Marathon Oil Corporation (NYSE: MRO (http://www.nyse.com/about/listed/lcddata.html?ticker=MRO)), based in Houston, Texas, is a worldwide oil and natural gas exploration and production company. Principal exploration activities are in the United States, Norway, Equatorial Guinea, Angola and Canada. Principal development activities are in the United States, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Norway, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and Russia. Marathon logo This is a copyrighted and/or trademarked logo. ... Literally a public company is a company owned by the public. ... Wiktionary has a definition of: Foundation This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... 1887 is a common year starting on Saturday (click on link for calendar). ... Houston redirects here. ... A petrochemical is any chemical derived from fossil fuel. ... In business, revenue is the amount of money that a company actually receives from its activities, mostly from sales of products and/or services to customers. ... The front page of the English Wikipedia website. ... New York Stock Exchange (June 2003) The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) is the second largest stock exchange in the world. ... Skyline of Downtown Houston from Eleanor Tinsley Park Located in southeast Texas, Houston is the fourth largest city in the United States and one of the two largest economic areas in Texas. ... Oil is a generic term for organic liquids that are not miscible with water. ... Natural gas - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ...

Through its 62%-owned consolidated subsidiary, Marathon Ashland Petroleum LLC, they also refine, market and transport crude oil and petroleum products, to primarily in the Midwest, the upper Great Plains and southeastern United States. Marathon Ashland Petroleum is a US based petroleum corporation. ... Nodding donkey pumping an oil well near Sarnia, Ontario, 2001 Petroleum (from Latin petrus – rock and oleum – oil), mineral oil, or crude oil, sometimes colloquially called black gold, is a thick, dark brown or greenish flammable liquid, which exists in the upper strata of some areas of the Earths... Nodding donkey pumping an oil well near Sarnia, Ontario, 2001 Petroleum (from Greek petra – rock and oleum – oil), crude oil, sometimes colloquially called black gold, is a thick, dark brown or greenish flammable liquid, which exists in the upper strata of some areas of the Earths crust. ...

In addition, Marathon operates other businesses that market and transport its own and third-party natural gas, crude oil and products manufactured from natural gas, such as liquefied natural gas and methanol, primarily in the United States, Europe and West Africa. Liquefied natural gas or LNG is natural gas that has been condensed into a liquid and is stored in tanks. ... Methanol, also known as methyl alcohol or wood alcohol, is a chemical compound with chemical formula CH3OH. It is the simplest alcohol, and is a light, volatile, colourless, flammable, poisonous liquid that is used as an antifreeze, solvent, fuel, and as a denaturant for ethyl alcohol. ... World map showing location of Europe A satellite composite image of Europe Europe is geologically and geographically a peninsula, forming the westernmost part of Eurasia. ...

External link

Corporate Website (http://www.marathon.com/)