Article: Duff & Phelps extends its Duff 1 commercial paper rating to the new Euro-Paper Program of Tenneco Inc.

CHICAGO, March 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Duff & Phelps Inc., the national credit rating agency, today extended its Duff 1 commercial paper rating to the new Euro-Paper Program of Tenneco Inc.

The program allows up to $200 million of borrowings, which are 100 percent backed by the same revolvers and bank lines which back Tenneco Inc.'s domestic commercial paper program.

"Due to Tenneco's diversification into non-energy sectors, the company is among the least vulnerable of the major oil companies to crude oil price declines," a D&P spokesman said.

"In addition, Tenneco's large, ...

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