13D Filing: Gamco Investors and National Fuel Gas Co (NFG)

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

SCHEDULE 13D

Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Amendment No. 8)

National Fuel Gas Company

(Name of Issuer)

Common Stock

(Title of Class of Securities)

                                                                                                        _______636180101_________

David Goldman

GAMCO Investors, Inc.

One Corporate Center

Rye, New York 10580-1435

(914) 921-5000

(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)

______________________ February 25, 2016________________________

(Date of Event which Requires Filing of this Statement)

If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report the acquisition that is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this schedule because of §§ 240.13d-1(e), 240.13d-1(f) or 240.13d-1(g), check the following box  .

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This Amendment No. 8  to Schedule 13D on the Common Stock of National Fuel Gas Company (the “Issuer”) is being filed on behalf of the undersigned to amend the Schedule 13D, as amended (the “Schedule 13D”), which was originally filed on August 11, 2010.  Unless otherwise indicated, all capitalized terms used herein but not defined herein shall have the same meaning as set forth in the Schedule 13D.

Item 2 to Schedule 13D is amended, in pertinent part, as follows:

This statement is being filed by Mario J. Gabelli (“Mario Gabelli”) and various entities which he

directly or indirectly controls or for which he acts as chief investment officer.  These entities, except for LICT Corporation (“LICT), CIBL, Inc. (“CIBL”) and ICTC Group, Inc. (“ICTC”), engage in various aspects of the securities business, primarily as investment adviser to various institutional and individual clients, including registered investment companies and pension plans, and as general partner or the equivalent of various private investment partnerships or private funds.  Certain of these entities may also make investments for their own accounts.

The foregoing persons in the aggregate often own beneficially more than 5% of a class of equity securities of a particular issuer.  Although several of the foregoing persons are treated as institutional investors for purposes of reporting their beneficial ownership on the short-form Schedule 13G, the holdings of those who do not qualify as institutional investors may exceed the 1% threshold presented for filing on Schedule 13G or implementation of their investment philosophy may from time to time require action which could be viewed as not completely passive.  In order to avoid any question as to whether their beneficial ownership is being reported on the proper form and in order to provide greater investment flexibility and administrative uniformity, these persons have decided to file their beneficial ownership reports on the more detailed Schedule 13D form rather than on the short-form Schedule 13G and thereby to provide more expansive disclosure than may be necessary.

(a), (b) and (c) – This statement is being filed by one or more of the following persons: GGCP, Inc.  (“GGCP”), GGCP Holdings LLC (“GGCP Holdings”), GAMCO Investors, Inc. (“GBL”), Associated Capital Group, Inc. (“AC”), Gabelli Funds, LLC (“Gabelli Funds”), GAMCO Asset Management Inc. (“GAMCO”), Teton Advisors, Inc. (“Teton Advisors”), Gabelli Securities, Inc. (“GSI”), G.research, LLC (“G.research”), MJG Associates, Inc. (“MJG Associates”), Gabelli Foundation, Inc. (“Foundation”), MJG-IV Limited Partnership (“MJG-IV”),  Mario Gabelli, LICT, CIBL and ICTC.  Those of the foregoing persons signing this Schedule 13D are hereinafter referred to as the “Reporting Persons”.

GGCP makes investments for its own account and is the manager and a member of GGCP Holdings which is the controlling shareholder of GBL and AC.  GBL, a public company listed on the New York Stock Exchange, is the parent company for a variety of companies engaged in the securities business, including certain of those named below.  AC, a public company listed on the New York Stock Exchange, is the parent company for a variety of companies engaged in the securities business, including certain of those listed below.

GAMCO, a wholly-owned subsidiary of GBL, is an investment adviser registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended (“Advisers Act”).  GAMCO is an investment manager providing discretionary managed account services for employee benefit plans, private investors, endowments, foundations and others.

