The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 07/06/2008
HOUSTON, July 6 -- Marathon Oil Corporation (NYSE: MRO) 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 de...
Kentucky Progress (Free subscription) | 07/03/2008
Gov. Steve Beshear rages about gas prices in Louisville, but what he really needs is a hurricane. Hurricane Katrina allowed Gov. Ernie Fletcher to declare a state of emergency in Kentucky in 2005, which triggered our 2004 price gouging law, enabling Attorney General Greg Stumbo to sue Marathon Oil for price gouging. That law was ridiculous, which inspired the General Assembly to make it somewhat less...
Kentucky Progress (Free subscription) | 06/30/2008
Kentucky's first-in-the-nation price-gouging lawsuit against Marathon Oil filed by then-Attorney General Greg Stumbo should go to trial next year, according to AG Communications Director Allison Gardner Martin. Retail gasoline prices have doubled since Stumbo sued under an old Kentucky law that was repealed in 2007 . You may recall the trigger for the original Kentucky lawsuit was a state-of-emergency...
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 06/25/2008
At a time when many companies are scaling back or leaving our great state, Marathon Oil is forging ahead with a 2 1/2 -year project to expand its Detroit refinery at a cost of nearly $2 billion. This is welcome news for Detroit and Michigan.
The Houston Business Journal (Free subscription) | 06/24/2008
Marathon Oil Corp. has exercised its option to extend its drilling contract for (MRO) (NE)
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 06/24/2008
Marathon Oil has announced that construction of the $1.9 billion heavy oil upgrading project at its Detroit refinery is underway following issuance of an air quality permit by the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality.
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 06/21/2008
Michigan's only gasoline refinery, Marathon Oil in southwest Detroit, received final permission Friday to begin a $1.9-billion expansion of its plant, which will create 800 construction jobs and more than 100 permanent jobs and, possibly, give some gas price relief in 2011 to drivers in southeast Michigan.
Green Car Congress (Free subscription) | 06/20/2008
Marathon Oil Corporation has begun construction of the estimated $1.9 billion heavy oil upgrading project at its Detroit refinery, following issuance of an air quality permit by the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ).
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 06/20/2008
Marathon Oil, which operates Michigan's only refinery, won permission today from state environmental officials for its planned $1.5 billion expansion in southwest Detroit.
The Business Courier of Cincinnati (Free subscription) | 06/19/2008
A 2005 deal to end a joint venture has left Ashland Inc. and Marathon Oil Corp. with a $14.1 million tax bill. (MRO) (ASH)
Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 06/18/2008
Traffic control roadblocks were being set up around the Marathon Oil Corp. plant here today after the company reported a leak in one of its tanks, Texas City police said.
Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 06/18/2008
Marathon Oil climbed the most in a month after Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. said the fourth-largest U.S. oil company may be acquired.
Market Watch (Free subscription) | 06/16/2008
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- FBR Capital Markets on Monday raised its earnings targets by about 25% for Hess Corp. , Occidental Petroleum , Murphy Oil Corp. and Marathon Oil to reflect the higher price of crude oil. Analyst Eitan Bernstein lifted his price target for West Texas Intermediate Crude to $115 a barrel from $90 a barrel for 2008 and forecast 2009 oil prices of $110 a barrel, up from $85 a...
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 06/12/2008
The Marathon Oil Company has announced that Linda Capuano, will be joining the company as vice president for emerging technology, effective June 23, 2008.
News On Women (Free subscription) | 06/12/2008
Marathon Oil Corporation (NYSE: MRO) appointed Linda Capuano Vice President, Emerging Technologies. Linda, who holds a Master's in Engineering Management and a Doctorate in Material Sciences from Stanford University, had been Senior Vice President, Design and Engineering Services at Solectron...
