0001209191-12-033183.txt : 20120611 0001209191-12-033183.hdr.sgml : 20120611 20120611151044 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001209191-12-033183 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 3 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20120607 FILED AS OF DATE: 20120611 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20120611 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Carroll David C. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001455987 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 3 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-03880 FILM NUMBER: 12900309 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O CHANGING WORLD TECHNOLOGIES STREET 2: 460 HEMPSTEAD AVENUE CITY: WEST HEMPSTEAD STATE: NY ZIP: 11552 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: NATIONAL FUEL GAS CO CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000070145 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: NATURAL GAS DISTRIBUTION [4924] IRS NUMBER: 131086010 STATE OF INCORPORATION: NJ FISCAL YEAR END: 0930 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 6363 MAIN STREET CITY: WILLIAMSVILLE STATE: NY ZIP: 14221-5887 BUSINESS PHONE: 716-857-7000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 6363 MAIN STREET STREET 2: 6363 MAIN STREET CITY: WILLIAMSVILLE STATE: NY ZIP: 14221-5887 3 1 c29061_3x0.xml MAIN DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION X0205 3 2012-06-07 0 0000070145 NATIONAL FUEL GAS CO NFG 0001455987 Carroll David C. GAS TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE 1700 S. MOUNT PROSPECT ROAD DES PLAINES IL 60018 1 0 0 0 Common Stock 100 D Exhibit List Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney James R. Peterson, Attorney in Fact 2012-06-11 EX-24 2 c29061_24.htm POWER OF ATTORNEY LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY

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 Anna M. Cellino, Paula M. Ciprich, James R. Peterson 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 shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file SEC Forms 3, 4, 5 and 144 with respect to the undersigned’s holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorney-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Limited Power of Attorney to be executed effective as of June 7, 2012.

Signature:   /s/ David C. Carroll

Name:      David C. Carroll