Marathon starts up production at Alvheim

摘要

Marathon Oil Corporation, through its wholly owned subsidiary Marathon Petroleum Norge AS, announced with its partners that the Alvheim development offshore Norway has achieved first production. The Company expects the combined Alvheim and Vilje projects to reach peak net production of approximately 75,000 barrels of oil equivalent (boe) per day by early 2009. The Alvheim and Vilje developments are estimated to contain gross resources of approximately 250 million boe.