Murphy Oil (NYSE:MUR) reported quarterly earnings of $0.74 per share which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $0.68 by 8.82 percent. This is a 53.46 percent decrease over earnings of $1.59 per share from the same period last year. The company reported quarterly sales of $758.331 million which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $756.820 million by 0.20 percent. This is a 20.98 percent decrease over sales of $959.645 million the same period last year.