Sort of an update on the next story: Ashland Oil is merging with Marathon Oil. Ashland is based in Eastern Kentucky. The company is known as Marathon Ashland Petroleum LLC (MAP), formed January 1, 1998, from the downstream operations of its long established parent companies, Marathon Oil Company of the USX-Marathon Group, a 62 percent interest owner and Ashland Inc., a 38 percent interest owner. Many Ashland employees have had to pack up and move to Findlay, Ohio, the new base of operations.(a few readers and the Marathon Ashland Petroleum Website ), see ya learn something new everyday (08-18-1998)
