On February 2, 2017, National Fuel Gas Company (the Company)
issued a press release regarding its earnings for the quarter
ended December 31, 2016. A copy of the press release is furnished
as part of this Current Report as Exhibit 99.

Neither the furnishing of the press release as an exhibit to this
Current Report nor the inclusion in such press release of any
reference to the Companys internet address shall, under any
circumstances, be deemed to incorporate the information available
at such internet address into this Current Report. The
information available at the Companys internet address is not
part of this Current Report or any other report filed or
furnished by the Company with the Securities and Exchange
Commission.

In addition to financial measures calculated in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), the press
release furnished as part of this Current Report as Exhibit 99
contains certain non-GAAP financial measures. The Company
believes that such non-GAAP financial measures are useful to
investors because they provide an alternative method for
assessing the Companys operating results in a manner that is
focused on the performance of the Companys ongoing operations,
for measuring the Companys cash flow and liquidity, and for
comparing the Companys financial performance to other companies.
The Companys management uses these non-GAAP financial measures
for the same purpose, and for planning and forecasting purposes.
The presentation of non-GAAP financial measures is not meant to
be a substitute for financial measures prepared in accordance
with GAAP.

Certain statements contained herein or in the press release
furnished as part of this Current Report, including statements
regarding estimated future earnings and statements that are
identified by the use of the words anticipates, estimates,
expects, forecasts, intends, plans, predicts, projects, believes,
seeks, will and may and similar expressions, are forward-looking
statements as defined by the Private Securities Litigation Reform
Act of 1995. There can be no assurance that the Companys
projections will in fact be achieved nor do these projections
reflect any acquisitions or divestitures that may occur in the
future. While the Companys expectations, beliefs and projections
are expressed in good faith and are believed to have a reasonable
basis, actual results may differ materially from those projected
in forward-looking statements. Furthermore, each forward-looking
statement speaks only as of the date on which it is made. In
addition to other factors, the following are important factors
that could cause actual results to differ materially from those
discussed in the forward-looking statements: delays or changes in
costs or plans with respect to Company projects or related
projects of other companies, including difficulties or delays in
obtaining necessary governmental approvals, permits or orders or
in obtaining the cooperation of interconnecting facility
operators; governmental/regulatory actions, initiatives and
proceedings, including those involving rate cases (which address,
among other things, target rates of return, rate design and
retained natural gas), environmental/safety requirements,
affiliate relationships, industry structure, and franchise
renewal; changes in laws, regulations or judicial interpretations
to which the Company is subject, including those involving
derivatives, taxes, safety, employment, climate change, other
environmental matters, real property, and exploration and
production activities such as hydraulic

fracturing; impairments under the SECs full cost ceiling test for
natural gas and oil reserves; changes in the price of natural gas
or oil; financial and economic conditions, including the
availability of credit, and occurrences affecting the Companys
ability to obtain financing on acceptable terms for working
capital, capital expenditures and other investments, including
any downgrades in the Companys credit ratings and changes in
interest rates and other capital market conditions; factors
affecting the Companys ability to successfully identify, drill
for and produce economically viable natural gas and oil reserves,
including among others geology, lease availability, title
disputes, weather conditions, shortages, delays or unavailability
of equipment and services required in drilling operations,
insufficient gathering, processing and transportation capacity,
the need to obtain governmental approvals and permits, and
compliance with environmental laws and regulations; increasing
health care costs and the resulting effect on health insurance
premiums and on the obligation to provide other post-retirement
benefits; changes in price differentials between similar
quantities of natural gas or oil sold at different geographic
locations, and the effect of such changes on commodity
production, revenues and demand for pipeline transportation
capacity to or from such locations; other changes in price
differentials between similar quantities of natural gas or oil
having different quality, heating value, hydrocarbon mix or
delivery date; the cost and effects of legal and administrative
claims against the Company or activist shareholder campaigns to
effect changes at the Company; uncertainty of oil and gas reserve
estimates; significant differences between the Companys projected
and actual production levels for natural gas or oil; changes in
demographic patterns and weather conditions; changes in the
availability, price or accounting treatment of derivative
financial instruments; changes in economic conditions, including
global, national or regional recessions, and their effect on the
demand for, and customers ability to pay for, the Companys
products and services; the creditworthiness or performance of the
Companys key suppliers, customers and counterparties; economic
disruptions or uninsured losses resulting from major accidents,
fires, severe weather, natural disasters, terrorist activities,
acts of war, cyber attacks or pest infestation; significant
differences between the Companys projected and actual capital
expenditures and operating expenses; changes in laws, actuarial
assumptions, the interest rate environment and the return on
plan/trust assets related to the Companys pension and other
post-retirement benefits, which can affect future funding
obligations and costs and plan liabilities; or increasing costs
of insurance, changes in coverage and the ability to obtain
insurance. The Company disclaims any obligation to update any
forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances
after the date hereof.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits