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HOUSTON, April 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Marathon Oil Corporation (NYSE: MRO) today announced the launch of its Discover Marathon podcast series as an avenue to provide stakeholders with a deeper insight into Marathon's business segments, goals, values and vision for the future.

Discover Marathon will feature a variety of Marathon leaders and employees discussing relevant projects, programs and achievements within Marathon, as well as some of the challenges and opportunities of the energy industry.

In the first installment of Discover Marathon, David E. Roberts, Jr., Marathon's executive vice president, Upstream, discusses Marathon's strengths as a fully integrated oil and gas company and, in particular, the significant growth profile of its exploration and production business. "We have changed the face of this company over the last seven to eight years, and I like to tell people: we're not finished yet," says Roberts.

Listeners are encouraged to subscribe to Discover Marathon via the RSS Feed located on the Company's Web site, which automatically downloads new podcast episodes to the subscriber's preferred news aggregator.

Marathon is an integrated international energy company engaged in exploration and production; oil sands mining; integrated gas; and refining, marketing and transportation operations. Marathon is based in Houston and has principal operations in the United States, Angola, Canada, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Indonesia, Ireland, Libya, Norway and the United Kingdom. Marathon is the fourth largest United States-based integrated oil company and the nation's fifth largest refiner. For more information, please visit our Web site at http://www.marathon.com.

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