UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM
8-K
CURRENT
REPORT
Pursuant
to
Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities
Exchange Act of 1934
Date
of
Report: July 13, 2007
EL
PASO
CORPORATION
(Exact
name of
Registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware
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1-14365
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76-0568816
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(State
or
other jurisdiction of
incorporation
or organization)
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(Commission
File Number)
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(I.R.S.
Employer
Identification
No.)
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El
Paso
Building
1001
Louisiana
Street
Houston,
Texas
77002
(Address
of
principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant's
telephone number, including area code (713) 420-2600
Check
the
appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously
satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following
provisions:
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Written
communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR
230.425)
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Soliciting
material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.14a-12)
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Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17
CFR 240.14d-2(b))
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Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17
CFR 240.13e-4(c))
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Item
8.01. Other Events.
As
previously
disclosed in our filings with Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC),
the
staff of the SEC has been conducting an investigation into our December
31, 2003
natural gas and oil reserves revisions. We originally self-reported
this matter to the SEC and have been cooperating fully with the
investigation. As part of that cooperation, we have produced a large
volume of documents requested by the staff of the SEC and have made our
employees available for interviews or testimony upon request. On July
13, 2007, the staff of the SEC’s Fort Worth Regional Office sent us a “Wells”
notice indicating the SEC staff has made a preliminary decision to recommend
to
the SEC that it institute an enforcement action against us and two of our
subsidiaries related to the reserve revisions. We understand that the
staff of the SEC may have also issued similar “Wells” notices to several of our
former employees related to the reserves revisions. We have been
given the opportunity to respond to the staff before the staff makes its
formal
recommendation on whether any action should be brought by the SEC.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the
requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has
duly
caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto
duly
authorized.
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EL
PASO CORPORATION
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By:
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/s/
John R. Sult
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John
R. Sult
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Senior
Vice
President, Chief Financial
Officer
and
Controller
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(Principal
Accounting and Financial Officer)
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Dated: July
17, 2007