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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-K



[X]	ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2017



[ ]	TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

FOR THE TRANSITION PERIOD FROM ___________ TO __________

COMMISSION FILE NUMBER 001-03551

EQT CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)



PENNSYLVANIA (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	25-0464690 (IRS Employer Identification No.)
625 Liberty Avenue, Suite 1700 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Address of principal executive offices)	15222 (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (412) 553-5700

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:



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Common Stock, no par value	New York Stock Exchange

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The aggregate market value of voting stock held by non-affiliates of the registrant as of June 30, 2017: $10.1 billion

The number of shares (in thousands) of common stock outstanding as of January 31, 2018: 264,473

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

The Company’s definitive proxy statement relating to the 2018 annual meeting of shareholders will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission within 120 days after the close of the Company’s fiscal year ended December 31, 2017 and is incorporated by reference in Part III to the extent described therein.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS



	Glossary of Commonly Used Terms, Abbreviations and Measurements	3
	Cautionary Statements	6

PART I

Item 1	Business	7
Item 1A	Risk Factors	18
Item 1B	Unresolved Staff Comments	25
Item 2	Properties	25
Item 3	Legal Proceedings	30
Item 4	Mine Safety Disclosures	31
	Executive Officers of the Registrant	32


PART II

Item 5	Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities	33
Item 6	Selected Financial Data	36
Item 7	Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	37
Item 7A	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk	66
Item 8	Financial Statements and Supplementary Data	68
Item 9	Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure	132
Item 9A	Controls and Procedures	132
Item 9B	Other Information	133

PART III

Item 10	Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance	134
Item 11	Executive Compensation	135
Item 12	Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters	136
Item 13	Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence	137
Item 14	Principal Accounting Fees and Services	138

PART IV

Item 15	Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules	139
	Signatures	148

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Glossary of Commonly Used Terms, Abbreviations and Measurements

Commonly Used Terms

AFUDC (Allowance for Funds Used During Construction) – carrying costs for the construction of certain long-term regulated assets are capitalized and amortized over the related assets’ estimated useful lives. The capitalized amount for construction of regulated assets includes interest cost and a designated cost of equity for financing the construction of these regulated assets.

Appalachian Basin – the area of the United States composed of those portions of West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Maryland, Kentucky and Virginia that lie in the Appalachian Mountains.

basis – when referring to commodity pricing, the difference between the futures price for a commodity and the corresponding sales price at various regional sales points. The differential commonly is related to factors such as product quality, location, transportation capacity availability and contract pricing.

British thermal unit – a measure of the amount of energy required to raise the temperature of one pound of water one degree Fahrenheit.

collar – a financial arrangement that effectively establishes a price range for the underlying commodity. The producer bears the risk and benefit of fluctuation between the minimum (floor) price and the maximum (ceiling) price.

continuous accumulations – natural gas and oil resources that are pervasive throughout large areas, have ill-defined boundaries and typically lack or are unaffected by hydrocarbon-water contacts near the base of the accumulation.

development well – a well drilled within the proved area of an oil or gas reservoir to the depth of a stratigraphic horizon known to be productive.

exploratory well – a well drilled to find a new field or to find a new reservoir in a field previously found to be productive of oil or gas in another reservoir. Generally, an exploratory well is any well that is not a development well, an extension well, a service well or a stratigraphic test well.

extension well – a well drilled to extend the limits of a known reservoir.

feet of pay – footage penetrated by the drill bit into the target formation.

gas – all references to “gas” in this report refer to natural gas.

gross – “gross” natural gas and oil wells or “gross” acres equal the total number of wells or acres in which the Company has a working interest.

hedging – the use of derivative commodity and interest rate instruments to reduce financial exposure to commodity price and interest rate volatility.

horizontal drilling – drilling that ultimately is horizontal or near horizontal to increase the length of the well bore penetrating the target formation.

horizontal wells – wells that are drilled horizontal or near horizontal to increase the length of the well bore penetrating the target formation.

multiple completion well – a well equipped to produce oil and/or gas separately from more than one reservoir. Such wells contain multiple strings of tubing or other equipment that permit production from the various completions to be measured and accounted for separately.

