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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549


SCHEDULE 13D

Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Amendment No. 9)



National Fuel Gas Company
(Name of Issuer)

Common Stock
(Title of Class of Securities)


                                                                                                                   _______636180101_________
(CUSIP Number)

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)


______________________ November 9, 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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CUSIP No. 636180101
1
Names of reporting persons
I.R.S. identification nos. of above persons (entities only)
        Gabelli Funds, LLC                            I.D. No.  13-4044523
2
Check the appropriate box if a member of a group (SEE INSTRUCTIONS) (a)
 
 
(b)
 
3
Sec use only
 
4
Source of funds (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
   00-Funds of investment advisory clients
 
5
Check box if disclosure of legal proceedings is required pursuant to items 2 (d) or 2 (e)
 
 
6
Citizenship or place of organization
   New York
 
Number Of
 
Shares
 
Beneficially
 
Owned
 
By Each
 
Reporting
 
Person
 
With
: 7
:
:
:
Sole voting power
 
3,369,400  (Item 5)
: 8
:
:
:
Shared voting power
 
None
: 9
:
:
:
Sole dispositive power
 
3,369,400  (Item 5)
:10
:
:
:
Shared dispositive power
 
None
11
 
 
 
Aggregate amount beneficially owned by each reporting person
 
3,369,400  (Item 5)
12
 
 
 
Check box if the aggregate amount in row (11) excludes certain shares
(SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
13
 
 
 
Percent of class represented by amount in row (11)
 
3.96%
14
 
 
 
Type of reporting person (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
    IA, CO
 
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CUSIP No. 636180101
1
Names of reporting persons
I.R.S. identification nos. of above persons (entities only)
        GAMCO Asset Management Inc.  I.D. No.  13-4044521
2
Check the appropriate box if a member of a group (SEE INSTRUCTIONS) (a)
 
 
(b)
 
3
Sec use only
 
4
Source of funds (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
 00-Funds of investment advisory clients
 
5
Check box if disclosure of legal proceedings is required pursuant to items 2 (d) or 2 (e)
 
 
6
Citizenship or place of organization
   New York
 
Number Of
 
Shares
 
Beneficially
 
Owned
 
By Each
 
Reporting
 
Person
 
With
: 7
:
:
:
Sole voting power
 
3,016,665 (Item 5)
: 8
:
:
:
Shared voting power
 
None
: 9
:
:
:
Sole dispositive power
 
3,154,815 (Item 5)
:10
:
:
:
Shared dispositive power
 
None
11
 
 
 
Aggregate amount beneficially owned by each reporting person
 
3,154,815 (Item 5)
12
 
 
 
Check box if the aggregate amount in row (11) excludes certain shares
(SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
13
 
 
 
Percent of class represented by amount in row (11)
 
3.71%


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CUSIP No. 636180101
1
Names of reporting persons
I.R.S. identification nos. of above persons (entities only)
        Gabelli Securities, Inc.                            I.D. No.  13-3379374
2
Check the appropriate box if a member of a group (SEE INSTRUCTIONS) (a)
 
 
(b)
 
3
Sec use only
 
4
Source of funds (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
00 – Client funds
 
5
Check box if disclosure of legal proceedings is required pursuant to items 2 (d) or 2 (e)
 
 
6
Citizenship or place of organization
   Delaware
 
Number Of
 
Shares
 
Beneficially
 
Owned
 
By Each
 
Reporting
 
Person
 
With
: 7
:
:
:
Sole voting power
 
4,800  (Item 5)
: 8
:
:
:
Shared voting power
 
None
: 9
:
:
:
Sole dispositive power
 
4,800  (Item 5)
:10
:
:
:
Shared dispositive power
 
None
11
 
 
 
Aggregate amount beneficially owned by each reporting person
 
4,800  (Item 5)
12
 
 
 
Check box if the aggregate amount in row (11) excludes certain shares
(SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
13
 
 
 
Percent of class represented by amount in row (11)
 
0.01%
14
 
 
 
Type of reporting person (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
    HC, CO, IA
 
