NW Natural Schedules Conference Call to Review Results for the Three and 12 Months Ending Dec. 31, 2014


PORTLAND, OR--(Marketwired - Jan 14, 2015) - Northwest Natural Gas Company (NYSE: NWN), dba NW Natural, announced today that it will issue its fourth quarter and full-year earnings release on Friday, Feb. 27, 2015 for the period ending Dec. 31, 2014.

NW Natural will conduct a conference call and webcast starting at 8 a.m. Pacific Time (11 a.m. Eastern Time) on Feb. 27th to review the company's financial and operating results for the quarter and year-to-date periods.

To hear the conference call live, please dial 1-866-267-6789 within the United States and 1-855-669-9657 from Canada. International callers can dial 1-412-902-4110. To access the conference replay, please call 1-877-344-7529 and enter the conference identification pass code (10058553). 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 700,000 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 designed 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: Bob.Hess@nwnatural.com

Media Contact:
Melissa Moore
Ph. 503-220-2436
Email: Melissa.Moore@nwnatural.com