Marathon Oil Top Lawyer Is Latest to Quit in Big Oil’s Bad Year

Marathon Oil Corp.’s general counsel resigned Tuesday, marking the latest legal C-suite departure in U.S. energy as the sector’s rough year draws to a close.

Reginald Hedgebeth will remain a legal adviser to Marathon through the end of the year, according to a Dec. 2 securities filing by the oil and gas company. He’s also Marathon’s chief administrative officer and corporate secretary.

Hedgebeth’s decision was “not due to any disagreement” about “operations, policies, or practices,” the Houston-based company said, thanking him for his service.

He leaves after Marathon posted four consecutive quarterly losses. The shale producer announced in early ...