Exhibit 12



Consolidated Natural Gas Company

Computation of Ratio of
Earnings to Fixed Charges

(millions of dollars)



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|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |  | ----------- | ----- | - | ---- | - | ----- | ---- |  | - | ----- | - |  | ---- | ---- | ---- |  | - | ---- |  | - | ---- | -
|                                                                                 |  | Years Ended |      
|                                                                                 |  | 2004        |       |   | 2003 |   |       | 2002 |  |   | 2001  |   |  | 2000 |      | 1999 | 
|Earnings, as defined:                                                            |  |             |       |   |      |   |       |      |  |   |       |   |  |      |      |      |  |   |      |  |   |      |  
|Earnings before income taxes and minority interests in consolidated subsidiaries |  | $           | 1,349 |   |      | $ | 1,022 |      |  | $ | 950   |   |  | $    | 604  |      |  | $ | 360  |  | $ | 210  |  
|                                                                                 |  |             |       |   |      |  
|Distributed income from unconsolidated investees, less equity in earnings        |  |             | (5    | ) |      |   | (14   | )    |  |   | (16   | ) |  |      | (6   | )    |  |   | 13   |  |   | (12  | )
|                                                                                 |  |             |       |   |      |  
|Fixed charges included in the determination of net income                        |  |             | 190   |   |      |   | 169   |      |  |   | 168   |   |  |      | 170  |      |  |   | 184  |  |   | 149  |  
|                                                                                 |  |             |       |   |      |   |       |      |  |   |       |   |  |      |      |      |  |   |      |  |   |      |  
|Total earnings, as defined                                                       |  | $           | 1,534 |   |      | $ | 1,177 |      |  | $ | 1,102 |   |  | $    | 768  |      |  | $ | 557  |  | $ | 347  |  
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|Fixed charges, as defined:                                                       |  |             |       |   |      |   |       |      |  |   |       |   |  |      |      |      |  |   |      |  |   |      |  
|Interest charges                                                                 |  | $           | 229   |   |      | $ | 223   |      |  | $ | 227   |   |  | $    | 181  |      |  | $ | 173  |  | $ | 137  |  
|Rental interest factor                                                           |  |             | 17    |   |      |   | 13    |      |  |   | 11    |   |  |      | 11   |      |  |   | 11   |  |   | 12   |  
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|Total fixed charges, as defined                                                  |  | $           | 246   |   |      | $ | 236   |      |  | $ | 238   |   |  | $    | 192  |      |  | $ | 184  |  | $ | 149  |  
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|Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges                                               |  |             | 6.24  |   |      |   | 4.99  |      |  |   | 4.63  |   |  |      | 4.00 |      |  |   | 3.03 |  |   | 2.33 |