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EL PASO CORP

EP

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19.23 -0.44 -2.24%

as of 04:07 PM EDT on 07/08/2008 in USD (NYSE Delay: 20 mins.)
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19.25 0.02 0.10%

as of 07:31 PM EDT on 07/08/08

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EL PASO CORP Profile

Out in the West Texas town of El Paso this company fell in love with the natural gas industry. Founded in 1928 in its namesake Texas city, El Paso Corp. is primarily engaged in gas transportation and storage, oil and gas exploration and production, and gas gathering and processing. Operator of the largest gas transportation system in the US, El Paso has interests in 42,000 miles of interstate pipeline. Subsidiary El Paso Exploration and Production has estimated proved reserves of 2.9 trillion cu. ft. of natural gas equivalent in Brazil, Egypt, and the US. The company also has interests in global energy projects, including power plants, and it markets wholesale energy commodities.

Douglas L. Foshee: CEO

El Paso Bldg., 1001 Louisiana St.

Houston, TX 77002

http://www.elpaso.com

Phone: 713-420-2600

Fax: 713-420-4417

Sector: Basic Materials Industry: Energy

2007 Sales	2007 Sales Growth	2007 Net Income	2007 Employees
$4,648,000,000	8.6%	$1,110,000,000	4,992

Key Executives: EP

Name	Title	Officer Since
Douglas L. Foshee	CEO	9/1/03
D. Mark Leland	CFO	-
John R. Sult	Chief Accounting Officer	-
Robert W. Baker	General Counsel	-
Brent J. Smolik	Executive VP	-
Susan B. Ortenstone	Senior VP	-
James J. Cleary	President, Divisional/Chairman of the Board, Subsidiary/President, Subsidiary/Senior VP, Subsidiary	-
Steven J. Shapiro	Director	12/1/06

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James J. Cleary has been President of El Paso Natural Gas Company and Colorado Interstate Gas Company since January 2004. He also served as Chairman of the Board of El Paso Natural Gas Company and Colorado Interstate Gas Company from May 2005 to August 2006. From January 2001 to December 2003, he served as President of ANR Pipeline Company. Prior to that time, Mr. Cleary served as Executive Vice President of Southern Natural Gas Company from May... View Full Profile

James J. Cleary

Susan B. Ortenstone has been Senior Vice President of El Paso since October 2003. Ms. Ortenstone was Chief Executive Officer for Epic Energy Pty Ltd. from January 2001 to June 2003. She served as Vice President of El Paso Gas Services Company and President of El Paso Energy Communications from December 1997 to December 2000. Prior to that time Ms. Ortenstone worked in various strategy, marketing, business development, engineering and operations... View Full Profile

Susan B. Ortenstone

Mr. Baker has been Executive Vice President and General Counsel of El Paso since January 2004. From February 2003 to December 2003, he served as Executive Vice President of El Paso and President of El Paso Merchant Energy. He was Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel of El Paso from January 2002 to February 2003. Prior to that time, he worked in various capacities in the legal department of Tenneco Energy and El Paso since 1983. Mr.... View Full Profile

Robert W. Baker

Mr. Leland has been Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of El Paso since August 2005. Mr. Leland served as Executive Vice President of El Paso Exploration & Production Company from January 2004 to August 2005, and as Chief Financial Officer and a director from April 2004 to August 2005. He served as Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of GulfTerra Energy Partners, L.P. and its general partner from January 2003 to... View Full Profile

D. Mark Leland

Mr. Sult, age 46, served as Vice President and Controller of Halliburton Energy Services Company from 2004 to 2005. From 2002 to 2004, Mr. Sult served as an independent consultant providing finance and accounting advisory services to companies in the energy industry. Prior to that, Mr. Sult was employed by Arthur Andersen LLP where he served as an audit partner from 1994 to 2002.... View Full Profile

John R. Sult

Mr. Shapiro has served as a director since 2006. From October 2000 to April 2006, Mr. Shapiro served as executive vice president and chief financial officer of Burlington Resources Inc. During his five-year tenure at Burlington Resources, Mr. Shapiro served as a member of the board of directors and the office of the chairman. Before that, he served as senior vice president, chief financial officer and director at Vastar Resources, Inc. and spent... View Full Profile

