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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 22, 2016

Registration No. 333-          

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Under
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

CABOT OIL & GAS CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization) 04-3072771
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

Three Memorial City Plaza
840 Gessner Road, Suite 1400
Houston, Texas 77024
(281) 589-4600
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant's principal executive offices)

Deidre L. Shearer
Corporate Secretary and Managing Counsel
Three Memorial City Plaza
840 Gessner Road, Suite 1400
Houston, Texas 77024
(281) 589-4600
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

Copy to:

J. David Kirkland, Jr.
Andrew J. Ericksen
Baker Botts L.L.P.
910 Louisiana
Houston, Texas 77002-4995
(713) 229-1234

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public:
From time to time after the effective date of this Registration Statement.

          If the only securities being registered on this Form are to be offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box.    o

          If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or interest reinvestment plans, check the following box.    ý

          If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.    o

          If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.    o

          If this Form is a registration statement pursuant to General Instruction I.D. or a post-effective amendment thereto that shall become effective upon filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 462(e) under the Securities Act, check the following box.    ý

          If this Form is a post-effective amendment to a registration statement filed pursuant to General Instruction I.D. filed to register additional securities or additional classes of securities pursuant to Rule 413(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box.    o

          Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer ý Accelerated filer o Non-accelerated filer o
(Do not check if a
smaller reporting company) Smaller reporting company o

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

Title of Each Class of Securities to be Registered	Amount to be Registered/Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Unit/Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price/Amount of Registration Fee(1)
Common Stock, par value $.10 per share

(1)

There is being registered hereunder such indeterminate number of shares of common stock of the registrant as may from time to time be issued at indeterminate prices. In reliance on Rule 456(b) and Rule 457(r) under the Securities Act, the registrant hereby defers payment of the registration fee required in connection with this registration statement.

Prospectus

Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation

Common Stock

        This prospectus contains summaries of the general terms of the shares of common stock and the general manner in which they will be offered for sale. At the time of each offering, we will provide the specific terms, manner of offering and the initial offering price to public of the securities in a supplement to this prospectus. The prospectus supplements may add to, update or change information contained in this prospectus. You should read this prospectus and any supplement carefully before you invest. Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation common stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the trading symbol "COG."

Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or determined if this prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

        The date of this prospectus is February 22, 2016

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS	1
ABOUT CABOT OIL & GAS CORPORATION	2
WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION	2
FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION	3
USE OF PROCEEDS	3
DESCRIPTION OF CAPITAL STOCK	4
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION	6
LEGAL MATTERS	8
EXPERTS	8

ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS

        This prospectus is part of a registration statement that we have filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") using a "shelf" registration process. Using this process, we may offer the securities described in this prospectus in one or more offerings. This prospectus provides you with a general description of the securities we may offer. Each time we use this prospectus to offer securities, we will provide a prospectus supplement and, if applicable, a pricing supplement that will describe the specific terms of the offering. The prospectus supplement and any pricing supplement may also add to, update or change the information contained in this prospectus. Please carefully read this prospectus, the prospectus supplement and any pricing supplement, in addition to the information contained in the documents we refer to under the heading "Where You Can Find More Information."

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ABOUT CABOT OIL & GAS CORPORATION

        We are an independent oil and gas company engaged in the development, exploitation and exploration of oil and gas properties. Our assets are concentrated in areas with known hydrocarbon resources, which are conducive to multi-well, repeatable drilling programs. We operate in one segment, natural gas and oil development, exploitation, exploration and production, in the continental United States. We have offices located in Houston, Texas and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Our principal executive office is located at Three Memorial City Plaza, 840 Gessner Road, Suite 1400, Houston, Texas 77024, and our telephone number at that address is (281) 589-4600.

WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION

        We file annual, quarterly and current reports, proxy statements and other information with the SEC. You can read and copy these materials at the SEC's public reference room at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549. You can obtain information about the operation of the SEC's public reference room by calling the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330. The SEC also maintains an Internet site that contains information we have filed electronically with the SEC, which you can access at http://www.sec.gov. You can also obtain information about Cabot at the offices of the New York Stock Exchange, 20 Broad Street, New York, New York 10005.

