OREANDA-NEWS. Marathon Petroleum Corporation (NYSE: MPC) announced today that it will host a conference call on Thursday, July 31, at 10 a.m. EDT to discuss 2014 second-quarter financial results, which will be released earlier that day, and to provide an update on company operations.

MPC participants will be Gary Heminger, president and chief executive officer; 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 Tim Griffith, vice president, Finance and Investor Relations, and treasurer.

Interested parties may listen to the conference call on MPC's website at <http://www.marathonpetroleum.com> by clicking on the "2014 Second-Quarter Financial Results" link. Replays of the conference call will be available on the company's website through Wednesday, Aug. 13. Financial information, including the earnings release and other investor-related material, also will be available online.

MPC is the nation's fourth-largest refiner, with a crude oil refining capacity of approximately 1.7 million barrels per calendar day in its seven-refinery system. Marathon brand gasoline is sold through approximately 5,200 independently owned retail outlets across 19 states. In addition, Speedway LLC, an MPC subsidiary, owns and operates the nation's fourth-largest convenience store chain, with approximately 1,480 convenience stores in nine states. MPC also owns, leases or has ownership interests in approximately 8,300 miles of pipeline. Through subsidiaries, MPC owns the general partner of MPLX LP, a midstream master limited partnership. MPC's fully integrated system provides operational flexibility to move crude oil, feedstocks and petroleum-related products efficiently through the company's distribution network in the Midwest, Southeast and Gulf Coast regions.