GSI, a majority-owned subsidiary of AC, is an investment adviser registered under the Advisers Act and serves as a general partner or investment manager to limited partnerships and offshore investment companies and other accounts.  As a part of its business, GSI may purchase or sell securities for its own account.  GSI is a general partner or investment manager of a number of funds or partnerships, including Gabelli Associates Fund, L.P., Gabelli Associates Fund II, L.P., Gabelli Associates Limited, Gabelli Associates Limited II E, ALCE Partners, L.P., Gabelli Capital Structure Arbitrage Fund LP, Gabelli Capital Structure Arbitrage Fund Limited, Gabelli Intermediate Credit Fund L.P., Gabelli Japanese Value Partners L.P., GAMA Select Energy + L.P., GAMCO Medical Opportunities L.P., GAMCO Long/Short Equity Fund, L.P., Gabelli Multimedia Partners, L.P, Gabelli International Gold Fund Limited and Gabelli Green Long/Short Fund, L.P.

G.research, a wholly-owned subsidiary of GSI, is a broker-dealer registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (“1934 Act”), which as a part of its business regularly purchases and sells securities for its own account.

Gabelli Funds, a wholly owned subsidiary of GBL, is a limited liability company. Gabelli Funds is an investment adviser registered under the Advisers Act which provides advisory services for The Gabelli Equity Trust Inc., The Gabelli Asset Fund, The GAMCO Growth Fund, The Gabelli Convertible and Income Securities Fund Inc., The Gabelli Value 25 Fund Inc., The Gabelli Small Cap Growth Fund, The Gabelli Equity Income Fund, The Gabelli ABC Fund, The GAMCO Global Telecommunications Fund, The Gabelli Gold Fund, Inc., The Gabelli Multimedia Trust Inc., The Gabelli Global Rising Income & Dividend Fund, The Gabelli Capital Asset Fund, The GAMCO International Growth Fund, Inc., The GAMCO Global Growth Fund, The Gabelli Utility Trust, The GAMCO Global Opportunity Fund, The Gabelli Utilities Fund, The Gabelli Dividend Growth Fund, The GAMCO Mathers Fund, The Gabelli Focus Five Fund, The Comstock Capital Value Fund, The Gabelli Dividend and Income Trust, The Gabelli Global Utility & Income Trust, The GAMCO Global Gold, Natural Resources, & Income Trust, The GAMCO Natural Resources Gold & Income Trust, The GDL Fund, Gabelli Enterprise Mergers & Acquisitions Fund, The Gabelli SRI Fund, Inc., The Gabelli Healthcare & Wellness ^Rx Trust, The Gabelli Global Small and Mid Cap Value Trust, Gabelli Value Plus+ Trust, Bancroft Fund Ltd. and Ellsworth Growth & Income Fund Ltd. (collectively, the “Funds”), which are registered investment companies.  Gabelli Funds is also the investment adviser to The GAMCO International SICAV (sub-funds GAMCO Merger Arbitrage and GAMCO All Cap Value), a UCITS III vehicle.

Teton Advisors, an investment adviser registered under the Advisers Act, provides discretionary advisory services to The TETON Westwood Mighty Mites^sm Fund, The TETON Westwood Income Fund, The TETON Westwood SmallCap Equity Fund, and The TETON Westwood Mid-Cap Equity Fund.

MJG Associates provides advisory services to private investment partnerships and offshore funds.  Mario Gabelli is the sole shareholder, director and employee of MJG Associates.   MJG Associates is the Investment Manager of Gabelli International Limited and Gabelli Fund, LDC.  Mario J. Gabelli is the general partner of Gabelli Performance Partnership, LP.

The Foundation is a private foundation.  Mario Gabelli is the Chairman, a Trustee and the Investment Manager of the Foundation. Elisa M. Wilson is the President of the Foundation.

LICT is a holding company with operating subsidiaries engaged primarily in the rural telephone industry. LICT actively pursues new business ventures and acquisitions. LICT makes investments in marketable securities to preserve capital and maintain liquidity for financing their business activities and acquisitions and are not engaged in the business of investing, or trading in securities. Mario J. Gabelli is a director, and substantial shareholder of LICT.