4

CUSIP No. 636180101
1
Names of reporting persons
I.R.S. identification nos. of above persons (entities only)
        MJG Associates, Inc. I.D. No.  06-1304269
2 
Check the appropriate box if a member of a group (SEE INSTRUCTIONS) (a)
 
 
(b)
 
3
Sec use only
 
 
4
Source of funds (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
00-Client Funds
 
5 
Check box if disclosure of legal proceedings is required pursuant to items 2 (d) or 2 (e)
 
 
6
Citizenship or place of organization
   Connecticut
 
Number Of
 
Shares
 
Beneficially
 
Owned
 
By Each
 
Reporting
 
Person
 
With
: 7
:
:
:
Sole voting power
 
3,000  (Item 5)
: 8
:
:
:
Shared voting power
 
None
: 9
:
:
:
Sole dispositive power
 
3,000  (Item 5)
:10
:
:
:
Shared dispositive power
 
None
11
 
 
 
Aggregate amount beneficially owned by each reporting person
 
3,000  (Item 5)
12
 
 
 
Check box if the aggregate amount in row (11) excludes certain shares
 (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
13
 
 
 
Percent of class represented by amount in row (11)
 
0.00%
14
 
 
 
Type of reporting person (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
 CO
 
5

CUSIP No. 636180101
1
Names of reporting persons
I.R.S. identification nos. of above persons (entities only)
        Gabelli Foundation, Inc.                                                                 I.D. No.  94-2975159
2
Check the appropriate box if a member of a group (SEE INSTRUCTIONS) (a)
 
 
(b)
 
3
Sec use only
 
4
Source of funds (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
     WC
 
5
Check box if disclosure of legal proceedings is required pursuant to items 2 (d) or 2 (e)
 
 
6
Citizenship or place of organization
   NV
 
Number Of
 
Shares
 
Beneficially
 
Owned
 
By Each
 
Reporting
 
Person
 
With
: 7
:
:
:
Sole voting power
 
14,000 (Item 5)
: 8
:
:
:
Shared voting power
 
None
: 9
:
:
:
Sole dispositive power
 
14,000 (Item 5)
:10
:
:
:
Shared dispositive power
 
None
11
 
 
 
Aggregate amount beneficially owned by each reporting person
 
14,000 (Item 5)
12
 
 
 
Check box if the aggregate amount in row (11) excludes certain shares
(SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
13
 
 
 
Percent of class represented by amount in row (11)
 
   0.02%
14
 
 
 
Type of reporting person (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
    00-Private Foundation
 
6

CUSIP No. 636180101
1
Names of reporting persons
I.R.S. identification nos. of above persons (entities only)
        MJG-IV Limited Partnership                                                                                     I.D. No.  13-3191826
 
Check the appropriate box if a member of a group (SEE INSTRUCTIONS) (a)
 
 
(b)
3
Sec use only
 
4
Source of funds (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
00 – Private Funds
 
5
Check box if disclosure of legal proceedings is required pursuant to items 2 (d) or 2 (e)
 
 
6
Citizenship or place of organization
  New York
 
Number Of
 
Shares
 
Beneficially
 
Owned
 
By Each
 
Reporting
 
Person
 
With
: 7
:
:
:
Sole voting power
 
8,000 (Item 5)
: 8
:
:
:
Shared voting power
 
None
: 9
:
:
:
Sole dispositive power
 
8,000 (Item 5)
:10
:
:
:
Shared dispositive power
 
None
11
 
 
 
Aggregate amount beneficially owned by each reporting person
 
8,000 (Item 5)
12
 
 
 
Check box if the aggregate amount in row (11) excludes certain shares
(SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
13
 
 
 
Percent of class represented by amount in row (11)
 
0.01%
14
 
 
 
Type of reporting person (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
    PN

7

CUSIP No. 636180101
1
Names of reporting persons
I.R.S. identification nos. of above persons (entities only)
GGCP, Inc.                                                                                                         I.D. No.  13-3056041
2
Check the appropriate box if a member of a group (SEE INSTRUCTIONS) (a)
 
 
(b)
 
