HOUSTON, April 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Marathon Oil Corporation (NYSE: MRO) today announced that the Company's first quarter 2008 financial results conference call will be webcast on the Marathon Oil Corporation website on Thursday, May 1, at 2 p.m. EDT. The call will cover first quarter financial results and may include forward-looking information.

Howard J. Thill, Marathon vice president, Investor Relations and Public Affairs, will host the call. Also participating in the call from Marathon will be Clarence P. Cazalot, Jr., president and CEO; Janet F. Clark, executive vice president and CFO; Gary R. Heminger, executive vice president and president of Refining, Marketing and Transportation (RM&T); David E. Roberts, Jr., executive vice president, Upstream; Philip G. Behrman, senior vice president, Worldwide Exploration; and Garry L. Peiffer, senior vice president, Finance and Commercial Services for Marathon's RM&T operations.

Interested parties can listen to the Marathon conference call by visiting Marathon's website at www.Marathon.com and then clicking on the 2008 First Quarter Financial Results Conference Call link. Replays of the conference call will be available on the website through May 15. Financial information, including earnings releases and other investor-related material, also is available online.



    Media Relations Contacts:     Lee Warren         713-296-4103
                                  Scott Scheffler    713-296-4102
    Investor Relations Contacts:  Howard Thill       713-296-4140
                                  Chris Phillips     713-296-3213
                                  Michol Ecklund     713-296-3919

SOURCE Marathon Oil Corporation