ICTC is a holding company with subsidiaries in voice, broadband and other telecommunications services, primarily in the rural telephone industry. ICTC makes investments in marketable securities to preserve capital and maintain liquidity for financing their business activities and acquisitions and are not engaged in the business of investing, or trading in securities. Mario J. Gabelli is a director, and substantial shareholder of ICTC.

CIBL is a holding company with interests in telecommunications operations, primarily in the rural telephone industry. CIBL actively pursues new business ventures and acquisitions. CIBL makes investments in marketable securities to preserve capital and maintain liquidity for financing their business activities and acquisitions and are not engaged in the business of investing, or trading in securities. Mario J. Gabelli is a director, and substantial shareholder of CIBL.

Mario Gabelli is the controlling stockholder, Chief Executive Officer and a director of GGCP and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of GBL. He is the Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of AC.  Mario Gabelli is also a member of GGCP Holdings. Mario Gabelli is the controlling shareholder of Teton.

                             MJG-IV is a family partnership in which Mario Gabelli is the general partner.  Mario Gabelli has less than a 100% interest in MJG-IV.  MJG-IV makes investments for its own account.  Mario Gabelli disclaims ownership of the securities held by MJG-IV beyond his pecuniary interest.

The Reporting Persons do not admit that they constitute a group.

GAMCO and G.research are New York corporations and GBL, AC, GSI, and Teton Advisors are Delaware corporations, each having its principal business office at One Corporate Center, Rye, New York 10580. GGCP is a Wyoming corporation having its principal business office at 140 Greenwich Avenue, Greenwich, CT 06830.   GGCP Holdings is a Delaware limited liability corporation having its principal business office at 140 Greenwich Avenue, Greenwich, CT 06830.  Gabelli Funds is a New York limited liability company having its principal business office at One Corporate Center, Rye, New York 10580.  MJG Associates is a Connecticut corporation having its principal business office at 140 Greenwich Avenue, Greenwich, CT 06830.  The Foundation is a Nevada corporation having its principal offices at 165 West Liberty Street, Reno, Nevada 89501.  LICT is a Delaware corporation having its principal place of business as 401 Theodore Fremd Avenue, Rye, New York 10580. CIBL, Inc. is a Delaware corporation having its principal place of business as 165 West Liberty Street, Suite 220, Reno, NV 89501.  ICTC Group Inc. is a Delaware corporation having its principal place of business as 556 Main Street, Nome, North Dakota 58062.

For information required by instruction C to Schedule 13D with respect to the executive officers and directors of the foregoing entities and other related persons (collectively, “Covered Persons”), reference is made to Schedule I annexed hereto and incorporated herein by reference.

(d) – Not applicable.

(e) – Not applicable.

Item 5 to Schedule 13D is amended, in pertinent part, as follows:

 (a) The aggregate number of Securities to which this Schedule 13D relates is 6,902,197 shares, representing 8.14% of the 84,790,295 shares outstanding as reported in the Issuer’s most recent Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended December 31, 2015.  The Reporting Persons beneficially own those Securities as follows:

Mario Gabelli is deemed to have beneficial ownership of the Securities owned beneficially by each of the foregoing persons.  GSI is deemed to have beneficial ownership of the Securities owned beneficially by G.research.  AC, GBL and GGCP are deemed to have beneficial ownership of the Securities owned beneficially by each of the foregoing persons other than Mario Gabelli and the Foundation.

(b) Each of the Reporting Persons and Covered Persons has the sole power to vote or direct the vote and sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of the Securities reported for it, either for its own benefit or for the benefit of its investment clients or its partners, as the case may be, except that (i) GAMCO does not have the authority to vote 150,650 of the reported shares, (ii) Gabelli Funds has sole dispositive and voting power with respect to the shares of the Issuer held by the Funds so long as the aggregate voting interest of all joint filers does not exceed 25% of their total voting interest in the Issuer and, in that event, the Proxy Voting Committee of each Fund shall respectively vote that Fund’s shares, (iii) at any time, the Proxy Voting Committee of each such Fund may take and exercise in its sole discretion the entire voting power with respect to the shares held by such fund under special  circumstances such as regulatory considerations, and (iv) the power of Mario Gabelli, AC, GBL, and GGCP is indirect with respect to Securities beneficially owned directly by other Reporting Persons.

