New York, NY -- (SBWIRE) -- 11/12/2012 -- Marathon Petroleum Corp (NYSE:MPC) shares declined 2.19% to $53.12 in the last trading session. The company reported a third quarter profit of $450 million, or 63 cents a share, versus $405 million, or 57 cents a share, in the same quarter a year earlier. Adjusted earnings were 64 cents from 59 cents. Revenue rose 9.5% to $4.16 billion. Analysts had most recently forecast earnings of 64 cents a share on revenue of $3.5 billion. Read the full press release at http://www.sbwire.com/press-releases/sbwire-179612.htm