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                    TENNECO ANNOUNCES EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS

Lake Forest, Illinois, May 9, 2007 -- Tenneco Inc. (NYSE: TEN) announced two
executive appointments today. David Wardell has been named Tenneco's new senior
vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary. Karel Van Bael has been
promoted to vice president and general manager for the original equipment ride
control business, Europe. Both appointments are effective immediately.

"We are very pleased to welcome David Wardell to Tenneco. He brings with him an
impressive legal background and a wealth of corporate law experience," said
Gregg Sherrill, Tenneco Chairman and CEO. "We are also delighted that Karel will
be joining our senior management team. His deep knowledge and experience in our
Europe OE ride control business makes him the perfect choice for this key
leadership role."

Mr. Wardell comes from Abbott Laboratories, where he held positions of
increasing responsibility, including several leadership positions in
International Legal Operations. Most recently, he served as associate general
counsel and divisional vice president, Pharmaceutical Products Group Legal
Operations. Before joining Abbott, Mr. Wardell served as assistant counsel in
the International Law department for Bristol-Myers Squibb Company. He also
worked as associate counsel for Clairol Incorporated, a Bristol-Myers Squibb
subsidiary. Prior to his 10 years at Bristol-Myers Squibb, Mr. Wardell was an
assistant district attorney in the New York County District Attorney's Office.
He graduated with an AB from Princeton University and a JD from Case Western
Reserve University School of Law.

Mr. Van Bael had been serving as interim general manager of the company's
European OE ride control business unit since March 1, 2007. Previously, since
2002, he served as executive director of operations, responsible for all ride
control manufacturing and aftermarket distribution throughout Europe.
Previously, Van Bael held a number of ride control positions with increasing
responsibilities in the areas of sales, engineering and operations, including


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plant manager of Tenneco's Sint Truiden, Belgium facility; Director of OE sales
and engineering for Monroe Europe; and vice president of operations, Monroe
Europe. He joined Tenneco in 1969.

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.