FINDLAY, Ohio (AP) _ Marathon Petroleum Corp. (MPC) on Tuesday reported third-quarter net income of $694 million, after reporting a loss in the same period a year earlier.

The Findlay, Ohio-based company said it had net income of $1.09 per share. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring gains, came to 73 cents per share.

The results topped Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of five analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 72 cents per share.

The refiner posted revenue of $32.61 billion in the period.

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