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  0001691735
  XXXXXXXX
  LIVE
  0000717423
  MURPHY OIL CORP
  001-08590
  9805 KATY FWY
  SUITE G-200
  HOUSTON
  TX
  77024
  2816759000
  Keller Elisabeth W
  Director
  Common
  Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC
  245 summer street
  boston
  MA
  02210
  1116
  50000.00
  156126580
  09/20/2023
  NYSE
  Common
  08/23/2016
  Trust Distribution
  Anna Bonsey Trust
  N
  1116
  08/23/2016
  N/A
  Y
  shares being sold from Anna Cornelia Bonsey acct
  09/20/2023
  /s/ Audrey Skillern as a duly authorized representative of Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC, as attorney-in-fact for Elisabeth W Keller