SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): August 14, 2002

NATIONAL FUEL GAS COMPANY
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

        	New Jersey	1-3880	13-1086010	
        	(State or other jurisdiction incorporation)	(Commission File No.)	(IRS Employer or Identification Number)	
        	10 Lafayette Square, Buffalo, New York	14203	
        	(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)	
 	 	 	
        	Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (716) 857-6987	 	

ITEM 7.     FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.

             (c)     Exhibits	
 	
              Exhibit 99(a) - Statement Under Oath of Principal Executive Officer Regarding	
              Facts and Circumstances Relating to Exchange Act Filings	
 	
              Exhibit 99(b) - Statement Under Oath of Principal Financial Officer Regarding	
              Facts and Circumstances Relating to Exchange Act Filings	

ITEM 9.     REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE.
         On August 14, 2002, National Fuel Gas Company’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer each filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") a sworn statement as required by the Commission’s Order Requiring the Filing of Sworn Statements Pursuant to Section 21(a)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (File No. 4-460; June 27, 2002) (the "Order"). Each statement is in the form of Exhibit A to the Order. Copies of the sworn statements are attached as Exhibits 99(a) and 99(b), respectively, to this Current Report.

SIGNATURES
        Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 	NATIONAL FUEL GAS COMPANY	
 	
 	By:    /s/ James R. Peterson	
 	        James R. Peterson	
 	        Assistant Secretary	

EXHIBIT INDEX

 	Exhibit Number	Description	
 	 	 	
 	99(a)	Statement Under Oath of Principal Executive Officer Regarding Facts and Circumstances Relating to Exchange Act Filings	
 	 	 	
 	99(b)	Statement Under Oath of Principal Financial Officer Regarding Facts and Circumstances Relating to Exchange Act Filings	

Exhibit 99(a)

STATEMENT UNDER OATH OF
PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER
REGARDING FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES RELATING
TO EXCHANGE ACT FILINGS
   I, Philip C. Ackerman, principal executive officer, state and attest that:
   (1)    To the best of my knowledge, based upon a review of the covered reports of National Fuel Gas Company,
             and, except as corrected or supplemented in a subsequent covered report:
·	no covered report contained an untrue statement of a material fact as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it was filed); and

·	no covered report omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the statements in the covered report, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it was filed).
   (2)    I have reviewed the contents of this statement with the Company's audit committee.
   (3)     In this statement under oath, each of the following, if filed on or before the date of this
             statement, is a “covered report”:
·	Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 2001;

·	all reports on Form 10-Q, all reports on Form 8-K and all definitive proxy materials of National Fuel Gas Company filed with the Commission subsequent to the filing of the Form 10-K identified above; and

·	any amendments to any of the foregoing.

 	Subscribed and sworn to	
/s/   Philip C. Ackerman	before me this 13th day of	
Philip C. Ackerman	August, 2002.	
Chairman, President and	 	
Chief Executive Officer	/s/   Janet M. Conrad	
August 13, 2002	Notary Public	
 	 	
 	My Commission Expires: 2-28-03	

Exhibit 99(b)

STATEMENT UNDER OATH OF
PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL OFFICER
REGARDING FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES RELATING
TO EXCHANGE ACT FILINGS
   I, Joseph P. Pawlowski, principal financial officer, state and attest that:
   (1)    To the best of my knowledge, based upon a review of the covered reports of National Fuel Gas Company,
             and, except as corrected or supplemented in a subsequent covered report:
·	no covered report contained an untrue statement of a material fact as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it was filed); and

·	no covered report omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the statements in the covered report, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it was filed).
   (2)    I have reviewed the contents of this statement with the Company's audit committee.
   (3)     In this statement under oath, each of the following, if filed on or before the date of this
             statement, is a “covered report”:
·	Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 2001;

·	all reports on Form 10-Q, all reports on Form 8-K and all definitive proxy materials of National Fuel Gas Company filed with the Commission subsequent to the filing of the Form 10-K identified above; and

·	any amendments to any of the foregoing.

 	Subscribed and sworn to	
/s/   Joseph P. Pawlowski	before me this 13th day of	
Joseph P. Pawlowski	August, 2002.	
Treasurer and Principal Financial Officer	 	
August 13, 2002	/s/   Janet M. Conrad	
 	Notary Public	
 	 	
 	My Commission Expires: 2-28-03