September 27, 2016
VIA EDGAR
Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporation Finance
Washington, D.C. 20549
Attention: Brad Skinner
| RE: | Rice Energy Inc. |
| Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year ended December 31, 2015 |
| Filed February 25, 2016 |
| File No. 001-36273 |
Dear Mr. Skinner:
In your letter dated September 20, 2016 (the “Comment Letter”), you requested that Rice Energy Inc. (the “Company”) respond to your comments regarding its Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year ended December 31, 2015 within ten business days or advise when the Company would provide a response.
Per a telephonic request to Joseph Klinko on September 22, 2016, we advised him that as a result of timing constraints on our internal finance and legal personnel, we would like to request an extension of time to provide the Company’s response. Accordingly, we respectfully request an extension until Tuesday, October 11, 2016 to file the Company’s response to the Comment Letter.
Thank you for your consideration of this request for extension. If you have any questions, please call me at (832) 708-3432.
Thank you,
Rice Energy Inc.
/s/ William E. Jordan |
| William E. Jordan |
| Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary |
cc: Joseph Klinko, Securities and Exchange Commission
2200 Rice Drive, Canonsburg, Pennsylvania 15317
www.riceenergy.com