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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000950123-11-053361
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20110520
ITEM INFORMATION:		Regulation FD Disclosure
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20110524
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20110524

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			MARINE PETROLEUM TRUST
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000062362
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	OIL ROYALTY TRADERS [6792]
		IRS NUMBER:				756008017
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			TX
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0630

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-08565
		FILM NUMBER:		11867096

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		NATIONSBANK OF TEXAS N A
		STREET 2:		P O BOX 831402
		CITY:			DALLAS
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			75283-1402
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2145081796

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		P O BOX 831402
		CITY:			DALLAS
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			75283-1402
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM 8-K</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>CURRENT REPORT<BR>
Pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d) of<BR>
The Securities Exchange Act of 1934</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><b>Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May&nbsp;20, 2011</B></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>MARINE PETROLEUM TRUST</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Texas</B><BR>
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>000-08565</B><BR>
(Commission File No.)
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>75-6008017</B><BR>
(IRS Employer Identification No.)</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>c/o The Corporate Trustee:</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>U.S. Trust, <BR>
Bank of America Private Wealth Management <BR>
P.O. Box 830650, Dallas, Texas</B><BR>
(Address of principal executive offices)
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom"><B>75283-0650</B><BR>
(Zip Code)</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Registrant&#146;s telephone number, including area code: <B>(800)&nbsp;985-0794</B></DIV>


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Applicable</B><BR>
<FONT style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">(Former name or former
address, if changed since last report)</font>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy
the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;7.01 Regulation&nbsp;FD Disclosure.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">On May&nbsp;20, 2011, Marine Petroleum Trust issued a press release announcing its quarterly cash
distribution to unitholders. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit&nbsp;99.1 to this
Current Report on Form 8-K.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">In accordance with General Instruction B.2. of Form 8-K, the information contained herein shall not
be incorporated by reference into any of our filings, whether made before or after the date hereof,
regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing, unless expressly incorporated by
specific reference to such filing. The information in this report shall not be deemed to be &#147;filed&#148;
for purposes of Section&nbsp;18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject
to the liabilities of that section or Sections&nbsp;11 and 12(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(d)&nbsp;Exhibits.
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">99.1
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Press Release dated May&nbsp;20, 2011 issued by Marine Petroleum Trust</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly
caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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    <TD valign="top" align="left"><br><br>Date: May&nbsp;23, 2011&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left" nowrap><B>MARINE PETROLEUM TRUST</B><BR>
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By: U.S. Trust, Bank of America Private Wealth<BR>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Management, in its capacity as trustee of Marine<BR>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Petroleum Trust and not in its individual<BR>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;capacity or otherwise<BR>
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    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/  Ron E. Hooper
&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Ron E. Hooper&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Senior Vice President&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Press Release dated May&nbsp;20, 2011 issued by Marine Petroleum Trust</TD>
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Exhibit&nbsp;99.1</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Marine Petroleum Trust</B>
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>News Release</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>MARINE PETROLEUM TRUST<BR>
ANNOUNCES SECOND QUARTER CASH DISTRIBUTION</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>DALLAS, Texas, May&nbsp;20, 2011 </B>&#151; Marine Petroleum Trust (NASDAQ: MARPS) (&#147;Marine&#148;) today
declared a quarterly cash distribution to the holders of its units of beneficial interest of
$0.414827 per unit, payable on June&nbsp;28, 2011, to unitholders of record on May&nbsp;31, 2011. Marine&#146;s
cash distribution history, current and prior year financial reports, a link to filings made with
the Securities and Exchange Commission and more can be found on its website at
<u><B>http://www.marps-marinepetroleumtrust.com/</B></u>.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This distribution of $0.414827 per unit is higher than the $0.358698 per unit distributed last
quarter and higher than the $0.376013 per unit distributed in the comparable quarter in 2010. As
compared to the comparable quarter in 2010, the price of oil and the volume of oil produced and
included in the current distribution has shown an increase while the price of natural gas and the
volume of natural gas produced and included in the current distribution has shown a decrease.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Marine&#146;s distributions to unitholders are determined by royalties received up to the date the
distribution amount is declared. In general, Marine receives royalties two months after oil
production and three months after natural gas production.
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">*&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;*&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;*
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Ron E. Hooper<br>
Senior Vice President<br>
U.S. Trust, Bank of America Private Wealth Management, Trustee<br>
Toll Free &#151; 1.800.985.0794</TD>
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