Marathon Oil Corporation Announces Sale Of Alaska Assets

Marathon Oil Corporation announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with Hilcorp Alaska LLC, under which Hilcorp will purchase substantially all of Marathon Oil's Alaska assets. The companies expect to close the transaction, subject to completion of the necessary Government and regulatory approvals, by this fall. With an effective date of January. 1, 2012, the sale includes 17 million barrels of oil equivalent of net proved reserves across 10 fields in the Cook Inlet, as well as natural gas storage, and interests in natural gas pipeline transmission systems. The sale does not include Marathon Oil's Alaska onshore drilling rig, which is being marketed separately.