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Climate Change

Managing Climate-related Risks
Marathon Oil is committed to reducing our GHG emissions footprint, while helping to supply the world with reliable and affordable energy.

Engaging with external stakeholders to understand their perspectives helps inform our strategy to manage climate-related risks. We understand that market changes could result from U.S. policy, global agreements and evolving domestic and international climate change laws and regulations. At the same time, we recognize the need for reliable and responsibly produced energy and petrochemical feedstock.

In February 2022, consistent with our objective to help successfully meet global energy demand, we set new aggressive near-term (2022), medium-term (2025) and long-term (2030) goals for critical environmental performance metrics, including our methane intensity, GHG intensity and annual gas capture (flaring intensity). These objectives are intended to drive strong environmental performance, promote external transparency and accountability and enhance internal alignment and employee innovation.

The following Climate Change subsection of our Sustainability Report is aligned with the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD).

Performance Toward Emissions TargetsPerformance Toward Emissions Targets
¹ All percentage reductions are relative to a 2019 baseline. Emission estimates and baselines may change as EPA updates its rules for calculating methane and GHG emissions.
² Gas capture percentage: the percentage of volume of wellhead natural gas captured upstream of low-pressure separation and/or storage equipment such as vapor recovery towers and tanks.
Climate Change Features

TCFD Pillars

Identifying and Managing Risks
Governance and Strategy

Identifying and Managing Risks

Our Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) and Responsible Operations Management System (ROMS) processes are the primary internal assessment tools we use to identify and communicate climate-related risk.

Managing Our Business for Resilience
Risk

Managing Our Business for Resilience

Marathon Oil’s diverse portfolio seeks to mitigate market risks.

Regulatory, Weather and Value Chain
Risk

Regulatory, Weather and Value Chain

We’re subject to numerous legal, regulatory and other requirements intended to uphold the health and safety of people and protect the environment, including those relating to natural gas flaring and greenhouse gas emissions.

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