FORM 4
[ ] Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).         	UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES
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                      	Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	                      	

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *

SHAW JEFFREY W	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol

NATIONAL FUEL GAS CO [ NFG ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)

__ X __ Director                      _____ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below)      _____ Other (specify below)	
(Last)          (First)          (Middle)

5241 SPRING MOUNTAIN ROAD	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (MM/DD/YYYY)

4/1/2016		
(Street)

LAS VEGAS, NV 89150
(City)        (State)        (Zip)	4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed (MM/DD/YYYY)

 	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

_ X _ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person	

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned	
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 3)	2. Trans. Date	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any	3. Trans. Code
(Instr. 8)	4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5)	5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)	
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price				
Common Stock   (1)	4/1/2016  	 	A	  	600  	A	$49.99  	5316  	D  	
 	
Common Stock  	 	 	 	  	 	 	 	100  	I  	By trust  	

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned ( e.g. , puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)	
1. Title of Derivate Security
(Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Trans. Date	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any	4. Trans. Code
(Instr. 8)	5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5)	6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date	7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security
(Instr. 3 and 4)	8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)	
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares					

Explanation of Responses:	
(  1) 	Acquired through quarterly grant under the National Fuel Gas Company 2009 Non-Employee Director Equity Compensation Plan.	

Reporting Owners	
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships	
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other	
SHAW JEFFREY W
5241 SPRING MOUNTAIN ROAD
LAS VEGAS, NV 89150	X				

Signatures		
J. P. Baetzhold, Attorney in Fact		4/5/2016	
** Signature of Reporting Person		Date

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LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY

      Know all by these presents, that the undersigned officer and/or director of National

Fuel Gas Company (the "Company") hereby constitutes and appoints Paula M. Ciprich,

Sarah J. Mugel, Michael W. Reville and James P. Baetzhold, or any of them, the undersigned's

true and lawful attorneys-in-fact to:

(1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned SEC Forms 3, 4, 5 and 144 reporting the

undersigned's holdings of and transactions in Company securities, in accordance with

the Securities Act of 1933, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules

thereunder, all as amended;

(2) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be

necessary or desirable to complete and execute, manually or electronically, any such

Forms 3, 4, 5, or 144, and timely file any such form with the United States Securities

and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

(3) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in

the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or

legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed

by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney

shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-

fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.

      The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to

do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be

done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and

purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of

substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in fact, or

such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue

of this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.  The undersigned

acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of

the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's

responsibilities to comply with the Securities Act of 1933 or the Securities Exchange Act of

1934, as amended.

      This Power of Attorney supersedes any prior power of attorney executed by the

undersigned with respect to the matters set forth herein.

      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Limited Power of Attorney

to be executed effective as of April 1, 2016.

     Signature:    /s/  Jeffrey W. Shaw

     Name:         J. W. Shaw