PROFITING FROM CRISIS IN LIBYA WITH OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM (OXY) AND MARATHON OIL (MRO)
Image via Wikipedia The crises in Libya appears to be accelerating. It appears that the central government has lost control of several regions of the country. Marathon Oil (MRO) owns 16.33% of the Waha concessions in Libya. We continue to be positive on Marathon in anticipation of its up coming split into two companies. If the stock gets hit, we will use any big down spike to initiate a long position. More than one-fourth of Occidental Petroleum’s (OXY) worldwide oil and gas production comes from the Middle East/North Africa region, where the company has been an active investor for more than