Steven J. Shapiro

Mr. Smolik has been Executive Vice President of El Paso and President of El Paso Exploration & Production Company since November 2006. Prior to joining El Paso, Mr. Smolik was President of ConocoPhillips Canada from April 2006 to October 2006. Prior to the Burlington Resources merger with ConocoPhillips, he was President of Burlington Resources Canada from September 2004 to March 2006. From 1990 to 2004, Mr. Smolik held various engineering... View Full Profile

Brent J. Smolik

Mr. Hix has served as a director since 2004. Mr. Hix has been a business consultant since January 2003. Mr. Hix served as Senior Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer of Cooper Cameron Corporation from January 1995 to January 2003. From September 1993 to April 1995, Mr. Hix served as Senior Vice President of Finance, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer of The Western Company of North America. Mr. Hix is a member of the board of... View Full Profile

Thomas R. Hix

Mr. Vagt has served as a director since 2005. Mr. Vagt has served as President of The Heinz Endowments since January 2008. Prior to that time, he served as President of Davidson College from July 1997 to August 2007. Mr. Vagt served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Seagull Energy Corporation from 1996 to 1997. From 1992 to 1996, he served as President, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Global Natural Resources. Mr. Vagt served as... View Full Profile

Robert F. Vagt

Mr. Hall has served as a director since 2001. Mr. Hall has been Chief Administrative Officer of the City of Houston since January 2004. Mr. Hall served as the City Attorney for the City of Houston from March 1998 to January 2004. Mr. Hall served as a director of The Coastal Corporation from August 1999 to January 2001. Prior to March 1998, Mr. Hall was a partner in the Houston law firm of Jackson Walker, LLP. Mr. Hall is a director of Houston... View Full Profile

Anthony W. Hall, Jr.

Mr. Talbert has served as a director since 2003. Mr. Talbert served as executive Chairman of the Board of Transocean Inc. from October 2002 to October 2004 and as non-executive Chairman from October 2004 to November 2007. Previously, Mr. Talbert served as Chief Executive Officer of Transocean, Inc. and its predecessor companies from August 1994 until October 2002, Chairman of the Board from August 1994 until September 1999, and as President from... View Full Profile

J. Michael Talbert

Mr. Dunlap has served as a director since 2003. Mr. Dunlap has primarily been engaged in business consulting since 1999. Mr. Dunlap previously served as Vice Chairman, President and Chief Operating Officer of Ocean Energy/United Meridian Corporation from 1996 to 1999, where he was responsible for exploration and production and the development of the international exploration business. For 33 years prior to that date, Mr. Dunlap served Texaco,... View Full Profile

James L. Dunlap

Mr. Goldman has served as a director since 2003. Mr. Goldman's primary occupation has been as a financial consultant since October 2002. Prior to that, Mr. Goldman served as Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer of Conoco, Inc. from 1998 to 2002 and Vice President, Finance from 1991 to 1998. For more than five years prior to that date, Mr. Goldman held various executive positions with Conoco, Inc. and E.I. Du Pont de Nemours... View Full Profile

Robert W. Goldman

Mr. Braniff has served as a director since 1997. Mr. Braniff has been Managing Partner of Capital I Ltd. Partners and a Partner in Alpha Patrimonial S.A. de C.V. in Mexico City since August 2005. Mr. Braniff was a business consultant from January 2004 to August 2005. Mr. Braniff served Grupo Financiero BBVA Bancomer as Vice Chairman from October 1999 to January 2004, as Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Retail Banking from September 1994 to... View Full Profile

Juan Carlos Braniff Hierro

Mr. Whitmire has served as a director since 2003. Mr. Whitmire has been Chairman of CONSOL Energy, Inc. since 1999. He served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Union Texas Petroleum Holdings, Inc. from 1996 to 1998, and spent over 30 years serving Phillips Petroleum Company in various positions including Executive Vice President of Worldwide Exploration and Production from 1992 to 1996 and Vice President of North American Exploration and... View Full Profile

John L. Whitmire

Ms. McClean has served as a director since 2006. Ms. McClean has been a business consultant since 2002. Ms. McClean served as Managing Director and Senior Advisor of J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.'s energy/power investment banking group from 2000 to 2002. From 1991 until 2000, Ms. McClean served as Managing Director and headed the investment banking and global energy group at J.P. Morgan & Co. Prior to 1991, Ms. McClean held various positions with J.P.... View Full Profile

