HOUSTON, TX, May 17, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- El Paso Corporation (NYSE: EP) will host an institutional investor and analyst meeting Tuesday, May 24, 2011, in New York City. The meeting will begin at 8 a.m. EDT (7 a.m. CDT) and will be webcast with presentation slides and video shown on a real-time basis through El Paso Corporation's web site at www.elpaso.com in the Investors section. The presentation slides will be available 30 minutes before the meeting begins.

During the day's presentations, senior management will provide an in-depth review of the opportunities for El Paso's businesses and its outlook. The preliminary schedule for the meeting is shown below.

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  8:00 a.m. INTRODUCTION                                             20 min
              Bruce Connery   Vice President, Investor & Media
                              Relations
              Doug Foshee     Chairman, President & Chief Executive
                              Officer
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  8:20 a.m. FINANCIAL OVERVIEW                                       10 min
              J. R. Sult      Exec. Vice President & Chief Financial
                              Officer
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  8:30 a.m. MACRO VIEW                                               20 min
              Pat Johnson     Vice President, Strategy
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  8:50 a.m. PIPELINE GROUP                                           30 min
              Jim Yardley     Chairman, Pipeline Group
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  9:20 a.m. MLP STRATEGY                                             10 min
              J. R. Sult      Exec. Vice President & Chief Financial
                              Officer
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  9:30 a.m. BREAK                                                    15 min
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  9:45 a.m. MIDSTREAM                                                15 min
              Mark Leland     President, Midstream Group
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 10:00 a.m. EXPLORATION & PRODUCTION                                 45 min
              Brent Smolik    President, Exploration & Production
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 10:45 a.m. SUMMARY AND Q&A                                          30 min
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 11:15 a.m. MEET WITH MANAGEMENT                                     30 min
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 11:45 a.m. MEETING CONCLUDES
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A replay of the webcast will be available online through El Paso Corporation's web site in the Investors section. If you have questions regarding access to the webcast, please contact Margie Fox at (713) 420-2903.

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

Contacts
Investor and Media Relations
Bruce Connery
Vice President
(713) 420-5855

Media Relations
Bill Baerg
Manager
(713) 420-2906

SOURCE: El Paso Corporation