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Marathon Oil Corp. – ‘10-Q’ for 6/30/22 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Thursday, 8/4/22, at 4:03pm ET   ·   For:  6/30/22   ·   Accession #:  101778-22-168   ·   File #:  1-05153

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size

 8/04/22  Marathon Oil Corp.                10-Q        6/30/22   98:11M

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q

Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML   2.57M 
 2: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     29K 
 3: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     29K 
 4: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     26K 
 5: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     26K 
11: R1          Cover                                               HTML     77K 
12: R2          Consolidated Statements of Income (Unaudited)       HTML    124K 
13: R3          Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income     HTML     55K 
                (Unaudited)                                                      
14: R4          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited)             HTML    136K 
15: R5          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited)             HTML     45K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
16: R6          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited)   HTML    116K 
17: R7          Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity     HTML     70K 
                (Unaudited)                                                      
18: R8          Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity     HTML     27K 
                (Unaudited) (Parenthetical)                                      
19: R9          Basis of Presentation                               HTML     28K 
20: R10         Accounting Standards                                HTML     36K 
21: R11         Income and Dividends per Common Share               HTML     48K 
22: R12         Revenues                                            HTML    125K 
23: R13         Segment Information                                 HTML    213K 
24: R14         Income Taxes                                        HTML     38K 
25: R15         Credit Losses                                       HTML     36K 
26: R16         Inventories                                         HTML     32K 
27: R17         Property, Plant and Equipment                       HTML     34K 
28: R18         Impairments                                         HTML     49K 
29: R19         Asset Retirement Obligations                        HTML     40K 
30: R20         Leases                                              HTML    114K 
31: R21         Derivatives                                         HTML    162K 
32: R22         Fair Value Measurements                             HTML     96K 
33: R23         Debt                                                HTML     33K 
34: R24         Stockholders' Equity                                HTML     32K 
35: R25         Incentive Based Compensation                        HTML     43K 
36: R26         Defined Benefit Postretirement Plans                HTML     70K 
37: R27         Reclassifications Out of Accumulated Other          HTML     50K 
                Comprehensive Income (Loss)                                      
38: R28         Supplemental Cash Flow Information                  HTML     35K 
39: R29         Equity Method Investments                           HTML     48K 
40: R30         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     36K 
41: R31         Basis of Presentation (Policies)                    HTML     27K 
42: R32         Income and Dividends per Common Share (Tables)      HTML     47K 
43: R33         Revenues (Tables)                                   HTML    122K 
44: R34         Segment Information (Tables)                        HTML    208K 
45: R35         Income Taxes (Tables)                               HTML     31K 
46: R36         Credit Losses (Tables)                              HTML     34K 
47: R37         Inventories (Tables)                                HTML     32K 
48: R38         Property, Plant and Equipment (Tables)              HTML     32K 
49: R39         Impairments (Tables)                                HTML     47K 
50: R40         Asset Retirement Obligations (Tables)               HTML     37K 
51: R41         Leases (Tables)                                     HTML     52K 
52: R42         Derivatives (Tables)                                HTML    159K 
53: R43         Fair Value Measurements (Tables)                    HTML     92K 
54: R44         Incentive Based Compensation (Tables)               HTML     41K 
55: R45         Defined Benefit Postretirement Plans (Tables)       HTML     66K 
56: R46         Reclassifications Out of Accumulated Other          HTML     49K 
                Comprehensive Income (Loss) (Tables)                             
57: R47         Supplemental Cash Flow Information (Tables)         HTML     34K 
58: R48         Equity Method Investments (Tables)                  HTML     47K 
59: R49         Income and Dividends per Common Share (Details)     HTML     64K 
60: R50         Revenues - Narrative (Details)                      HTML     26K 
61: R51         Revenues - Revenues from Contracts with Customers   HTML     89K 
                by Product Type and Geographic Areas (Details)                   
62: R52         Segment Information (Details)                       HTML    178K 
63: R53         Income Taxes (Details)                              HTML     28K 
64: R54         Credit Losses (Details)                             HTML     34K 
65: R55         Inventories (Details)                               HTML     30K 
66: R56         Property, Plant and Equipment (Details)             HTML     37K 
67: R57         Impairments - Summary of Impaired Assets (Details)  HTML     37K 
68: R58         Impairments - Narrative (Details)                   HTML     38K 
69: R59         Asset Retirement Obligations (Details)              HTML     46K 
70: R60         Leases - Supplemental Balance Sheet Information     HTML     58K 
                (Details)                                                        
71: R61         Leases - Narrative (Details)                        HTML     34K 
72: R62         Leases - Lease Payments to be Received (Details)    HTML     39K 
73: R63         Derivatives - Balance Sheet Components (Details)    HTML     57K 
74: R64         Derivatives - Outstanding Derivative Contracts      HTML     67K 
                (Details)                                                        
75: R65         Derivatives - Schedule of mark-to-market impact     HTML     32K 
                and commodity derivative settlements (Details)                   
76: R66         Derivatives - Narrative (Details)                   HTML     70K 
77: R67         Derivatives - Schedule of Terminated Interest Rate  HTML     34K 
                Swap Agreements (Details)                                        
78: R68         Derivatives - Schedule of Interest Rate Swap        HTML     31K 
                Agreements (Details)                                             
79: R69         Fair Value Measurements - Fair Values - Recurring   HTML     62K 
                (Details)                                                        
80: R70         Fair Value Measurements - Fair Values - Financial   HTML     46K 
                Instruments (Details)                                            
81: R71         Debt - Revolving Credit Facility (Details)          HTML     39K 
82: R72         Debt - Debt Redemption (Details)                    HTML     32K 
83: R73         Debt - Long-Term Debt (Details)                     HTML     33K 
84: R74         Stockholders' Equity (Details)                      HTML     38K 
85: R75         Incentive Based Compensation - Stock Options,       HTML     74K 
                Restricted Stock Awards and Restricted Stock Units               
                (Details)                                                        
86: R76         Incentive Based Compensation - Narrative (Details)  HTML     37K 
87: R77         Defined Benefit Postretirement Plans (Details)      HTML     65K 
88: R78         Reclassifications Out of Accumulated Other          HTML     63K 
                Comprehensive Income (Loss) (Details)                            
89: R79         Supplemental Cash Flow Information (Details)        HTML     35K 
90: R80         Equity Method Investments - Schedule of Equity      HTML     37K 
                Method Investments (Details)                                     
91: R81         Equity Method Investments - Summarized Financial    HTML     53K 
                Information (Details)                                            
92: R82         Equity Method Investments - Narrative (Details)     HTML     43K 
93: R83         Commitments and Contingencies (Details)             HTML     44K 
96: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    178K 
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