Marathon Oil Corporation to Participate in Bank of America Merrill Lynch Global Energy Conference

HOUSTON, TX -- (Marketwire) -- 11/10/10 -- Marathon Oil Corporation (NYSE: MRO)
announced today that Clarence P. Cazalot Jr., Marathon's president and
chief
executive officer, will be presenting at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Global Energy Conference on Thursday, Nov. 11, 2010, at 4:20 p.m. EST.

A live audio webcast of these remarks, along with the associated
slides, will be accessible via Marathon's website at
http://www.marathon.com.
This presentation and associated question and answer session may include
forward-looking information. A replay of the presentation will be available
and
archived on Marathon's website through Nov. 25, 2010.

Marathon is an integrated international energy company engaged in
exploration and production; oil sands mining; integrated gas; and refining,
marketing and transportation operations. Marathon, which is based in
Houston,
has principal operations in the United States, Angola, Canada, Equatorial
Guinea, Indonesia, Iraqi Kurdistan Region, Libya, Norway, Poland and the
United
Kingdom. Marathon is the fourth largest United States-based integrated oil
company and the nation's fifth largest refiner.

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