HOUSTON, Oct. 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Marathon Oil Corporation (NYSE: MRO) today announced that the Company's third quarter 2009 financial results conference call will be webcast on the Marathon Oil Corporation Web site on Tuesday, Nov. 3, at 2 p.m. EST. The call will cover third 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 Janet F. Clark, executive vice president and CFO, 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 Third Quarter Financial Results Conference Call link. Replays of the conference call will be available on the Web site through Nov. 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