(c) Information with respect to all transactions in the Securities which were effected during the past sixty days or since the most recent filing on Schedule 13D, whichever is less, by each of the Reporting Persons and Covered Persons is set forth on Schedule II annexed hereto and incorporated herein by reference.

 (e) Not applicable.

After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.

GGCP, INC.

MARIO J. GABELLI

GABELLI FOUNDATION, INC.

MJG-IV LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

By:/s/ Douglas R. Jamieson

     Douglas R. Jamieson

     Attorney-in-Fact

TETON ADVISORS, INC.

     David Goldman

     General Counsel – Teton Advisors, Inc.

ASSOCIATED CAPITAL GROUP, INC.

     Kevin Handwerker

                General Counsel & Secretary – Associated Capital Group, Inc.

GAMCO ASSET MANAGEMENT INC.

  GAMCO INVESTORS, INC.

GABELLI SECURITIES, INC.

GABELLI FUNDS, LLC

     Douglas R. Jamieson

                    President & Chief Operating Officer – GAMCO Investors, Inc.

      President – GAMCO Asset Management Inc.

      President – Gabelli Securities, Inc.

Gabelli Funds, LLC

 Schedule I

     Information with Respect to Executive

Schedule I to Schedule 13D is amended, in pertinent part, as follows:

                               SCHEDULE II

                            INFORMATION WITH RESPECT TO

                 TRANSACTIONS EFFECTED DURING THE PAST SIXTY DAYS OR

                 SINCE THE MOST RECENT FILING ON SCHEDULE 13D (1)

                                   SHARES PURCHASED        AVERAGE

                        DATE            SOLD(-)             PRICE(2)

 COMMON STOCK-NATIONAL FUEL GAS COMPANY

          MARIO J. GABELLI

                       1/21/16              500            42.8360

          GAMCO ASSET MANAGEMENT INC.

