As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 21, 2003 Registration No. 333-59870 ________________________________________________________________________ UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 _______________________ Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to Form S-3 REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 ________________________ El Paso Corporation (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Delaware 76-0568816 (State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer Incorporation or organization) Identification No.) ________________________ El Paso Corporation Peggy A. Heeg El Paso Building El Paso Corporation 1001 Louisiana Street El Paso Building Houston, Texas 77002 1001 Louisiana Street (713) 420-2600 Houston, Texas 77002 (Address, including zip code, and (713) 420-2600 telephone (Name, address, including zip code, number, including area code, of and telephone registrant's number, including area code, of principal executive offices) agent for service) ________________________ Copies to: David F. Taylor Kelly J. Jameson, Esq. Locke Liddell & Sapp LLP El Paso Corporation 3400 JPMorgan Chase Tower El Paso Building 600 Travis Street 1001 Louisiana Street Houston, Texas 77002 Houston, Texas 77002 (713) 226-1200 (713) 420-2017 ________________________ A registration fee was previously calculated and paid in connection with the filing of this Registration Statement. ________________________ The Registrant hereby requests that this Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 become effective as soon as practicable pursuant to Section 8(c) of the Securities Act of 1933. DE-REGISTRATION The purpose of this Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 is to amend our Registration Statement on Form S-3 initially filed on May 1, 2001 and subsequently declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission (No. 333-59870). All 133,690 shares registered pursuant to the Registration Statement have been sold. Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement was filed on August 20, 2003 to de-register all of the shares of our Common Stock that were registered but not sold pursuant to the Registration Statement as of the date of filing. Because all such shares have been sold, there are no shares to de-register and the Registrant hereby withdraws its request made pursuant to Post-Effective Amendment No. 1. SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Houston, State of Texas, on November 21, 2003. EL PASO CORPORATION By: /s/ Douglas L. Foshee ---------------------------- Douglas L. Foshee Chief Executive Officer and President Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Post Effective Amendment No. 2 has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated. Signature Title Date --------- ----- ----- /s/ Douglas L. Foshee -------------------- Chief Executive Officer, November 21, 2003 Douglas L. Foshee President and Director (Principal Executive Officer) /s/ D. Dwight Scott -------------------- Executive Vice President November 21, 2003 D. Dwight Scott and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer) /s/ Jeffrey I. Beason --------------------- Senior Vice President November 21, 2003 Jeffrey I. Beason and Controller (Principal Accounting Officer) * Chairman of the Board November 21, 2003 --------------------- and Director Ronald L. Kuehn, Jr. * Director November 21, 2003 --------------------- John M. Bissell * Director November 21, 2003 --------------------- Juan Carlos Braniff * Director November 21, 2003 --------------------- James L. Dunlap * Director November 21, 2003 --------------------- Robert W. Goldman * Director November 21, 2003 --------------------- Anthony W. Hall, Jr. * Director November 21, 2003 --------------------- J. Carleton MacNeil, Jr. * Director November 21, 2003 --------------------- J. Michael Talbert * Director November 21, 2003 --------------------- Malcolm Wallop * Director November 21, 2003 --------------------- John L. Whitmire * Director November 21, 2003 --------------------- Joe B. Wyatt * /s/ D. Dwight Scott _____________________ D. Dwight Scott Attorney-in-fact