PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 12, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Northwest Natural Gas Company (NYSE:NWN), dba NW Natural, announced today it will issue its fourth quarter and full year earnings release on Monday, Feb. 27, 2017, for the period ended Dec. 31, 2016.

NW Natural will conduct a conference call and webcast starting at 8 a.m. Pacific Time (11 a.m. Eastern Time) on February 27 to review the Company's financial and operating results for the fourth 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 10099417. To hear the replay from Canada, please dial 1-855-669-9658 and from international locations, please dial 1-412-317-0088.

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

About NW Natural
NW Natural (NYSE:NWN) is headquartered in Portland, Ore., and provides natural gas service to more than 718,000 residential, commercial, and industrial customers through approximately 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 $3.0 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 nwnatural.com.

Investor Contact:  Nikki Sparley
Phone: 503-721-2530
Email: n1s@nwnatural.com

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