        Our Internet site is located at http://www.cabotog.com. Our Annual Reports on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K and other filings with the SEC are available, free of charge, through our Internet site, as soon as reasonably practicable after those reports or filings are electronically filed with or furnished to the SEC. Information on our Internet site or any other Internet site is not incorporated by reference in this prospectus and does not constitute a part of this prospectus.

        This prospectus is part of a registration statement we have filed with the SEC relating to the securities we may offer. As permitted by SEC rules, this prospectus does not contain all of the information we have included in the registration statement and the accompanying exhibits and schedules we file with the SEC. You may refer to the registration statement, exhibits and schedules for more information about us and the securities. The registration statement, exhibits and schedules are available at the SEC's public reference room or through its Internet site.

        The SEC allows us to "incorporate by reference" the information we have filed with it, which means that we can disclose important information to you by referring you to those documents. The information we incorporate by reference is an important part of this prospectus, and later information that we file with the SEC will automatically update and supersede this information. We incorporate by reference the documents listed below and any future filings we make with the SEC under Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (excluding any information furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of any Current Report on Form 8-K) until the termination of each offering under this prospectus. The documents we incorporate by reference include:

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our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015, as filed with the SEC on February 22, 2016;

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our Current Report on Form 8-K as filed with the SEC on February 9, 2016; and

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the description of our common stock contained in our Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed on January 24, 1990, as amended by our Current Report on Form 8-K as filed with the SEC on January 22, 2010, as we may further update that description from time to time.

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        You may request a copy of these filings, other than an exhibit to these filings unless we have specifically incorporated that exhibit by reference into the filing, at no cost, by writing or telephoning Cabot at the following address:

Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation
Three Memorial City Plaza
840 Gessner Road, Suite 1400
Houston, Texas 77024
Attention: Deidre L. Shearer
Telephone: 281-589-4890

You should rely only on the information contained or incorporated by reference in this prospectus, the applicable prospectus supplement and any applicable pricing supplement. We have not authorized any person, including any salesman or broker, to provide any information or to make any representations other than those contained in or incorporated by reference in this prospectus, the prospectus supplement or any pricing supplement we have prepared. We take no responsibility for, and can provide no assurance as to the reliability of, any other information that others may give you. We are not making an offer of the securities in any jurisdiction where the offer is not permitted. You should assume that the information in this prospectus, the prospectus supplement and any pricing supplement is accurate only as of the date on its cover page and that any information we have incorporated by reference is accurate only as of the date of the document incorporated by reference. Our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects may have changed since such dates.

FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION

        The statements regarding future financial and operating performance and results, strategic pursuits and goals, market prices, future hedging activities, and other statements that are not historical facts contained in this prospectus are forward-looking statements. The words "expect," "project," "estimate," "believe," "anticipate," "intend," "budget," "plan," "forecast," "predict," "may," "should," "could," "will" and similar expressions are also intended to identify forward-looking statements. Such statements involve risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to, market factors, market prices (including geographic basis differentials) of natural gas and crude oil, results of future drilling and marketing activity, future production and costs, legislative and regulatory initiatives, electronic, cyber or physical security breaches and other factors detailed herein and in our other SEC filings. Please read "Risk Factors" in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015 for additional information about these risks and uncertainties. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual outcomes may vary materially from those indicated.

USE OF PROCEEDS

        Unless we inform you otherwise in the prospectus supplement, the net proceeds from the sale of the securities will be used for general corporate purposes, including repayment or refinancing of debt, acquisitions, working capital, capital expenditures and repurchases and redemptions of securities. Pending any specific application, we may initially invest funds in short-term marketable securities or apply them to the reduction of other short-term indebtedness.

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DESCRIPTION OF CAPITAL STOCK

        At February 12, 2016, our authorized capital consisted of:

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960,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.10 per share, of which 414,060,202 were outstanding, and

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5,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.10 per share, issuable in series, of which no shares were issued and outstanding.

Common Stock

        Holders of common stock may receive dividends if and when declared by our board of directors. The payment of dividends on our common stock may be limited by obligations to holders of any preferred stock and covenants contained in debt agreements.

        Holders of common stock are entitled to one vote per share on matters submitted to them. Cumulative voting of shares is prohibited, meaning that the holders of a majority of the voting power of the shares voting for the election of directors can elect all directors to be elected if they choose to do so.

        The common stock has no preemptive rights and is not convertible, redeemable or assessable, or entitled to the benefits of any sinking fund.

