Marathon Increases Production on Deepwater Gulf of Mexico Droshky Development

Marathon Oil Corporation (NYSE: MRO) provided an update today on its Droshky development in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico, which began operations on time and under budget on July 15, 2010, and has since ramped up production to approximately 45,000 net barrels of oil equivalent per day (boepd), consisting of approximately 39,000 barrels per day of liquid hydrocarbons and 39 million cubic feet per day of natural gas.

Marathon owns a 100 percent working interest in Droshky.