Rule 424(b)(3)
                                                          File No. 33-49401


          PRICING SUPPLEMENT NO. 7, DATED FEBRUARY 27, 1996
          (To Prospectus dated April 15, 1994
          and Prospectus Supplement dated April 15, 1994)

          NATIONAL FUEL GAS COMPANY

          (Medium-Term Notes, Series C)

          Trade Date:   February 27, 1996

          Principal Amount:   $100,000,000

          Price to Public:   At varying prices as described below

          Issue Date:    March 1, 1996 (the Offered Notes
                            will bear interest from March 1, 1996)

          Maturity Date:   March 1, 1999

          Interest Rate:   5.58%

          Underwriting Discounts and Commissions:   .35%

          Proceeds to the Company:   $99,650,000

          Redemption Terms:   Non-Redeemable


                                     UNDERWRITING

                    Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in a
          Terms Agreement, dated February 27, 1996, between Bear, Stearns &
          Co. Inc. (the "Purchaser") and the Company (the "Terms
          Agreement"), the Purchaser has agreed to purchase from the
          Company, and the Company has agreed to sell to the Purchaser, as
          principal, $100,000,000 principal amount of the Offered Notes.

                    The Company has been advised by the Purchaser that it
          proposes to offer the Offered Notes to one or more investors or
          other purchasers, including other dealers, from time to time in
          one or more transactions, including negotiated transactions, at
          varying prices related to prevailing market prices at the time of
          resale.

                    Under the terms and conditions of the Terms Agreement,
          the Company has agreed that during the period ending on the Issue
          Date set forth above, it will not offer for sale, issue or sell,
          or enter into any agreement to offer for sale, issue or sell, any
          securities of the Company having terms substantially similar to
          those of the Offered Notes.

                                 COMPANY UNDERTAKING

                    The Company undertakes to provide without charge to
          each person, including any beneficial owner, to whom a copy of
          the accompanying Prospectus has been delivered, on the written or
          oral request of any such person, a copy of any or all of the
          documents referred to therein which have been or may be
          incorporated in the accompanying Prospectus by reference, other
          than exhibits to such documents (unless such exhibits are
          specifically incorporated by reference into such documents). 
          Requests for such copies should be directed to:  Curtis W. Lee,
          General Manager - Finance, National Fuel Gas Company, 10
          Lafayette Square, Buffalo, New York  14203, telephone (716) 857-
          7812.

                                       EXPERTS

                    The financial statements incorporated in the
          accompanying Prospectus by reference to the Annual Report on Form
          10-K, for the year ended September 30, 1995, have been so
          incorporated in reliance on the report of Price Waterhouse LLP,
          independent accountants, given on the authority of said firm as
          experts in auditing and accounting.

                    The information incorporated in the accompanying
          Prospectus by reference to the Company's Annual Report on Form
          10-K, for the fiscal year ended September 30, 1995, relating to
          the oil and gas reserves of Seneca Resources Corporation, which
          has been specifically attributed to Ralph E. Davis Associates,
          Inc., has been reviewed and verified by that firm and has been
          included herein in reliance upon the authority of said firm as 
          an expert.