1. Name and Address of Reporting Person
KUEHN, JR., RONALD L.
1900 FIFTH AVENUE NORTH
BIRMINGHAM, AL 35203
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
EL PASO CORPORATION (EP)
3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary)
4. Statement for Month/Year
12/2002
5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)
6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)
(X) Director ( ) 10% Owner
( ) Officer (give title below) ( ) Other (specify below)
7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
(X) Form filed by One Reporting Person
( ) Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
TABLE I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
+------------------------------+----------+----------+---------+--------------------------+--------------+-----------+------------+
|1. Title of Security |2. Trans- |2A.Execu- |3. Trans-|4. Securities Acquired (A)|5. Amount of |6. Owner- |7. Nature |
| | action | action | action| or Disposed of (D) |Securities | ship | of In- |
| | Date | Date | Code | |Beneficially | Form: | direct |
| | | | | |Owned | Direct | Bene- |
| | (Month/ | (Month/ | | |Following | (D) or | ficial |
| | Day/ | Day/ | +-----------+---+----------+ Year | Indirect| Owner- |
| | Year) | Year) | |Amount |A/D|Price | | (I) | ship |
+------------------------------+----------+----------+---------+-----------+---+----------+--------------+-----------+------------+
Common Stock 183488 D
Common Stock 64959 I 401 (K) Plan
Common Stock 4200 I Trust for
Children
Common Stock 22500 I By Spouse
Common Stock 20 I By Children
TABLE II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
+----------+--------+-------+-------+---------+-----------+---------------------+----------------+----------+-------+-------+------+
|1. |2. |3. |3A. |4. |5. |6. |7. |8. |9. |10. |11. |
| | | | | | | | | |Number |Owner- | |
| | | | | | | | | |of |ship | |
| | | | | | | | | |Deriv- |Form of| |
| | | | | | | |Title and Amount| |ative |Deriv- | |
| | | | | | | |of Underlying | |Secur- |ative |Nature|
| |Conver- |Trans- |Execu- | |Number of | |Securities | |ities |Secur- |of |
| |sion or |action |tion | |Derivative |Date Exercisable +-------+--------+ |Benefi-|ity: |In- |
| |Exercise|Date |Date | |Securities |and Expiration Date | |Amount | |cially |Direct |direct|
| |Price of| | |Transac- |Acquired(A)|(Month/Day/Year) | |or | |Owned |(D) or |Bene- |
|Title of |Deriv- |(Month/|(Month/|tion Code|Disposed(D)+----------+----------+ |Number |Price of | |In- |ficial|
|Derivative|ative |Day/ |Day/ | +-----+-----+Date Exer-|Expira- | |of |Derivative|at End |direct |Owner-|
|Security |Security|Year) |Year) | |(A) |(D) |cisable |tion Date |Title |Shares |Security |of Year|(I) |ship |
+----------+--------+-------+-------+---------+-----+-----+----------+----------+-------+--------+----------+-------+-------+------+
Stock $9.33 11/07/2012 Common 100000 D
Option Stock
(right to
buy)
Stock $27.4375 12/03/2008 Common 112600 D
Option Stock
(right to
buy)
Stock $27.875 11/30/2004 Common 112000 D
Option Stock
(right to
buy)
Stock $30 12/01/2003 Common 110000 D
Option Stock
(right to
buy)
Stock $32.25 11/29/2005 Common 79200 D
Option Stock
(right to
buy)
Stock $33.625 05/20/2012 Common 3000 D
Option Stock
(right to
buy)
Stock $42.125 10/25/2009 Common 3000 D
Option Stock
(right to
buy)
Stock $43.75 04/28/2010 Common 2000 D
Option Stock
(right to
buy)
Stock $43.8125 12/04/2007 Common 92000 D
Option Stock
(right to
buy)
Stock $52 12/04/2006 Common 82500 D
Option Stock
(right to
buy)
Stock $64.49 05/21/2011 Common 3000 D
Option Stock
(right to
buy)
Deferred $0 Common 22821 D
Common Stk Stock
Units
Explanation of Responses:
SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON
/s/ Alan Bishop (POA)
DATE
01/31/2003