NW Natural Schedules Conference Call to Review Results for Quarter and Year Ending December 31, 2013


PORTLAND, OR--(Marketwired - Jan 9, 2014) - Northwest Natural Gas Company (NYSE: NWN), dba NW Natural, announced today that it will issue its fourth quarter earnings release on Friday, Feb. 28, 2014, for the period ending Dec. 31, 2013.

NW Natural will conduct a conference call and webcast starting at 8 a.m. Pacific Time (11 a.m. Eastern Time) on Feb. 28th to review the company's financial and operating results for the quarter and year.

To hear the conference call live, please dial 1-888-317-6016 within the United States and 1-855-669-9657 from Canada. International callers can dial 1-412-317-6016. To access the conference replay, please call 1-877-344-7529 and enter the conference identification pass code (10039262). To hear the replay from international locations, please dial 1-412-317-0088. 

To hear the conference by webcast, log on to NW Natural's corporate website at www.nwnatural.com.

About NW Natural
NW Natural (NYSE: NWN) is headquartered in Portland, Ore., and provides natural gas service to about 687,000 residential, commercial, and industrial customers through 14,000 miles of mains and service lines in western Oregon and southwestern Washington. It is the largest independent natural gas utility in the Pacific Northwest with $2.8 billion in total assets. NW Natural and its subsidiaries currently own and operate underground gas storage facilities with storage capacity of approximately 31 Bcf in Oregon and California. Additional information is available at www.nwnatural.com.

Contact Information:

Investor Contact:
Bob Hess
Ph. 503-220-2388
Email: rsh@nwnatural.com

Media Contact:
Kim Heiting
Ph. 503-220-2366
Email: kah@nwnatural.com