        If we liquidate or dissolve our business, the holders of common stock will share ratably in all assets available for distribution to stockholders after creditors are paid and preferred stockholders receive their distributions.

        All issued and outstanding shares of common stock are fully paid and nonassessable. Any shares of common stock we offer under this prospectus will be fully paid and nonassessable.

        The common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange and trades under the symbol "COG."

Preferred Stock

        Our board of directors is allowed, without action by stockholders, to issue one or more series of preferred stock. The board of directors can also determine the rights, preferences, privileges and restrictions, including dividend rights, voting rights, conversion rights, terms of redemption and liquidation preferences, of a series of the preferred stock.

Delaware Anti-Takeover Statute

        As a Delaware corporation, we are subject to Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law. In general, Section 203 prevents us from engaging in a business combination with an "interested stockholder" (generally, a person owning 15% or more of our outstanding voting stock) for three years following the time that person becomes a 15% stockholder unless either:

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before that person became a 15% stockholder, our board of directors approved the transaction in which the stockholder became a 15% stockholder or approved the business combination;

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upon completion of the transaction that resulted in the stockholder's becoming a 15% stockholder, the stockholder owns at least 85% of our voting stock outstanding at the time the transaction began (excluding stock held by directors who are also officers and by employee stock plans that do not provide employees with the right to determine confidentially whether shares held subject to the plan will be tendered in a tender or exchange offer); or

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after the transaction in which that person became a 15% stockholder, the business combination is approved by our board of directors and authorized at a stockholder meeting by at least two-thirds of the outstanding voting stock not owned by the 15% stockholder.

        Under Section 203, these restrictions also do not apply to certain business combinations proposed by a 15% stockholder following the disclosure of an extraordinary transaction with a person who was not a 15% stockholder during the previous three years or who became a 15% stockholder with the approval of a majority of our directors. This exception applies only if the extraordinary transaction is approved or not opposed by a majority of our directors who were directors before any person became a 15% stockholder in the previous three years, or the successors of these directors.

Limitation on Directors' Liability

        Delaware has adopted a law that allows corporations to limit or eliminate the personal liability of directors to corporations and their stockholders for monetary damages for breach of directors' fiduciary duty of care. The duty of care requires that, when acting on behalf of the corporation, directors must exercise an informed business judgment based on all material information reasonably available to them. Absent the limitations allowed by the law, directors are accountable to corporations and their stockholders for monetary damages for acts of gross negligence. Although Delaware law does not change directors' duty of care, it allows corporations to limit available relief to equitable remedies such as injunction or rescission. Our certificate of incorporation limits the liability of our directors to the fullest extent permitted by this law. Specifically, our directors will not be personally liable for monetary damages for any breach of their fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability:

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for any breach of their duty of loyalty to the company or our stockholders;

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for acts or omissions not in good faith or that involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law;

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under provisions relating to unlawful payments of dividends or unlawful stock repurchases or redemptions; or

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for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.

        This limitation may have the effect of reducing the likelihood of derivative litigation against directors, and may discourage or deter stockholders or management from bringing a lawsuit against directors for breach of their duty of care, even though such an action, if successful, might otherwise have benefited our stockholders.

Transfer Agent and Registrar

        The transfer agent and registrar for the common stock is Wells Fargo Bank N.A.

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PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

        We may sell the securities in and outside the United States through underwriters or dealers, directly to purchasers or through agents.

Sale Through Underwriters or Dealers

        If we use underwriters in the sale of securities, the underwriters will acquire the securities for their own account. The underwriters may resell the securities from time to time in one or more transactions, including negotiated transactions, at a fixed public offering price or at varying prices determined at the time of sale. Underwriters may offer securities to the public either through underwriting syndicates represented by one or more managing underwriters or directly by one or more firms acting as underwriters. Unless we inform you otherwise in the prospectus supplement, the obligations of the underwriters to purchase the securities will be subject to conditions, and the underwriters will be obligated to purchase all the securities if they purchase any of them. The underwriters may change from time to time any initial public offering price and any discounts or concessions allowed or reallowed or paid to dealers.

