HOUSTON, July 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Marathon Oil Corporation (NYSE: MRO) today announced that the Company's second quarter 2009 financial results conference call will be webcast on the Marathon Oil Corporation Web site on Monday, Aug. 3, at 2 p.m. EDT. The call will cover second quarter financial results and may include forward-looking information.

Howard J. Thill, Marathon vice president, Investor Relations and Public Affairs, will host the call. Also participating in the call from Marathon will be Clarence P. Cazalot, Jr., president and CEO; Janet F. Clark, executive vice president and CFO; Gary R. Heminger, executive vice president and president of Refining, Marketing and Transportation (RM&T); David E. Roberts, Jr., executive vice president, Upstream; and Garry L. Peiffer, senior vice president, Finance and Commercial Services for Marathon's RM&T operations.

Interested parties can listen to the Marathon conference call by visiting Marathon's Web site at www.Marathon.com and then clicking on the 2009 Second Quarter Financial Results Conference Call link. Replays of the conference call will be available on the Web site through Aug. 17, 2009. Financial information, including earnings releases and other investor-related material, also is available online.

    Media Relations Contacts:        Lee Warren             713-296-4103
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    Investor Relations Contacts:     Howard Thill           713-296-4140
                                     Chris Phillips         713-296-3213

SOURCE Marathon Oil Corporation