HOUSTON, TX, Sep 26, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) --

John Jensen, senior vice president, operations of El Paso Exploration & Production Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of El Paso Corporation (NYSE: EP), will present tomorrow, September 27, at the Ninth Annual Oil & Gas Investment Symposium hosted by IPAA in San Francisco. The presentation will begin at 12:40 p.m. PDT, 2:40 p.m. CDT with an audio webcast available on the Investors page of El Paso's website at www.elpaso.com. Presentation slides will also be available prior to the presentation on the Investors page of the company's website.

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 exploration & production companies and an emerging midstream business. El Paso owns a 42 percent limited partner interest, and the 2 percent general partner interest in El Paso Pipeline Partners, L.P. El Paso Corporation's Board of Directors has granted initial approval of a plan to separate the company into two publicly traded companies through a tax-free spinoff of its exploration and production business to shareholders before year-end 2011. For more information, visit www.elpaso.com.

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SOURCE: El Paso Corporation