        During and after an offering through underwriters, the underwriters may purchase and sell the securities in the open market. These transactions may include overallotment and stabilizing transactions and purchases to cover syndicate short positions created in connection with the offering. The underwriters may also impose a penalty bid, whereby selling concessions allowed to syndicate members or other broker-dealers for the offered securities sold for their account may be reclaimed by the syndicate if such offered securities are repurchased by the syndicate in stabilizing or covering transactions. These activities may stabilize, maintain or otherwise affect the market price of the offered securities, which may be higher than the price that might otherwise prevail in the open market. If commenced, these activities may be discontinued at any time.

        If we use dealers in the sale of securities, we will sell the securities to them as principals. They may then resell those securities to the public at varying prices determined by the dealers at the time of resale. The dealers participating in any sale of the securities may be deemed to be underwriters within the meaning of the Securities Act with respect to any sale of those securities. We will include in the prospectus supplement the names of the dealers and the terms of the transaction.

Direct Sales and Sales Through Agents

        We may sell the securities directly. In that event, no underwriters or agents would be involved. We may also sell the securities through agents we designate from time to time. In the prospectus supplement, we will name any agent involved in the offer or sale of the securities, and we will describe any commissions payable by us to the agent. Unless we inform you otherwise in the prospectus supplement, any agent will agree to use its reasonable best efforts to solicit purchases for the period of its appointment.

        We may sell the securities directly to institutional investors or others who may be deemed to be underwriters within the meaning of the Securities Act with respect to any sale of those securities. We will describe the terms of any such sales in the prospectus supplement.

Delayed Delivery Contracts

        If we so indicate in the prospectus supplement, we may authorize agents, underwriters or dealers to solicit offers from certain types of institutions to purchase securities from us at the public offering price under delayed delivery contracts. These contracts would provide for payment and delivery on a specified date in the future. The contracts would be subject only to those conditions described in the

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prospectus supplement. The prospectus supplement will describe the commission payable for solicitation of those contracts.

General Information

        We may have agreements with the agents, dealers and underwriters to indemnify them against civil liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act, or to contribute with respect to payments that the agents, dealers or underwriters may be required to make. Agents, dealers and underwriters may engage in transactions with us or perform services for us in the ordinary course of their businesses.

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LEGAL MATTERS

        The validity of the offered securities and certain other matters in connection with any offering of the securities will be passed upon for us by Baker Botts L.L.P., Houston, Texas. Any underwriters will be advised about legal matters relating to any offering by their own legal counsel.

EXPERTS

        The financial statements and management's assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting (which is included in Management's Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting) incorporated in this prospectus by reference to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015 have been so incorporated in reliance on the report of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, given on the authority of said firm as experts in auditing and accounting.

        We have incorporated in this prospectus by reference the review letter of Miller and Lents, Ltd., independent oil and gas consultants, dated January 26, 2016 with respect to certain proved reserve estimates prepared by us in reliance on the authority of that firm as experts in petroleum engineering and appearing in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015.

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PART II

INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

Item 14.    Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution

        The following table sets forth expenses payable by Cabot in connection with the issuance and distribution of the securities being registered. All the amounts shown are estimates.

SEC registration fee	$	*
Printing expenses		**
Legal fees and expenses		**
Accounting fees and expenses		**
Miscellaneous		**
Total	$	**

*

Applicable SEC registration fees have been deferred in accordance with Rules 456(b) and 457(r) of the Securities Act and are not estimable at this time.

**

These fees are calculated based on the number of issuances and amount of securities offered and accordingly cannot be estimated at this time.

Item 15.    Indemnification of Directors and Officers

        Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law empowers a Delaware corporation to indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of such corporation) by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director or officer, employee or agent of such corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise. The indemnity may include expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding, provided that he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. A Delaware corporation may indemnify directors, officers, employees and others in an action by or in the right of the corporation under the same conditions, except that no indemnification is permitted without judicial approval if the person to be indemnified has been adjudged to be liable to the corporation. Where a director or officer is successful on the merits or otherwise in the defense of any action referred to above or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, the corporation must indemnify such director or officer against the expenses (including attorneys' fees) which he or she actually and reasonably incurred in connection therewith.

        Article XXXVIII of the Company's bylaws provides for indemnification of the directors and officers of the Company to the full extent permitted by law, as now in effect or later amended. Article XXXVIII of the bylaws provides that expenses incurred by a director or officer in defending a suit or other similar proceeding shall be paid by the Company upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the director or officer to repay such amount if it is ultimately determined that such director or officer is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company.

