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                                                               Exhibit 1



	for further information:
	John Conti
	412-690-1133


Consolidated Natural Gas Comments 
On First Quarter Earnings Outlook


	PITTSBURGH, March 25, 1998 --  Consolidated Natural Gas Company said 
today that its earnings in the quarter ending March 31 won't meet estimates by 
securities analysts that currently average $1.56 a share.  
	The company said that warm winter weather, higher than expected losses 
in the company's non-utility energy marketing services business due to adverse 
price movements in gas and electricity, and lower gas and oil wellhead prices 
have all combined to hold earnings down in the current quarter.  In the first 
quarter of 1997, CNG earned $171.5 million, or $1.74 a share, on a diluted 
basis.  Final results for the 1998 first period will be available on April 30.
Consolidated Natural Gas Company is one of the nation's largest 
producers, transporters and distributors of natural gas, and offers energy 
marketing services throughout North America. The company's natural gas 
transmission and distribution operations serve customers in Ohio, 
Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, New York and other states in the 
Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions. CNG explores for and produces natural gas 
and oil in the United States and Canada. The company also selectively 
participates in energy businesses abroad.
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This press release contains forward-looking statements. The company wishes to 
caution readers that the assumptions which form the basis for forward-looking 
statements with respect to or that may impact earnings for fiscal 1998, and 

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thereafter, include many factors that are beyond the company's ability to 
control or estimate precisely, such as estimates of future market conditions 
and the behavior of other market participants. Other factors include, but are 
not limited to, weather conditions, economic conditions in the company's 
service territory, fluctuations in energy-related commodity prices, conversion 
activity, other marketing efforts and other uncertainties.

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