Marathon Oil said it was unloading more than $1 billion in assets in the United States as it streamlines its portfolio during the market downturn. File Photo by ekina/UPI HOUSTON, April 12 (UPI) — U.S. energy company Marathon Oil Corp. said new agreements put the total value of divestments at more than $1 billion since last year. “Since August 2015, we have now announced or closed non-core asset sales of approximately $1.3 billion, surpassing our targeted range of $750 million to $1 billion,” Marathon Oil President and CEO Lee Tillman said in a statement. The largest of the latest sales includes the release of properties in Wyoming that were producing on average 16,500 barrels of oil equivalent per day during the first quarter of the year. For a combined divestment of $870 million, the sale to an undisclosed third party includes about 600 miles of export pipeline from the […]