HOUSTON, TEXAS, March 29, 2005—John Hopper, vice president and treasurer of El Paso Corporation (NYSE:EP), will present today, March 29, at the Bear Stearns Energy Credit Conference in Houston at 1:45 p.m. Central Time. Slides will be available one hour before the presentation in the Investors section of El Paso's Web site at www.elpaso.com.

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 www.elpaso.com.