                       2/26/16            7,500-           44.6609

                       2/25/16              400-           45.1370

                       2/25/16           19,100-           45.2078

                       2/23/16              200-             *DO

                       2/23/16              400            45.5300

                       2/23/16              400-           45.2600

                       2/23/16              200-             *DO

                       2/18/16              700            47.1958

                       2/17/16           23,700-           45.5826

                       2/17/16               25-           45.8300

                       2/17/16              500-             *DO

                       2/16/16           19,000-           44.7491

                       2/16/16              800            44.7500

                       2/16/16            5,000            44.8444

                       2/16/16              200-             *DO

                       2/10/16               50            44.7871

                       2/10/16              200            45.1299

                       2/10/16              420            44.7400

                       2/10/16              200-             *DO

                       2/09/16              100            44.9500

                       2/09/16              180            45.2150

                       2/09/16              310            45.5200

                       2/09/16              180            45.2150

                       2/09/16              180-           45.2150

                       2/08/16              800-           45.4350

                       2/05/16            2,000            45.3824

                       2/05/16              100-           44.9400

                       2/04/16            1,800            46.6900

                       2/03/16            5,600            45.9689

                       2/02/16              400            44.9900

                       2/02/16              300            45.0270

                       2/02/16              300            44.9599

                       2/02/16              200            44.9300

                       2/02/16            7,000-           44.8453

                       2/02/16              100-           44.7405

                       2/02/16            9,400            44.9135

                       2/02/16              150            44.7800

                       2/01/16           10,600            45.3194

                       1/29/16              250            44.3600

                       1/28/16              200            44.6185

                       1/28/16            3,400            44.7350

                       1/27/16            1,000            43.2800

                       1/27/16            4,000            44.0770

                       1/27/16              300            43.4465

                       1/25/16              500-             *DO

                       1/25/16              100            42.2499

                       1/22/16              200-           43.6750

                       1/22/16              200            43.4850

                       1/21/16              200-             *DO

                       1/21/16              200            43.4300

                       1/20/16            4,400-             *DO

                       1/19/16              600            41.4300

                       1/19/16              200-           41.4396

                       1/15/16            1,900            40.6486

                       1/15/16            1,600            40.6950

                       1/14/16              400            40.5940

                       1/14/16            1,300-           40.8369

                       1/14/16              200-           40.2792

                       1/13/16              400            40.3651

                       1/13/16            8,000            40.2605

                       1/13/16            3,000            40.2400

                       1/13/16              300-           39.8950

                       1/13/16            2,000-             *DO

                       1/13/16              700              *DI

                       1/13/16            1,000-             *DO

                       1/12/16              500            40.4400

                       1/12/16              200            40.2200

                       1/12/16              200            40.2050

                       1/12/16              300            40.1500

                       1/12/16            6,000-           40.4673

                       1/11/16              200            42.2300

                       1/08/16            1,100-           41.9500

                       1/08/16            4,000-           42.1186

                       1/08/16              300-           42.2001

                       1/07/16              100-           41.9500

                       1/07/16              200            41.9100

                       1/05/16              400            43.1350

                       1/04/16           54,000-             *DO

                       1/04/16              400            42.4400

                      12/31/15              600-             *DO

                      12/31/15              100-             *DO

                      12/31/15              400-             *DO

                      12/31/15              400-           42.1700

                      12/30/15            1,000-           42.4510

                      12/30/15              600-           42.4482

                      12/30/15            1,000            42.4510

                      12/30/15              400-           42.4993

                      12/30/15              150            42.6700

                      12/30/15              400-           42.8101

                      12/30/15            3,631-           42.7655

                      12/30/15              500-           42.6356

                      12/30/15              800-           42.5646

                      12/30/15              400-           42.5001

                      12/30/15            1,000-           42.4510

                      12/30/15              400            42.4993

                      12/29/15              780-           43.3102

                      12/29/15              150-           43.0500

          GABELLI FUNDS, LLC.

             GABELLI VALUE PLUS TRUST PLC

                       1/13/16            1,000            40.1200

                       1/08/16            2,000            42.1263

                      12/29/15            1,000            42.6910

             GABELLI VALUE FUND

                       2/23/16            4,000-           45.2500

                       2/23/16            2,000            45.2500

                      12/29/15            4,000-           43.1380

             GABELLI UTILITY TRUST

                       2/22/16            1,000-           46.9000

                       2/04/16            1,000            46.7108

                       2/04/16            2,000-           46.7108

             GABELLI UTILITIES FUND

                       2/18/16            8,000-           46.5860

                       2/04/16            4,000-           46.7108

                       2/03/16            4,000-           45.6665

                       2/02/16            2,000-           45.0301

                       1/19/16            6,000-           41.4200

                       1/19/16            3,000            41.4200

                       1/08/16            1,000            42.2900

                       1/08/16            2,000-           42.2900

                       1/05/16            6,000-           42.4022

             GABELLI GLOBAL SMALL AND MIDCAP VALUE TRUST

                       1/06/16            1,000            42.3300

                      12/29/15              600-           42.6851

             GABELLI EQUITY INCOME FUND

                       2/08/16           91,000-           45.2313

                       2/01/16            1,000-           44.8575

                       1/29/16            2,000-           44.7500

                       1/11/16            4,000-           41.1538

             GABELLI CONVERTIBLE AND INCOME SECURITIES FUND

                       2/03/16           20,000-           46.0470

             GABELLI ASSET FUND

                       1/08/16            5,800-           42.1671

                       1/08/16            2,900            42.1671

             GABELLI ABC FUND

                       1/21/16            1,000            42.7183

(1) UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED, ALL TRANSACTIONS WERE EFFECTED

    ON THE NYSE.

(2) PRICE EXCLUDES COMMISSION.

(*) RESULTS IN CHANGE OF DISPOSITIVE POWER AND BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP.

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