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EXHIBIT 21.  LIST OF SIGNIFICANT SUBSIDIARIES
    The following subsidiaries were 100 percent owned and were consolidated by
the Corporation at December 31, 1993:




                                                                      STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION
                      NAME OF SUBSIDIARY                                   IN WHICH INCORPORATED      
           --------------------------------------------            -----------------------------------
                                                                           
           Carnegie Natural Gas Company                                       Pennsylvania
           Delhi Gas Pipeline Corporation                                     Delaware
           Emro Marketing Company                                             Delaware
           Marathon Exploration Tunisia, Ltd.                                 Delaware
           Marathon International Oil Company                                 Delaware
           Marathon Oil Company                                               Ohio
           Marathon Oil U.K., Ltd.                                            Delaware
           Marathon Petroleum Cayman I, Ltd.                                  Delaware
           Marathon Petroleum Company (Norway)                                Delaware
           Marathon Petroleum Egypt, Ltd.                                     Delaware
           Marathon Petroleum Grombalia, Ltd.                                 Delaware
           Marathon Petroleum Indonesia, Ltd.                                 Delaware
           Marathon Petroleum Ireland, Ltd.                                   Delaware
           Marathon Petroleum Netherlands, Ltd.                               Delaware
           Marathon Petroleum Syria, Ltd.                                     Delaware
           Marathon Petroleum Tunisia, Ltd.                                   Delaware
           Marathon Pipe Line Company                                         Delaware
           Pan Ocean Oil Corporation (Indonesia)                              Delaware
           United States Steel International, Inc.                            New Jersey
           U. S. Steel Mining Co., Inc.                                       Delaware
           USX Portfolio Delaware, Inc.                                       Delaware
           USX Engineers and Consultants, Inc.                                Delaware

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EXHIBIT 21.  (CONTD.)
    The following companies or joint ventures were not consolidated at December
31, 1993:




          COMPANY                            COUNTRY           % OWNERSHIP           ACTIVITY
          -------                            -------           -----------           --------
                                                                      
CLAM Petroleum Company                     Netherlands             50%         Oil & Gas Production
Double Eagle Steel Coating Company         United States           50%         Steel Processing
Laredo-Nueces Pipeline Company             United States           50%         Natural Gas Transmission
National-Oilwell                           United States           50%         Oilwell Equipment, Supplies
PRO-TEC Coating Company                    United States           50%         Steel Processing
USS/Kobe Steel Company                     United States           50%         Steel Products
USS-POSCO Industries                       United States           50%         Steel Processing
Worthington Specialty Processing           United States           50%         Steel Processing
Transtar, Inc.                             United States           45%         Transportation
LOCAP INC.                                 United States           37%         Pipeline & Storage Facilities
LOOP INC.                                  United States           32%         Offshore Oil Port
Kenai LNG Corporation                      United States           30%         Natural Gas Liquification
Ozark Gas Transmission System              United States           25%         Natural Gas Transmission


    The names of other subsidiaries, both consolidated and unconsolidated, have
been omitted as these unnamed subsidiaries, considered in the aggregate as a
single subsidiary, do not constitute a significant subsidiary.