OREANDA-NEWS. Marathon Petroleum Corporation (NYSE: MPC) announced today that it will host a conference call on Thursday, Oct. 31, at 10 a.m. EDT to provide an update on company operations and to discuss 2013 third-quarter financial results, which will be released earlier that day.

MPC participants will be Gary Heminger, president and chief executive officer; Garry Peiffer, executive vice president of Corporate Planning and Investor & Government Relations; Don Templin, senior vice president and chief financial officer; and Mike Palmer, senior vice president of Supply, Distribution and Planning. The call will be hosted by Pam Beall, vice president, Investor Relations and Government & Public Affairs.

Interested parties may listen to the conference call on MPC's website at http://www.marathonpetroleum.com by clicking on the "2013 Third-Quarter Financial Results" link. Replays of the conference call will be available on the company's website through Thursday, Nov. 14. Financial information, including the earnings release and other investor-related material, also will be available online.