U. S. Steel Tubular Products Honors Harold Korell With Chief Roughneck Award

NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- U. S. Steel Tubular Products,
Inc., a subsidiary of United States Steel Corporation (NYSE: X), announced
that Harold Korell, executive chairman of the board of directors of
Southwestern Energy Company, is the recipient of its Chief Roughneck Award for
2009. The announcement was made today at the 80th annual meeting of the
Independent Petroleum Association of America.

Douglas R. Matthews, president of U. S. Steel Tubular Products and vice
president of tubular operations for U. S. Steel, presented Korell with the
traditional Chief Roughneck bronze bust and hard hat. "Harold Korell
personifies this award with his exemplary career and leadership in the energy
industry," said Matthews. "Throughout his career, Harold's formula for
success has had a lasting, positive impact on the companies he has worked for
as well as the energy industry as a whole."

Korell joined Southwestern Energy Company in 1997 as executive vice president
and chief operating officer. He served as the company's president from 1998
to 2008 and as chief executive officer from 1999 to May 2009. He was elected
chairman of the board of directors in 2002 and became executive chairman of
the board of directors in May 2009.

With Korell at the helm, Southwestern Energy has accumulated 575,000 acres in
the Fayetteville Shale natural gas play in Arkansas and Oklahoma and has since
achieved a record level of natural gas production in the Fayetteville Shale of
one billion cubic feet per day.

A graduate of the Colorado School of Mines with a professional degree in
chemical and petroleum refining engineering, Korell began his career with
Mobil Oil Corporation and has held positions with Tenneco Oil Company,
McCormick Resources and American Exploration Company.

Korell serves as the vice chairman of the American Exploration and Production
Council and is a board member of the National Petroleum Council, the
Independent Petroleum Association of America and the American Natural Gas
Alliance. He is also a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers. In
addition, he serves on the executive advisory board for the Sam M. Walton
School of Business at the University of Arkansas, where he received the
Outstanding Service Award in April 2006. He also serves on the board of
governors and is a member of the visiting committee for the Department of
Petroleum Engineering at the Colorado School of Mines, where he received the
Distinguished Achievement Medal in May 2004.

The prestigious Chief Roughneck Award was created in 1955 to honor the
lifetime achievements of petroleum industry leaders. Today, U. S. Steel
Tubular Products proudly continues to present this important award, which is
widely recognized as one of the industry's highest honors.

U. S. Steel Tubular Products, Inc., a subsidiary of United States Steel
Corporation, is the largest tubular products manufacturer in North America,
with total annual production capability of 2.8 million net tons. Energy
industry customers utilize U. S. Steel Tubular Products' casing, tubing, line
pipe and couplings to help them locate, retrieve, transport and refine the oil
and natural gas products that fuel the world.

For more information about U. S. Steel and U. S. Steel Tubular Products, visit
www.ussteel.com.

For more information about the Independent Petroleum Association of America,
visit www.ipaa.org.

SOURCE United States Steel Corporation

Erin DiPietro, +1-412-433-6845, or Courtney Boone, +1-412-433-6791, both of
United States Steel Corporation