INFORMATION CONCERNING PARTICIPANTS AND POTENTIAL PARTICIPANTS IN THE SOLICITATION OF PROXIES BY NATIONAL FUEL GAS COMPANY

Exhibit 99.2

INFORMATION CONCERNING PARTICIPANTS AND POTENTIAL PARTICIPANTS
IN THE SOLICITATION OF PROXIES BY NATIONAL FUEL GAS COMPANY

Directors and Nominees

          The principal occupations of the directors of National Fuel Gas Company (the “Company”), each of whom is a “participant” in the solicitation, are set forth below. The principal business address of the organization of employment for each member of the Board of Directors is: c/o National Fuel Gas Company, 6363 Main St., Williamsville, New York 14221.

Name and Year
Became a Director
of the Company		Age (1)				Principal Occupation
Directors Whose Terms Expire in 2008
Robert T. Brady 1995			66			Chairman of Moog Inc. since February 1996. Moog is a worldwide designer, manufacturer and integrator of precision control components and systems with a total return of 27%, 82% and 25% for the one, three and five year periods ending 9/30/07. President and Chief Executive Officer of Moog Inc. since 1988 and Board member since 1984. Director of Astronics Corporation, M&T Bank Corporation and Seneca Foods Corporation. Chairs the regular executive sessions of non-management directors, and is the designated contact for shareholders to communicate with the non-management directors on the Board.
Rolland E. Kidder 2002			67			Executive Director of the Robert H. Jackson Center, Inc., in Jamestown, New York, from 2002 until 2006. Founder of Kidder Exploration, Inc., an independent Appalachian oil and gas company; Chairman and President from 1984 to 1994. Mr. Kidder is also a former Director of the Independent Oil and Gas Association of New York and the Pennsylvania Natural Gas Associates – both Appalachian-based energy associations. An elected member of the New York State Assembly from 1975 to 1982. Former Trustee of the New York Power Authority. On the Dean’s Advisory Council of the University at Buffalo School of Law from 1996 to 2001. Vice President and investment advisor for P.B. Sullivan & Co., Inc. from 1994 until 2001.
John F. Riordan 1995			71			President and CEO from April 2000 to December 2005 of GTI (the Gas Technology Institute), the leading research, development and training organization serving the natural gas industry, Des Plaines, Illinois. Director of Nicor Inc. since 2001. Twice chairman of the Interstate Natural Gas Association of America (INGAA). Former President of the natural gas liquids business at Cities Service, President of the Occidental Petroleum commodity chemical business. Director of Occidental Petroleum, and Director of Chicago Bridge Iron. Former Trustee, Niagara University. Vice Chairman of KN Energy, Inc. from February 1998 to February 1999. President and CEO of MIDCON Corporation from October 1988 to January 1998, previously in charge of wholesale marketing of natural gas, interstate gas transportation and intrastate gas transportation at MIDCON.

Name and Year
Became a Director
of the Company		Age (1)				Principal Occupation
Directors Whose Terms Expire in 2009
R. Don Cash 2003			65			Chairman Emeritus since May 2003, and Board Director since May 1978, of Questar Corporation (Questar), an integrated natural gas company headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah. Chairman of Questar from May 1985 to May 2003. Chief Executive Officer of Questar from May 1984 to May 2002 and President of Questar from May 1984 to February 1, 2001. Director of Zions Bancorporation since 1982 and Associated Electric and Gas Insurance Services Limited since 1993. Director of Texas Tech Foundation since November 2003 and TODCO (The Offshore Drilling Company) from May 2004 until July 2007. Former trustee, until September 2002, of the Salt Lake Organizing Committee for the Olympic Winter Games of 2002.
Stephen E. Ewing 2007			63			Vice Chairman of DTE Energy, a Detroit-based diversified energy company involved in the development and management of energy-related businesses and services nationwide, from November 1, 2005 until December 31, 2006. Group President, Gas Division, DTE Energy from June 1, 2001 until November 1, 2005. Former president and chief operating officer of MCN Energy Group, Inc. Former president and chief executive officer of Michigan Consolidated Gas Co. (MichCon), a natural gas utility. MichCon is a principal operating subsidiary of DTE Energy as a result of the 2001 merger of DTE Energy and MCN Energy Group, Inc. Chairman of the Board of Directors of the American Gas Association for 2006 and past chairman of the Midwest Gas Association and the Natural Gas Vehicle Coalition.
George L. Mazanec 1996			71			Former Vice Chairman, from 1989 until October 1996, of PanEnergy Corporation, Houston, Texas, a diversified energy company (now part of Spectra). Advisor to the Chief Operating Officer of Duke Energy Corporation from August 1997 to 2000. Director of TEPPCO, LP from 1992 to 1997, Director of Northern Border Pipeline Company Partnership from 1993 to 1998 and Director of Westcoast Energy Inc. from 1998 to 2002. Director of Dynegy Inc. since May 2004. Director of the Northern Trust Bank of Texas, NA and Associated Electric and Gas Insurance Services Limited. Former Chairman of the Management Committee of Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline, L.L.C. Member of the Board of Trustees of DePauw University since 1996.
Directors Whose Terms Expire in 2010
Philip C. Ackerman 1994			63			Chief Executive Officer of the Company since October 2001. Appointed as Chairman of the Board effective January 3, 2002. President of the Company from July 1999 until February 2006. Senior Vice President of the Company from June 1989 until July 1999 and Vice President from 1980 to June 1989. President of National Fuel Gas Distribution Corporation (2) from October 1995 until July 1999 and Executive Vice President from June 1989 to October 1995. Executive Vice President of National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation (2) from October 1994 to March 2002. President of Seneca Resources Corporation (2) from June 1989 to October 1996. President of Horizon Energy Development, Inc. (2) since September 1995 and certain other non-regulated subsidiaries of the Company since prior to 1992.

