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BP signs oil supply pact with Marathon HOUSTON - BP Energy Co., part of BP PLC, which has Warrenville operations, has signed an agreement with Marathon Oil Corp. to supply Marathon with 58 billion cubic feet of natural gas per year for a minimum of five years. The contract, which will begin in the middle of 2005, specifies the gas to be liquefied natural gas. Prices will be determined by the Henry Hub Index, a gas price index. The gas will be delivered to Marathon's Elba Island, Ga., plant, where the company ...