<ARTICLE> 5 <LEGEND> This schedule contains summary financial information extracted from the 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-31-1996 <PERIOD-START> JAN-01-1996 <PERIOD-END> DEC-31-1996 <CASH> 40 <SECURITIES> 0 <RECEIVABLES> 420 <ALLOWANCES> 0 <INVENTORY> 378 <CURRENT-ASSETS> 1,015 <PP&E> 1,622 <DEPRECIATION> 674 <TOTAL-ASSETS> 4,653 <CURRENT-LIABILITIES> 639 <BONDS> 643 <PREFERRED-MANDATORY> 0 <PREFERRED> 0 <COMMON> 2 <OTHER-SE> 2,644 <TOTAL-LIABILITY-AND-EQUITY> 4,653 <SALES> 2,980 <TOTAL-REVENUES> 2,980 <CGS> 2,210 <TOTAL-COSTS> 2,210 <OTHER-EXPENSES> 506 <LOSS-PROVISION> 0 <INTEREST-EXPENSE> 60 <INCOME-PRETAX> 182 <INCOME-TAX> 79 <INCOME-CONTINUING> 82 <DISCONTINUED> 564 <EXTRAORDINARY> (236) <CHANGES> 0 <NET-INCOME> 410 <EPS-BASIC> 2.35 <EPS-DILUTED> 2.34