project Marathon and its partners' $1.5 billion Train 1 LNG project on Bioko Island in Equatorial Guinea will produce clean, abundant energy for world markets, as well as positive economic benefits for the people of Equatorial Guinea. Read More>

Garyville Refinery Expansion Marathon's estimated $3.2 billion Garyville, Louisiana, refinery expansion project will provide an additional 7.5 million gallons of clean transportation fuels to the market each day. Startup of the refinery is expected for the fourth quarter of 2009. Read More>

Marathon Oil Corporation Announces 2-for-1 Stock Split Marathon Oil Corporation's Board of Directors declared a two-for-one stock split of Marathon's common stock. The stock split was distributed on June 18th, 2007... Read More>