Ferrell P. McClean

Mr. Foshee has been President, Chief Executive Officer and a director of El Paso since September 2003. Mr. Foshee became Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Halliburton Company in 2003, having joined that company in 2001 as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Several subsidiaries of Halliburton, including DII Industries and Kellogg Brown & Root, commenced prepackaged Chapter 11 proceedings to discharge... View Full Profile

Douglas L. Foshee

Mr. Wyatt has served as a director since 1999. Mr. Wyatt has served as Chancellor Emeritus of Vanderbilt University since August 2000. For eighteen years prior to that date, he served as Chancellor, Chief Executive Officer and Trustee of Vanderbilt University. Prior to joining Vanderbilt University, Mr. Wyatt was a member of the faculty and Vice President Administration of Harvard University. From 1984 until October 1999, Mr. Wyatt was a director... View Full Profile

Joe B. Wyatt

Dr. Joyce has served as a director since 2004. Dr. Joyce served as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Nalco Company from November 2003 to December 2007. From May 2001 to October 2003, Dr. Joyce served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Hercules Inc. From February 2001 to May 2001, Dr. Joyce served as Vice Chairman of the Board of Dow Chemical Corporation following its merger with Union Carbide Corporation. Dr. Joyce was... View Full Profile

Dr. William H. Joyce

Mr. Kuehn has served as a director since 1999 and is currently the Chairman of the El Paso Board of Directors. Mr. Kuehn was Chairman of the Board and Interim Chief Executive Officer of El Paso from March 2003 to September 2003. From September 2002 to March 2003, Mr. Kuehn was the Lead Director of El Paso. From January 2001 to March 2003, he was a business consultant. Mr. Kuehn served as non-executive Chairman of the Board of El Paso from October... View Full Profile

Ronald L. Kuehn, Jr.

Mr. Yardley has been Executive Vice President of El Paso with responsibility for the regulated pipeline business unit since August 2006. He has served as President of Southern Natural Gas Company since May 1998, and President and Chairman of the Board of Tennessee Gas Pipeline since August 2006. He has also been Chairman of El Paso Natural Gas Company since August 2006. Mr. Yardley has been a member of the Management Committees of both Colorado... View Full Profile

James C. Yardley

Daniel B. Martin has been Director of Colorado Interstate Gas Company, El Paso Natural Gas Company, Southern Natural Gas Company and Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company since May 2005. He was Director of ANR prior to its sale in February 2007. He has been Senior Vice President of El Paso Natural Gas Company since February 2000, Senior Vice President of Southern Natural Gas Company and Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company since June 2000 and Senior Vice... View Full Profile

Daniel B. Martin

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Insider Trends: EP
Sentiment for EP is NEGATIVE
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Insider Transactions: EP

Date	Name	Shares	Transaction Type	Market Value
06/10/08	KUEHN RONALD L JR	70,724	Sale	$1.48 M
05/13/08	MARTIN DANIEL B	46,750	Sale	$926,356.50
05/13/08	MARTIN DANIEL B	46,750	Exercise of Stock Options	$331,457.50

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Ownership Breakdown : EP

Large Block Holder Type	Number
Institutions	618.00
Mutual Fund	950.00
Other Major	26.00

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Indices : EP

Symbol	Name	Last Trade	Change
$RUI.X	Russell 1000 Index	696.61	11.73 1.71%
$INX	S&P 500 Index	1,273.70	21.39 1.71%
$OEX	S&P 100 Index	582.75	8.99 1.57%
—	Fortune 500 Industrial Index	—	——%

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Short Interest Volume: EP

Data as of 6/10/08

Current Short Interest Shares	1.10 B
Current Short Interest Ratio	2.60
Float	698.99 M

Short Interest as % of Float	4.10
Average Daily Volume	10.53 M
Outstanding Shares	702.32 M

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SEC Filings: EP

Accepted Date	Description
07/02/2008	SEC Filing: Insider Buy/Sell
07/02/2008	SEC Filing: Insider Buy/Sell
07/02/2008	SEC Filing: Insider Buy/Sell

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