$65.2 billion Marathon Oil Corp. has elected Michael E.J. Phelps to its board of directors, effective Jan. 1.

Phelps is chairman and founder of Dornoch Capital, Inc., a private investment company based in Vancouver, British Columbia. Prior to forming Dornoch in 2002, Phelps worked for Westcoast Energy, a natural gas company.

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