HOUSTON, Dec. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- John Hopper, vice president and treasurer of El Paso Corporation (NYSE: EP), will present tomorrow at the Bank of America Credit Conference in Orlando, Florida at 9:05 a.m. Eastern Time. An audio webcast and presentation slides will be available on the Investors page of El Paso's Web site at http://www.elpaso.com . The slides will be available approximately one hour before the presentation.

El Paso Corporation provides natural gas and related energy products in a safe, efficient, dependable manner. The company owns North America's largest natural gas pipeline system and one of North America's largest independent natural gas producers. For more information, visit http://www.elpaso.com .

SOURCE  El Paso Corporation
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    /CONTACT:  investor and public relations, Bruce L. Connery, Vice
President, +1-713-420-5855, or fax, +1-713-420-4417, or media relations, Bill
Baerg, Manager, +1-713-420-2906, or fax, +1-713-420-4417, both of El Paso
Corporation/
    /Web site:  http://www.elpaso.com /
    (EP)

CO:  El Paso Corporation; Bank of America
ST:  Texas, Florida
IN:  OIL
SU:  TDS CCA

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