<ARTICLE> 5 <LEGEND> This schedule contains summary financial information extracted from Tenneco Inc. and Consolidated Subsidiaries Financial Statements and is qualified in its entirety by reference to such Financial Statements. </LEGEND> <MULTIPLIER> 1,000,000 <PERIOD-TYPE> 12-MOS <FISCAL-YEAR-END> DEC-31-1998 <PERIOD-START> JAN-01-1998 <PERIOD-END> DEC-31-1998 <CASH> 36 <SECURITIES> 0 <RECEIVABLES> 766 <ALLOWANCES> 0 <INVENTORY> 826 <CURRENT-ASSETS> 1,938 <PP&E> 4,001 <DEPRECIATION> 1,351 <TOTAL-ASSETS> 7,774 <CURRENT-LIABILITIES> 2,047 <BONDS> 1,983 <PREFERRED-MANDATORY> 0 <PREFERRED> 0 <COMMON> 2 <OTHER-SE> 2,502 <TOTAL-LIABILITY-AND-EQUITY> 7,774 <SALES> 6,028 <TOTAL-REVENUES> 6,028 <CGS> 4,263 <TOTAL-COSTS> 4,263 <OTHER-EXPENSES> 1,226 <LOSS-PROVISION> 0 <INTEREST-EXPENSE> 202 <INCOME-PRETAX> 308 <INCOME-TAX> 80 <INCOME-CONTINUING> 198 <DISCONTINUED> 57 <EXTRAORDINARY> 0 <CHANGES> 0 <NET-INCOME> 255 <EPS-BASIC> 1.52 <EPS-DILUTED> 1.51