        Additionally, the Company's certificate of incorporation (the "Charter") contains a provision that limits the liability of the Company's directors to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law. The provision eliminates the personal liability of directors to the Company or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of the director's fiduciary duty of care as a director. As

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a result, stockholders may be unable to recover monetary damages against directors for negligent or grossly negligent acts or omissions in violation of their duty of care. The provision does not change the liability of a director for breach of his duty of loyalty to the Company or to stockholders, for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, for the declaration or payment of dividends in violation of Delaware law, or in respect of any transaction from which a director receives an improper personal benefit.

        In addition to its Charter and bylaw provisions, the Company has taken such other steps as are reasonably necessary to effect its indemnification policy. Included among such other steps is liability insurance provided by the Company for its directors and officers for certain losses arising from claims or charges made against them in their capacities as directors or officers of the Company. The Company has also entered into indemnity agreements with individual officers. These agreements generally provide such officers with a contractual right to indemnification to the full extent provided by applicable law and the bylaws of the Company as in effect at the respective dates of such agreements.

        The Company has placed in effect insurance which purports (a) to insure it against certain costs of indemnification which may be incurred by it pursuant to the aforementioned bylaw provision or otherwise and (b) to insure the officers and directors of the Company and of specified subsidiaries against certain liabilities incurred by them in the discharge of their functions as officers and directors except for liabilities arising from their own malfeasance.

        Agreements which may be entered into with underwriters, dealers and agents who participate in the distribution of securities of the Company may contain provisions relating to the indemnification of the Company's officers and directors.

Item 16.    Exhibits*

Exhibit No.			Description
	3.1	—	Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (Exhibit 3.2 to the Company's Form 8-K for January 21, 2010).
	3.2	—	Certificate of Amendment of Restated Certificate of Incorporation, dated as of May 1, 2012 (Exhibit 3.3 to the Company's Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2012).
	3.3	—	Certificate of Amendment of Restated Certificate of Incorporation, dated as of May 1, 2014 (Exhibit 3.3 to the Company's Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2014).
	3.4	—	Amended and Restated Bylaws of Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation (Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Form 8-K for March 12, 2015).
	4.1	—	Form of Certificate of Common Stock of the Company (Exhibit 4 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (No. 33-32553)).
	†5.1	—	Opinion of Baker Botts L.L.P. with respect to legality of the securities offered.
	†23.1	—	Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
	†23.2	—	Consent of Miller and Lents, Ltd.
	†23.3	—	Consent of Baker Botts L.L.P. (contained in Exhibit 5.1).
	†24.1	—	Powers of Attorney of directors and officers of Cabot (included on the signature pages of the Registration Statement).

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We will file as an exhibit to a Current Report on Form 8-K (i) any underwriting, remarketing or agency agreement relating to the securities offered hereby, (ii) any additional required opinions of counsel with respect to legality of the securities offered hereby and (iii) any required opinion of counsel to us as to certain tax matters relative to the securities offered hereby.

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Filed herewith.

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Item 17.    Undertakings

(a)

The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

(1)

To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:

(i)

To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;

(ii)

To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective registration statement; and

(iii)

To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement;

provided, however, that paragraphs (1)(i), (1)(ii) and (1)(iii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by a registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act, that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement, or is contained in a form of prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) that is part of the registration statement.

(2)

That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.



(3)

To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.



(4)

That, for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act to any purchaser:



(A)

Each prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) shall be deemed to be part of the registration statement as of the date the filed prospectus was deemed part of and included in the registration statement; and



(B)

Each prospectus required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2), (b)(5) or (b)(7) as part of a registration statement in reliance on Rule 430B relating to an offering made pursuant to Rule 415(a)(1)(i), (vii) or (x) for the purpose of providing the information required by Section 10(a) of the Securities Act shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the earlier of the date such form of prospectus is first used after effectiveness or the date of the first contract of sale of securities in the offering described in the prospectus. As provided in Rule 430B, for liability purposes of the issuer and any person that is at that date an underwriter, such date shall be deemed to be a new effective date of the registration statement relating to the securities in the registration statement to which that prospectus relates, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering

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thereof. Provided, however, that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such effective date, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such effective date.

