Murphy Oil (NYSE:MUR) reported quarterly earnings of $0.56 per share which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $0.50 by 12 percent. This is a 34.12 percent decrease over earnings of $0.85 per share from the same period last year. The company reported quarterly sales of $665.71 million which missed the analyst consensus estimate of $670.39 million by 0.70 percent. This is a 16.41 percent decrease over sales of $796.41 million the same period last year.