Dallas, TX 11/4/2009 12:05:26 AM
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Losing Stock Alert - (NYSE:MRO) Oil net income falls 80%

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Marathon Oil Corporation (NYSE:MRO) said Tuesday its third-quarter net income fell to $413 million, or 58 cents a share, from $2.06 billion, or $2.90 a share in the year-ago period. Adjusted net income fell to 61 cents a share from $2.76 a share. Revenue fell to $14.5 billion from $22.3 billion. Wall Street analysts expected earnings of 59 cents a share, according to a survey by FactSet Research. Marathon said its Athabasca Oil Sands Project expansion is on track to begin mining operations in the second half of 2010. Marathon plans spud three additional wells in the Marcellus play in West Virginia by the end of the year.

MRO is up 1% at $32.23.

Marathon Oil Corporation is engaged in exploration, development and production activities in ten countries: United States, Angola, Canada, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Indonesia, Ireland, Libya, Norway and the United Kingdom.

 

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