Major Investors Pressure Marathon Petroleum to Split into 3 Cos.

Here we go again. “Activist investor” Elliott Management is pressuring Marathon Petroleum to split itself up into three companies–retail (Speedway convenience store chain), refining, and midstream (or MarkWest Energy). Recall that Marathon bought out and merged in MarkWest just a few years ago, in December 2015 (see MarkWest Energy Investors/Unitholders Approve Merger with Marathon). Now Elliott wants the company carved up to “unlock value.” Two other large shareholders either want the company split up and/or Marathon CEO Gary Heminger gone–now.