(5)

That, for the purpose of determining liability of the registrant under the Securities Act to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities:

        The undersigned registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the undersigned registrant pursuant to the registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the undersigned registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser:

(i)

Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned registrant relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424;



(ii)

Any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned registrant;



(iii)

The portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing material information about the undersigned registrant or its securities provided by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant; and



(iv)

Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned registrant to the purchaser.

(b)

The undersigned registrant hereby further undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

(c)

Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrants pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by a registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of such registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, such registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

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SIGNATURES

        Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Houston, State of Texas, on February 22, 2016.

CABOT OIL & GAS CORPORATION
By:	/s/ DAN O. DINGES Dan O. Dinges Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer

        Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Dan O. Dinges, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Scott C. Schroeder, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Deidre L. Shearer, Corporate Secretary and Managing Counsel, and Todd M. Roemer, Controller, and each of them severally, his or her true and lawful attorney or attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power to act with or without the others and with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to execute in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, any or all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement and any registration statement for the same offering filed pursuant to Rule 462 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents and each of them full power and authority, to do and perform in the name and on behalf of the undersigned, in any and all capacities, each and every act and thing necessary or desirable to be done in and about the premises, to all intents and purposes and as fully as they might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or their substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

        Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on February 22, 2016.

Signature	Title
/s/ DAN. O. DINGES Dan O. Dinges	Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ SCOTT C. SCHROEDER Scott C. Schroeder	Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)
/s/ TODD M. ROEMER Todd M. Roemer	Controller (Principal Accounting Officer)
/s/ DOROTHY M. ABLES Dorothy M. Ables	Director

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Signature	Title
/s/ RYHS J. BEST Rhys J. Best	Director
/s/ ROBERT S. BOSWELL Robert S. Boswell	Director
/s/ ROBERT L. KEISER Robert L. Keiser	Director
/s/ ROBERT KELLEY Robert Kelley	Director
/s/ MATT RALLS W. Matt Ralls	Director

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EXHIBIT INDEX*

Exhibit No.			Description
	3.1	—	Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (Exhibit 3.2 to the Company's Form 8-K for January 21, 2010).
	3.2	—	Certificate of Amendment of Restated Certificate of Incorporation, dated as of May 1, 2012 (Exhibit 3.3 to the Company's Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2012).
	3.3	—	Certificate of Amendment of Restated Certificate of Incorporation, dated as of May 1, 2014 (Exhibit 3.3 to the Company's Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2014).
	3.4	—	Amended and Restated Bylaws of Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation (Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Form 8-K for March 12, 2015).
	4.1	—	Form of Certificate of Common Stock of the Company (Exhibit 4 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (No. 33-32553)).
	†5.1	—	Opinion of Baker Botts L.L.P. with respect to legality of the securities offered.
	†23.1	—	Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
	†23.2	—	Consent of Miller and Lents, Ltd.
	†23.3	—	Consent of Baker Botts L.L.P. (contained in Exhibit 5.1).
	†24.1	—	Powers of Attorney of directors and officers of Cabot (included on the signature pages of the Registration Statement).

*

We will file as an exhibit to a Current Report on Form 8-K (i) any underwriting, remarketing or agency agreement relating to the securities offered hereby, (ii) any additional required opinions of counsel with respect to legality of the securities offered hereby and (iii) any required opinion of counsel to us as to certain tax matters relative to the securities offered hereby.

†

Filed herewith.

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EX-5.1

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Exhibit 5.1

BAKER BOTTS L.L.P. ONE SHELL PLAZA 910 LOUISIANA HOUSTON, TEXAS 77002-4995 TEL +1 713.229.1234 FAX +1 713.229.1522 BakerBotts.com AUSTIN BEIJING BRUSSELS DALLAS DUBAI HONG KONG HOUSTON LONDON MOSCOW NEW YORK PALO ALTO RIYADH SAN FRANCISCO WASHINGTON

February 22, 2016

Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation
Three Memorial City Plaza
840 Gessner Road, Suite 1400
Houston, Texas 77024

Ladies and Gentlemen:

        As set forth in the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (the "Registration Statement") to be filed on the date hereof by Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), relating to the offering from time to time, pursuant to Rule 415 under the Act, of shares of the Company's common stock, par value $0.10 per share (the "Common Stock"), certain legal matters in connection with such securities are being passed upon for you by us. At your request, we are furnishing this opinion to you for filing as Exhibit 5.1 to the Registration Statement.

