TEPPCO PARTNERS, L.P. TO PRESENT AT WACHOVIA SECURITIES PIPELINE CONFERENCE AND SYMPOSIUM IN NEW YORK CITY

HOUSTON – TEPPCO Partners L.P. (NYSE: TPP) today announced that Barry R. Pearl, president and chief executive officer of the general partner of TEPPCO, will present at the Wachovia Securities Pipeline Conference and Symposium at 1:30 p.m. ET on Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2004, in New York. Pearl will discuss TEPPCO’s performance, growth strategies and financial objectives.

A copy of the presentation will be available on TEPPCO’s Web site under the Financial Center (www.teppco.com).

TEPPCO Partners, L.P. is a publicly traded master limited partnership, which conducts business through various subsidiary operating companies. TEPPCO owns and operates one of the largest common carrier pipelines of refined petroleum products and liquefied petroleum gases in the United States; owns and operates petrochemical and natural gas liquid pipelines; is engaged in crude oil transportation, storage, gathering and marketing; owns and operates natural gas gathering systems; and owns 50-percent interests in Seaway Crude Pipeline Company, Centennial Pipeline LLC, and Mont Belvieu Storage Partners, L.P., and an undivided ownership interest in the Basin Pipeline. Texas Eastern Products Pipeline Company, LLC, an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Duke Energy Field Services, LLC, is the general partner of TEPPCO Partners, L.P. For more information, visit TEPPCO’s Web site at www.teppco.com.

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