EXHIBIT 99.1


news release                                                      [TENNECO LOGO]

        Contacts:       Jane Ostrander
                        Media Relations
                        847 482-5607
                        jostrander@tenneco.com


                        Leslie Hunziker
                        Investor Relations
                        847 482-5042
                        lhunziker@tenneco.com



                    TENNECO ANNOUNCES EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS



Lake Forest, Illinois, July 19, 2006 -- Tenneco Inc. (NYSE: TEN) announced today
the appointment of Paul Novas as vice president and controller for the company.
Mr. Novas will replace James Perkins who announced his resignation from Tenneco
on June 27, 2006, effective July 20, 2006, to take another controller position
outside the industry.

The company also announced that John Kunz, vice president and treasurer, will
assume responsibility for Tenneco's global tax function. His new title will be
vice president, treasurer and tax.

As controller, Mr. Novas will serve as the company's principal accounting
officer with responsibility for Tenneco's corporate accounting and financial
reporting globally.

Prior to assuming his new role, Mr. Novas served as vice president finance and
administration for Tenneco's European operations from February 2004 through July
2006, with responsibility for all finance, tax and shared service operations for
the company's Europe, South America and India segment. From November 1999
through February 2004, Mr. Novas was the company's vice president and treasurer.
Mr. Novas joined the former Tenneco Inc. in 1996 as assistant treasurer
responsible for corporate finance and North American treasury activities. Before
joining Tenneco, Mr. Novas worked in the treasury office of General Motors
Corporation for 10 years.

Mr. Novas has a B.S. in mechanical engineering and a B.A. in economics from
Cornell University, and received an MBA from the University of Chicago.

In addition to his new global tax responsibilities, Mr. Kunz will continue in
his role as treasurer with responsibility for the company's treasury, insurance
and investment activities including building and managing relationships with the
banking community and rating agencies. He joined Tenneco in February 2004 from
Great Lakes Chemical Corporation, where he rose through various positions to
become vice president and treasurer. Prior to joining Great Lakes in 1999, Kunz
was director of corporate development at Weirton Steel Corporation. Mr. Kunz
joined Weirton from KPMG Peat Marwick.

Mr. Kunz received a B.A. in accounting from the University of Notre Dame and an
MBA in finance from Northwestern University.


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Tenneco is a $4.4 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(R) 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.


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