        In our capacity as your counsel in the connection referred to above, we have examined the Restated Certificate of Incorporation and Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company, each as amended to date (the "Charter Documents"), and the originals, or copies, certified or otherwise identified, of corporate records of the Company, including minute books of the Company as furnished to us by the Company, certificates of public officials and of representatives of the Company, statutes and other instruments and documents as a basis for the opinions hereinafter expressed. In giving such opinions, we have relied upon certificates of officers of the Company and of public officials with respect to the accuracy of the material factual matters contained in such certificates. In giving the opinions below, we have assumed that the signatures on all documents examined by us are genuine, that all documents submitted to us as originals are accurate and complete, that all documents submitted to us as copies are true and correct copies of the originals thereof and that all information submitted to us was accurate and complete. In connection with this opinion, we have assumed that:

        (a)   the Registration Statement and any amendments thereto (including post-effective amendments) will have become effective under the Act;

        (b)   all shares of Common Stock will be offered, issued and sold in compliance with applicable securities laws and in the manner stated in the Registration Statement and the applicable prospectus supplement;

BAKER BOTTS L.L.P.
Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation	February 22, 2016

        (c)   the Board of Directors of the Company or, to the extent permitted by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware and the Charter Documents, a duly constituted and acting committee thereof (such Board of Directors or committee thereof being hereinafter referred to as the "Board") will have taken all necessary corporate action to authorize the issuance of the shares of Common Stock, and to authorize the terms of the offering and sale of such shares and related matters;

        (d)   a definitive purchase, underwriting or similar agreement with respect to any shares of Common Stock offered will have been duly authorized and validly executed and delivered by the Company and the other parties thereto (the "Underwriting Agreement");

        (e)   all shares of Common Stock, and any certificates in respect thereof, will be delivered in accordance with the provisions of the applicable Underwriting Agreement approved by the Board upon payment of the consideration therefor provided for therein; and

        (f)    certificates representing the shares of Common Stock will have been duly executed, countersigned, registered and delivered, or if uncertificated, valid book-entry notations will have been made in the share register of the Company, in each case in accordance with the provisions of the Charter Documents; there will be sufficient shares of Common Stock authorized under the Charter Documents and not otherwise issued or reserved for issuance; and the purchase price therefor payable to the Company will not be less than the par value of such shares.

        Based on our examination as aforesaid, and subject to the assumptions, limitations and qualifications hereinafter set forth, we are of the opinion that upon the original issuance by the Company of shares of Common Stock, such shares of Common Stock will be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

        The opinions set forth above are limited in all respects to matters of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware and applicable federal law. We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion of counsel as Exhibit 5.1 to the Registration Statement. We also consent to the reference to our Firm under the heading "Legal Matters" in the prospectuses forming a part of the Registration Statement. In giving this consent, we do not hereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.

Very truly yours,

/s/ Baker Botts L.L.P.

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EX-23.1

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EXHIBIT 23.1

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

        We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-3 of our report dated February 22, 2016 relating to the financial statements and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, which appears in Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015. We also consent to the reference to us under the heading "Experts" in such Registration Statement.

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Houston, Texas
February 22, 2016

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CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

EX-23.2

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Exhibit 23.2

February 22, 2016

Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation
Three Memorial City Plaza
840 Gessner Road, Suite 1400
Houston, Texas 77024

Re:

Securities and Exchange Commission
Form S-3 of Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation

Gentlemen:

        The firm of Miller and Lents, Ltd. consents to the use of its name and to the use of its report dated January 26, 2016, regarding Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation Proved Reserves and Future Net Revenues as of December 31, 2015, which report is to be included by reference in the Form S-3 to be filed by Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

        Miller and Lents, Ltd. has no financial interest in Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation or in any of its affiliated companies or subsidiaries and is not to receive any such interest as payment for such report. Miller and Lents, Ltd. also has no director, officer, or employee employed or otherwise connected with Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation. We are not employed by Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation on a contingent basis.

Very truly yours,

MILLER AND LENTS, LTD.

/s/ CARL D. RICHARD, P.E.

Carl D. Richard, P.E.
Senior Vice President

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