3
Sec use only
 
4
Source of funds (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
WC
 
5
Check box if disclosure of legal proceedings is required pursuant to items 2 (d) or 2 (e)
 
 
6
Citizenship or place of organization
Wyoming
 
Number Of
 
Shares
 
Beneficially
 
Owned
 
By Each
 
Reporting
 
Person
 
With
: 7
:
:
:
Sole voting power
 
20,000   (Item 5)
: 8
:
:
:
Shared voting power
 
None
: 9
:
:
:
Sole dispositive power
 
20,000   (Item 5)
:10
:
:
:
Shared dispositive power
 
None
11
 
 
 
Aggregate amount beneficially owned by each reporting person
 
20,000   (Item 5)
 
12
 
 
 
Check box if the aggregate amount in row (11) excludes certain shares
(SEE INSTRUCTIONS) X
13
 
 
 
Percent of class represented by amount in row (11)
 
0.02%
 
14
 
 
Type of reporting person (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
    HC, CO

8

CUSIP No. 636180101
1
Names of reporting persons
I.R.S. identification nos. of above persons (entities only)
        GAMCO Investors, Inc.                                                                                           I.D. No.  13-4007862
 
Check the appropriate box if a member of a group (SEE INSTRUCTIONS) (a)
 
 
(b)
 
3
Sec use only
 
4
Source of funds (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
WC
 
5
Check box if disclosure of legal proceedings is required pursuant to items 2 (d) or 2 (e)
 
 
6
Citizenship or place of organization
  Delaware
 
Number Of
 
Shares
 
Beneficially
 
Owned
 
By Each
 
Reporting
 
Person
 
With
: 7
:
:
:
Sole voting power
 
70      (Item 5)
: 8
:
:
:
Shared voting power
 
None
: 9
:
:
:
Sole dispositive power
 
70       (Item 5)
:10
:
:
:
Shared dispositive power
 
None
11
 
 
 
Aggregate amount beneficially owned by each reporting person
 
70 (Item 5)
 
12
 
 
 
Check box if the aggregate amount in row (11) excludes certain shares
(SEE INSTRUCTIONS) X
13
 
 
 
Percent of class represented by amount in row (11)
 
0.00%
14
 
 
 
Type of reporting person (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
    HC, CO

9

CUSIP No. 636180101
1
Names of reporting persons
I.R.S. identification nos. of above persons (entities only)
        Associated Capital Group, Inc.                                                                                  I.D. No. 47-3965991
 
Check the appropriate box if a member of a group (SEE INSTRUCTIONS) (a)
 
 
(b)
 
3
Sec use only
 
4
Source of funds (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
WC
 
5
Check box if disclosure of legal proceedings is required pursuant to items 2 (d) or 2 (e)
 
 
6
Citizenship or place of organization
  Delaware
 
Number Of
 
Shares
 
Beneficially
 
Owned
 
By Each
 
Reporting
 
Person
 
With
: 7
:
:
:
Sole voting power
 
600   (Item 5)
: 8
:
:
:
Shared voting power
 
None
: 9
:
:
:
Sole dispositive power
 
600   (Item 5)
:10
:
:
:
Shared dispositive power
 
None
11
 
 
 
Aggregate amount beneficially owned by each reporting person
 
600   (Item 5)
 
12
 
 
 
Check box if the aggregate amount in row (11) excludes certain shares
(SEE INSTRUCTIONS) X
13
 
 
 
Percent of class represented by amount in row (11)
 
0.00%
14
 
 
 
Type of reporting person (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
    HC, CO
 
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CUSIP No. 636180101
1
Names of reporting persons
I.R.S. identification nos. of above persons (entities only)
        Mario J. Gabelli
2
Check the appropriate box if a member of a group (SEE INSTRUCTIONS) (a)
 
 
(b)
 
