Marathon Petroleum Corp. beat quarterly profit estimates on Tuesday as a rebound in fuel consumption helped the largest U.S. refiner tide over the surging cost of crude oil. Marathon’s results followed strong earnings from other energy companies. Valero, which was the first major U.S. refiner to report quarterly earnings, and PBF beat analysts’ estimates as gasoline and distillate consumption in the top consumer shakes off pandemic-led weakness to come back in line with five-year averages. Marathon’s refining and marketing margin was $14.51 per barrel for the quarter ended Sept. 30, compared with $8.28 per barrel for the corresponding period last year. Matthew Blair, an analyst at Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co. (TPH) said good margins, as well as cost control, led to a small quarterly beat for Marathon, adding “each segment performed better than expected.” Marathon’s total throughput, or the amount of crude processed, rose to 2.8 million barrels per …