Aug 7, 2008 - BiobasedNews.com DETROIT, Aug. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Marathon Oil Corporation (NYSE: MRO) announced today a $2.4 million grant to the Detroit Science Center for the creation of a new Future Fuels Gallery at the museum. The 6,000 square-foot, three-story gallery will be one of the museum's largest exhibit areas and the Midwest's only public, educational display of petroleum and alternative fuels technology. It is planned to open at the Science Center in 2010. Future Fuels will give the public an up-close look into the complex world of petroleum-based energy from the exploration and production of crude oil through the refining and marketing of products that consumers use every day. Future Fuels will be an integrated experience that contains 40 exhibits in an immersive experience clustered into four themed...
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