3
Sec use only
 
4
Source of funds (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
00 – Funds of a Private Entity
 
5
Check box if disclosure of legal proceedings is required pursuant to items 2 (d) or 2 (e)
 
 
6
Citizenship or place of organization
   USA
 
Number Of
 
Shares
 
Beneficially
 
Owned
 
By Each
 
Reporting
 
Person
 
With
: 7
:
:
:
Sole voting power
 
64,500   (Item 5)
: 8
:
:
:
Shared voting power
 
None
: 9
:
:
:
Sole dispositive power
 
64,500   (Item 5)
:10
:
:
:
Shared dispositive power
 
None
11
 
 
 
Aggregate amount beneficially owned by each reporting person
 
64,500   (Item 5)
 
12
 
 
 
Check box if the aggregate amount in row (11) excludes certain shares
(SEE INSTRUCTIONS) X
13
 
 
 
Percent of class represented by amount in row (11)
 
0.08%
14
 
 
Type of reporting person (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
    IN

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Item 1. Security and Issuer
This Amendment No. 9  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. Identity and Background
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 wholly 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., GAMA Select Energy + L.P., GAMCO Medical Opportunities L.P., and Gabelli Multimedia Partners, 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 ESG Fund, Inc., The Gabelli Healthcare & Wellness Rx Trust, The Gabelli Global Small and Mid Cap Value Trust, Gabelli Value Plus+ Trust, The Gabelli Go Anywhere 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 Mitessm 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 the Chief Executive Officer, 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 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 is a New York corporation 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.  G.research is a Delaware limited liability company having its principal officers at One Corporate Center, Rye, New York 10580.  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.
 (f) – Reference is made to Schedule I hereto.

Item 4. Purpose of Transaction
                                 Item 4 to Schedule 13D is amended, in pertinent part, as follows:
 On November 9, 2016, GAMCO Asset Management Inc. ("GAMCO") and certain affiliates, delivered a letter to the Issuer (the "Nomination Letter") nominating Mr. Lance A. Bakrow (the "Nominee") for election to the Issuer's Board of Directors (the "Board") at the Issuer's 2017 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the "2017 Annual Meeting").  GAMCO's nomination is pursuant to Article IA of the Issuer's Bylaws, which is a recently-adopted proxy access provision which is intended to provide stockholders with greater access to put forward nominations of individuals for director on the Issuer's proxy card.  GAMCO believes its Nominee's skill sets and highly relevant business and financial experience, as evidenced by his bio below, will be extremely valuable to the Issuer and GAMCO is confident that its Nominee will have an immediate positive impact on the Board.
Below is information regarding GAMCO's independent highly-qualified nominee:
Lance A. Bakrow, Age 59, is the co-founder and a director of Greenwich Energy Solutions, a private company that provides independent energy solutions in the northeastern United States ("GES").  Mr. Bakrow founded and has worked at GES since July 2009.  Mr. Bakrow is also co-founder and director at SourceGreen, LLC ("SourceGreen"), a private company that is a leading developer, owner and operator of industrial scale renewable energy solar infrastructure projects, which he co-founded in October 2010.  In 1994, Mr. Bakrow founded Greenwich Energy Partners, a private global energy trading and asset investment firm which, after extremely rapid growth, was sold in 1997 to Duke Energy Corporation (NYSE: DUK) (f/k/a Cinergy Corp.), an electric power holding company, where he continued to work until 2008.  Mr. Bakrow, in 2000, formed Greenwich Power, a private equity company focused on energy investments in new technology, alternative energy, and energy risk management solutions and he worked there as co-founder and director until 2006.  Prior to this, from 1985 to 1994, Mr. Bakrow worked as a Partner at The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS) ("Goldman Sachs"), a global investment banking firm, where he ran energy and other related commodity trading and marketing, for the firm.  Prior to his time at Goldman Sachs, Mr. Bakrow worked as a trader at Cargill, Inc., a privately held global agribusiness company, from 1981 to 1985.  Mr. Bakrow earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Business from the University of Arizona in 1979.

