Tenneco Fourth Quarter and Full-Year 2007 Earnings News Release and Conference Call Notice

LAKE FOREST, Ill., Jan. 3, 2008 -- Tenneco Inc. plans to issue its fourth quarter and full-year 2007 earnings news release before the market opens on Thursday, January 24, 2008, and hold a conference call the same day at 10:30 a.m. EST. The purpose of the call is to discuss the company's results of operations for the last fiscal quarter, as well as other matters that may impact the company's outlook.

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  News Release:      Before the market opens on Thursday, January 24, 2008.
                     The news release will be sent by email and fax to the
                     Tenneco investor distribution list and will be
                     available on First Call, PRNewswire and the Tenneco
                     website.

  Conference Call:   Thursday, January 24, 2008
                     The conference call will be hosted by Gregg Sherrill,
                     chairman and CEO and Ken Trammell, executive vice
                     president and chief financial officer.

  Time:              10:30 a.m. Eastern time
                     9:30 a.m. Central time

  Phone Numbers:     888-790-1408 (domestic)
                     773-756-0157 (international)

  Pass Code:         TENNECO

  Conference
  Leader:            Leslie Hunziker

  Call Playback:     Available one hour following completion of the call on
                     Thursday, January 24, 2008, through February 29, 2008.
                     Call 866-365-2445 (domestic) or
                     203-369-0215 (international).

  Website Broadcast: http://www.tenneco.com/
                     For a "listen only" broadcast, go to the company's
                     website and select the "Investors" page.  Please go to
                     the website at least 15 minutes prior to the start of
                     the call to register and download and install any
                     necessary audio software.  A replay of this webcast
                     also will be available on the Tenneco website through
                     February 29, 2008.

                     Accompanying slides will be available in the investor
                     section of the Tenneco website at
                     http://www.tenneco.com/.

Tenneco is a $4.7 billion manufacturing company with headquarters in Lake Forest, Illinois and approximately 19,000 employees worldwide. Tenneco is one of the world's largest designers, manufacturers and marketers of emission control and ride control products and systems for the automotive original equipment market and the aftermarket. Tenneco markets its products principally under the Monroe(R), Walker(R), Gillet(TM) and Clevite(R) Elastomer brand names. Among its products are Sensa-Trac(R) and Monroe Reflex(R) shocks and struts, Rancho(R) shock absorbers, Walker(R) Quiet-Flow(R) mufflers, Dynomax(R) performance exhaust products, and Clevite(R) Elastomer noise, vibration and harshness control components.

   Contacts:  Jane Ostrander
              Media Relations
              847 482-5607
              jostrander@tenneco.com

              Leslie Hunziker
              Investor Relations
              847 482-5042
              lhunziker@tenneco.com

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