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Rank # of Fortune 500 Companies
Texas	58
New York	55
California	52

Company	Rank
Valero Energy	16
Goldman Sachs	20
Microsoft	44

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36. Marathon Oil

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Rank: 36 (Previous rank: 30)
Compare tool: Marathon Oil vs. Top 10
CEO: Clarence P. Cazalot Jr.
Address: 5555 San Felipe Rd.
Houston, TX 77056
Phone: 713-629-6600
Website: www.marathon.com

Production delays and rising refinery costs beset the oil refiner, whose revenue remained static while profit declined 24% as a result of narrowing margins. In October, it completed a $6.9 billion acquisition of oil and gas explorer Western Oil Sands, with the intention of tapping into its oil reserves in Alberta. In January, Marathon announced it would review its portfolio with the intention of selling off underperforming and non-strategic assets.

	$ millions	% change from 2006
Revenues	60,044.0	-1.0
Profits	3,956.0	-24.4
Assets	42,746.0	—
Stockholders' equity	19,223.0	—
Market value (3/28/2008)	32,979.1	—

Profits as % of
Revenues	6.6
Assets	9.3
Stockholders' equity	20.6

Earnings per share
2007 $	5.69
% change from 2006	-21.5
1997-2007 annual growth rate %	21.8

Total return to investors	%
2007	33.8
1997-2007 annual rate	16.9

Industry: Petroleum Refining

Rank	Company	500 rank	Revenues ($ millions)
1	Exxon Mobil	2	372,824.0
2	Chevron	3	210,783.0
3	ConocoPhillips	5	178,558.0


4	Valero Energy	16	96,758.0
5	Marathon Oil	36	60,044.0
6	Sunoco	56	42,101.0
7	Hess	77	31,924.0
8	Tesoro	116	21,675.0
9	Murphy Oil	134	18,439.1
10	Western Refining	342	7,305.0
11	Frontier Oil	462	5,188.7
12	Holly	484	4,791.7
13	CVR Energy	680	2,966.9
14	Calumet Specialty Products	996	1,637.8