Item 5. Interest In Securities Of The Issuer
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 6,639,185 shares, representing 7.81% of the 84,988,442 shares outstanding as reported in the Issuer's most recent Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2016.  The Reporting Persons beneficially own those Securities as follows:
Name
Shares of
Common Stock
% of Class of
Common
 
GAMCO
 
3,154,815
 
3.71%
 
Gabelli Funds
 
GSI
 
Foundation
 
Mario Gabelli
 
MJG Associates
 
GGCP
 
MJG-IV
 
GBL
 
AC
 
 
3,369,400
 
4,800
 
14,000
 
64,500
 
3,000
 
20,000
 
8,000
 
70
 
600
 
3.96%
 
0.01%
 
0.02%
 
0.08%
 
0.00%
 
0.02%
 
0.01%
 
0.00%
 
0.00%
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 138,150 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.

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Signature
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.
Dated: November 9, 2016


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.


By:/s/ David Goldman 
     David Goldman
     General Counsel – Teton Advisors, Inc.



ASSOCIATED CAPITAL GROUP, INC.


By:/s/ Kevin Handwerker 
     Kevin Handwerker
                General Counsel & Secretary – Associated Capital Group, Inc.



GAMCO ASSET MANAGEMENT INC.
  GAMCO INVESTORS, INC.
GABELLI SECURITIES, INC.
GABELLI FUNDS, LLC


By:/s/ Douglas R. Jamieson 
     Douglas R. Jamieson
                    President & Chief Operating Officer – GAMCO Investors, Inc.
      President – GAMCO Asset Management Inc.
      President – Gabelli Securities, Inc.
       President & Chief Operating Officer of the sole member of
Gabelli Funds, LLC

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 Schedule I
                                    Information with Respect to Executive
                                Officers and Directors of the Undersigned
Schedule I to Schedule 13D is amended, in pertinent part, as follows:

The following sets forth as to each of the executive officers and directors of the undersigned: his name; his business address; his present principal occupation or employment and the name, principal business and address of any corporation or other organization in which such employment is conducted.  Unless otherwise specified, the principal employer of each such individual is GAMCO Asset Management Inc., Gabelli Funds, LLC, Gabelli Securities, Inc., G.research, LLC, Teton Advisors, Inc., Associated Capital Group, Inc. or GAMCO Investors, Inc., the business address of each of which is One Corporate Center, Rye, New York 10580, and each such individual identified below is a citizen of the United States.  To the knowledge of the undersigned, during the last five years, no such person has been convicted in a criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations or similar misdemeanors), and no such person was a party to a civil proceeding of a judicial or administrative body of competent jurisdiction as a result of which he was or is subject to a judgment, decree or final order enjoining future violations of, or prohibiting or mandating activities subject to, federal or state securities law or finding any violation with respect to such laws except as reported in Item 2(d) and (e) of this Schedule 13D.
















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GAMCO Investors, Inc.
Directors:
   
 
               Edwin L. Artzt
 
 
 
 
Raymond C. Avansino
 
 
 
 
 
Former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Procter & Gamble Company
900 Adams Crossing
Cincinnati, OH 45202
 
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
E.L. Wiegand Foundation
165 West Liberty Street
Reno, NV 89501
 
 
Mario J. Gabelli
 
 
 
 
 
 
              Elisa M. Wilson
Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer of GGCP, Inc.
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of GAMCO Investors, Inc.
Executive Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of Associated Capital Group, Inc.
Director/Trustee of all registered investment companies advised by Gabelli Funds, LLC.
 
Director
c/o GAMCO Investors, Inc.
One Corporate Center
Rye, NY 10580
 
     
               Eugene R. McGrath
 
Former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Consolidated Edison, Inc.
4 Irving Place
New York, NY 10003
 
 
               Robert S. Prather
 
 
President & Chief Executive Officer
Heartland Media, LLC
1843 West Wesley Road
Atlanta, GA 30327
 
 
Officers:
   
Mario J. Gabelli
 
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
 
 
Douglas R. Jamieson
 
Henry G. Van der Eb
 
Bruce N. Alpert
 
Agnes Mullady
 
Kevin Handwerker
 
President and Chief Operating Officer
 
Senior Vice President
 
Senior Vice President
 
Senior Vice President
 
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
 
     
GAMCO Asset Management Inc.
Directors:
 
