Marathon Oil says it expects 2009 production growth of 6% over the year-ago period as the energy company joins others in ramping up efforts to find more oil and gas while ratcheting down investment in the moribund refining and marketing business.

Oil and gas stocks, after a rough opening, trim early losses. But the sector’s main indexes remain stuck in negative territory as investors lock in some of the gains from the previous session.

These companies all got into carbon capture for financial reasons, and it's paying off.

A surge in General Electric nudged the Dow back above 10,000, marking its first weekly close above that level since the early days of the credit crisis.

Energy stocks fall with the broad market as earnings updates from ConocoPhillips and Hess Corp. fail to spark buying in the sector.

Net Income was $341 million compared with $775 million in third quarter 2008