Name and Year
Became a Director
of the Company		Age (1)				Principal Occupation
Craig G. Matthews 2005			64			Former President, CEO and Director of NUI Corporation, a diversified energy company acquired by AGL Resources Inc. on November 30, 2004, from February 2004 until December 2004. Former Vice Chairman, Chief Operating Officer and Director of KeySpan Corporation (previously Brooklyn Union Gas Co.) until March 2002. Director of Hess Corporation (formerly Amerada Hess Corporation) since 2002. Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Polytechnic University, and Director since 1996. Board member of Republic Financial Corporation since May 2007.
Richard G. Reiten 2004			68			Chairman from September 2000 through February 2005 and Director since March 1996 of Northwest Natural Gas Company, a natural gas local distribution company headquartered in Portland, Oregon. Chief Executive Officer of Northwest Natural Gas Company from January 1997 until December 2002 and President from January 1996 through May 2001. Director of Associated Electric and Gas Insurance Services Limited since 1997. Director of US Bancorp since 1998, Building Materials Holding Corp. since 2001 and IDACORP Inc. since January 2004.
David F. Smith 2007			54			President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company since February 2006, Vice President from April 2005 until February 2006. President of National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation (2) since April 2005, Senior Vice President from June 2000 until April 2005. President of National Fuel Gas Distribution Corporation (2) from July 1999 to April 2005, Senior Vice President from January 1993 until July 1999. Also president of Empire State Pipeline (2) and various non-regulated subsidiaries of the Company. Board member of the Interstate Natural Gas Association of America (INGAA), the INGAA Foundation, American Gas Foundation and Chairman of the Northeast Gas Association.

Executive Officers

          The principal occupations of the Company’s executive officers who may be deemed “participants” in the solicitation are set forth below. The principal business address of each such person is that of National Fuel Gas Company, 6363 Main Street, Williamsville, New York 14221.

Information as of November 15, 2007 (except as otherwise noted) (1) 

		Current Company
		Positions and
		Other Material
		Business Experience
Name and Age (as of		During Past
November 15, 2007)		Five Years
Philip C. Ackerman (63)		Chairman of the Board of Directors since January 2002; Chief Executive Officer since October 2001; and President of Horizon since September 1995. Mr. Ackerman has served as a Director of the Company since March 1994, and previously served as President of the Company from July 1999 through January 2006.
David F. Smith (54)		President of the Company since February 2006; Chief Operating Officer of the Company since February 2006; President of Supply Corporation since April 2005; President of Empire since April 2005. Mr. Smith previously served as Vice President of the Company from April 2005 through January 2006; President of Distribution Corporation from July 1999 to April 2005; and Senior Vice President of Supply Corporation from July 2000 to April 2005.
Ronald J. Tanski (55)		Treasurer and Principal Financial Officer of the Company since April 2004; President of Distribution Corporation since February 2006; Treasurer of Distribution Corporation since April 2004; Treasurer of Horizon since February 1997. Mr. Tanski previously served as Controller of the Company from February 2003 through March 2004; Senior Vice President of Distribution Corporation from July 2001 through January 2006; and Controller of Distribution Corporation from February 1997 through March 2004.
Matthew D. Cabell (49)		President of Seneca since December 2006. Prior to joining Seneca, Mr. Cabell served as Executive Vice President and General Manager of Marubeni Oil & Gas (USA) Inc., an exploration and production company, from June 2003 to December 2006. From January 2002 to June 2003, Mr. Cabell served as a consultant assisting oil companies in upstream acquisition and divestment transactions as well as Gulf of Mexico entry strategy, first as an independent consultant and then as Vice President of Randall & Dewey, Inc., a major oil and gas transaction advisory firm. Mr. Cabell’s prior employers are not subsidiaries or affiliates of the Company.
Karen M. Camiolo (48)		Controller and Principal Accounting Officer of the Company since April 2004; Controller of Distribution Corporation and Supply Corporation since April 2004; and Chief Auditor of the Company from July 1994 through March 2004.
Anna Marie Cellino (54)		Secretary of the Company since October 1995; Secretary of Distribution Corporation since September 1999; Senior Vice President of Distribution Corporation since July 2001.
Paula M. Ciprich (47)		General Counsel of the Company since January 2005; Assistant Secretary of Distribution Corporation since February 1997.
John R. Pustulka (55)		Senior Vice President of Supply Corporation since July 2001.
James D. Ramsdell (52)		Senior Vice President of Distribution Corporation since July 2001.