   
Douglas R. Jamieson
Regina M. Pitaro
William S. Selby
 
   
Officers:
 
   
Mario J. Gabelli
Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer – Value Portfolios
 
 
Douglas R. Jamieson
 
               David Goldman
 
President, Chief Operating Officer and Managing Director
 
General Counsel, Secretary & Chief Compliance Officer
 
 
Gabelli Funds, LLC
Officers:
 
   
Mario J. Gabelli
 
Chief Investment Officer – Value Portfolios
 
Bruce N. Alpert
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
 
 
               Agnes Mullady
President and Chief Operating Officer – Open End Fund Division
 
 
               David Goldman
 
General Counsel
 
     
 
Gabelli Foundation, Inc.
Officers:
 
                Mario J. Gabelli
Chairman, Trustee & Chief Investment Officer
 
                Elisa M. Wilson
 
                Marc Gabelli
 
                Matthew R. Gabelli
 
                Michael Gabelli
President
 
Trustee
 
Trustee
 
Trustee
 
MJG-IV Limited Partnership
Officers:
 
                 Mario J. Gabelli
General Partner









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GGCP, Inc.
Directors:
 
               Mario J. Gabelli
 
Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer of GGCP, Inc.
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of GAMCO Investors, Inc.
Executive Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of Associated Capital Group, Inc.
Director/Trustee of all registered investment companies advised by Gabelli Funds, LLC.
 
Marc Gabelli
 
President of Associated Capital Group, Inc.
President and Managing Director of Gabelli Securities, Inc.
 
Matthew R. Gabelli
 
Vice President – Trading
G.research, Inc.
One Corporate Center
Rye,  NY 10580
 
              Michael Gabelli
 
 
President & COO
Gabelli & Partners, LLC
One Corporate Center
Rye, NY 10580
 
 
              Frederic V. Salerno
 
Chairman
Former Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer
Verizon Communications
 
 
               Vincent S. Tese
 
Executive Chairman – FCB Financial Corp
   
Officers:
 
Mario J. Gabelli
Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer
              Marc Gabelli
President
               Silvio A. Berni
 
Vice President, Assistant Secretary and Controller
   
GGCP Holdings LLC
Members:
 
              GGCP, Inc.
 
              Mario J. Gabelli
 
 
 
Manager and Member
 
Member







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Teton Advisors, Inc.
Directors:
 
Howard F. Ward
 
               Nicholas F. Galluccio
 
               Vincent J. Amabile
 
               John Tesoro
 
Chairman of the Board
 
Chief Executive Officer and President
 
 
Officers:
 
Howard F. Ward
 
               Nicholas F. Galluccio
 
               Michael J. Mancuso
 
               David Goldman
 
               Tiffany Hayden
 
See above
 
See above
 
Chief Financial Officer
 
General Counsel
 
Secretary
   
















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Associated Capital Group, Inc.
Directors:
 
Mario J. Gabelli
 
Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer of GGCP, Inc.
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of GAMCO Investors, Inc.
Executive Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of Associated Capital Group, Inc.
Director/Trustee of all registered investment companies advised by Gabelli Funds, LLC.
 
Marc Gabelli
 
Chairman of The LGL Group, Inc.
2525 Shader Road
Orlando, FL 32804
 
Richard L. Bready
 
Former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Nortek, Inc.
50 Kennedy Plaza
Providence, RI 02903
 
              Bruce Lisman
 
 
Former Chairman - JP Morgan – Global Equity Division
Daniel R. Lee
 
 
 
Chief Executive Officer
Full House Resorts, Inc.
4670 South Ford Apache Road, Suite 190
Las Vegas, NV 89147
 
              Salvatore F. Sodano
 
Vice Chairman of the Board (see above)
 
Officers:
 
Mario J. Gabelli
 
               Marc Gabelli
 
               Patrick Dennis
 
               Kevin Handwerker
 
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
 
President
 
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
 
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
 
   
Gabelli Securities, Inc.
 
Directors:
 
 
              Douglas R. Jamieson
 
 
President
 

Officers:
 
Mario J. Gabelli
 
              Douglas R. Jamieson
 
Patrick Dennis
 
Kevin Handwerker
 
David Fitzgerald
Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
 
President
 
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
 
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
 
Assistant Secretary
G.research, LLC
 
 
 
Officers:
 
               Cornelius V. McGinity
 
President
Bruce N. Alpert
 
               Douglas R. Jamieson
 
               David M. Goldman
 
               Josephine D. LaFauci
Vice President
 
Secretary
 
Assistant Secretary
 
Chief Compliance Officer


























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                                   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

          GABELLI SECURITIES, INC.
                       9/20/16              300-           56.2167
          GAMCO ASSET MANAGEMENT INC.
                      11/08/16              500            52.8020
                      11/08/16              300            52.7733
                      11/07/16              600            51.2400
                      11/07/16            2,800-           51.5010
                      11/07/16            1,200-           51.2400
                      11/07/16            1,400            51.5010
                      11/04/16              300-           51.2500
                      11/02/16            2,000            51.8347
                      11/02/16              100-           51.5400
                      11/02/16              265-           51.4840
                      11/02/16              600-           51.7501
                      11/01/16              200-           51.5675
                      10/31/16              400            52.4000
                      10/31/16              900            52.5744
                      10/31/16              500-           52.8580
                      10/28/16              100-           52.2800
                      10/27/16              150            52.3700
                      10/27/16              300-           52.2876
                      10/27/16              900-           52.0956
                      10/25/16              100            52.5200
                      10/25/16              525-             *DO
                      10/25/16               25-             *DO
                      10/24/16              200            51.9500
                      10/24/16            1,000            52.0614
                      10/21/16              300-             *DO
                      10/20/16              200            52.3200
                      10/20/16              100-           51.7100
                      10/19/16              200-           53.2000
                      10/17/16              550-           53.2000
                      10/14/16              200-           54.0000
                      10/12/16              300            52.1500
                      10/12/16              250-           52.1080
                      10/12/16            3,700            52.7464
                      10/12/16            1,000            52.5560
                      10/10/16            1,000-             *DO
                      10/06/16              180-           54.2500
                      10/05/16            2,000-           54.2265
                      10/04/16            1,400            53.7200
                      10/04/16            1,000-           53.4250
                      10/04/16              400            53.7375
                      10/03/16              300-           53.5800
                      10/03/16               73            53.6600
                       9/30/16            2,200            53.9616
                       9/30/16              500-             *DO
                       9/29/16              400-           54.8900
                       9/28/16              450            54.3164
                       9/28/16            6,000-           54.8954
                       9/27/16            1,300-           55.2500
                       9/27/16              500-           55.2820
                       9/26/16              700-           55.6344
                       9/23/16              800-           56.2634
                       9/21/16              200-             *DO
                       9/19/16               50-           55.4200
                       9/16/16              200-             *DO
                       9/15/16              200            54.8950
                       9/15/16              300-             *DO
                       9/14/16            7,900-             *DO
                       9/13/16              100-           54.7200
                       9/13/16              100            54.6900
                       9/12/16              100-           56.2500
                       9/12/16              600-           56.1053
                       9/12/16              682            56.3047
                       9/09/16              100              *DI
           GABELLI FUNDS, LLC.
               GABELLI VALUE FUND
                       9/28/16            2,000-           54.9415
                       9/16/16            1,000-           54.7092
               GABELLI UTILITY FUND
                      10/14/16              600-           54.4467
                      10/13/16            8,900-           54.0022
                       9/29/16            5,000-           54.8662
                       9/28/16            3,500-           54.9207
                       9/23/16            2,000-           56.3194
                       9/21/16            2,000-           56.7400
                       9/20/16            3,000-           56.3487
                       9/19/16            4,500-           55.6533
               GABELLI GLOBAL SMALL AND MIDCAP VALUE
                       9/19/16              400            55.6700
               GABELLI EQUITY INCOME FUND
                       9/27/16            1,000-           55.1713
           ASSOCIATED CAPITAL GROUP INC.
                       9/09/16              600-           58.6200

(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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