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Glossary of Commonly Used Terms, Abbreviations and Measurements

natural gas liquids (NGLs) – those hydrocarbons in natural gas that are separated from the gas as liquids through the process of absorption, condensation, adsorption or other methods in gas processing plants. Natural gas liquids include primarily ethane, propane, butane and iso-butane.

net – “net” natural gas and oil wells or “net” acres are determined by adding the fractional ownership working interests the Company has in gross wells or acres.

net revenue interest – the interest retained by the Company in the revenues from a well or property after giving effect to all third-party interests (equal to 100% minus all royalties on a well or property).

option – a contract that gives the buyer the right, but not the obligation, to buy or sell a specified quantity of a commodity or other instrument at a specific price within a specified period of time.

physical basis sales contracts – contracts for the sale of natural gas with physical delivery at a specified location and priced at NYMEX natural gas prices, plus or minus a fixed differential.

play – a proven geological formation that contains commercial amounts of hydrocarbons.

productive well – a well that is producing oil or gas or that is capable of production.

proved reserves – quantities of oil, natural gas, and NGLs which, by analysis of geological and engineering data, can be estimated with reasonable certainty to be economically producible from a given date forward, from known reservoirs, and under existing economic conditions, operating methods and government regulations prior to the time at which contracts providing the right to operate expire, unless evidence indicates that renewal is reasonably certain, regardless of whether deterministic or probabilistic methods are used for the estimation.

proved developed reserves – proved reserves which can be expected to be recovered through existing wells with existing equipment and operating methods.

proved undeveloped reserves (PUDs) – proved reserves that can be estimated with reasonable certainty to be recovered from new wells on undrilled proved acreage or from existing wells where a relatively major expenditure is required for completion.

reservoir – a porous and permeable underground formation containing a natural accumulation of producible natural gas and/or oil that is confined by impermeable rock or water barriers and is separate from other reservoirs.

royalty interest – the land owner’s share of oil or gas production, typically 1/8.

service well – a well drilled or completed for the purpose of supporting production in an existing field. Specific purposes of service wells include, among other things, gas injection, water injection and salt-water disposal.

stratographic test well – a drilling effort, geologically directed, to obtain information pertaining to a specific geological condition. Such wells customarily are drilled without the intent of being completed for hydrocarbon production.

throughput – the volume of natural gas transported or passing through a pipeline, plant, terminal, or other facility during a particular period.

working gas – the volume of natural gas in the storage reservoir that can be extracted during the normal operation of the storage facility.

working interest – an interest that gives the owner the right to drill, produce and conduct operating activities on a property and receive a share of any production.

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Glossary of Commonly Used Terms, Abbreviations and Measurements

Abbreviations

ASC – Accounting Standards Codification

CFTC – Commodity Futures Trading Commission

EPA – U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

FASB – Financial Accounting Standards Board

FERC – Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

GAAP – U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles

IPO – initial public offering

IRS – Internal Revenue Service

NYMEX – New York Mercantile Exchange

OTC – over the counter

SEC – Securities and Exchange Commission

Measurements

Bbl = barrel

BBtu = billion British thermal units

Bcf = billion cubic feet

Bcfe = billion cubic feet of natural gas

equivalents, with one barrel of NGLs and crude oil

being equivalent to 6,000 cubic feet of natural gas

Btu = one British thermal unit

Dth = million British thermal units

Mbbl = thousand barrels

Mcf = thousand cubic feet

Mcfe = thousand cubic feet of natural gas

equivalents, with one barrel of NGLs and crude oil

being equivalent to 6,000 cubic feet of natural gas

MMBtu = million British thermal units

MMcf = million cubic feet

MMcfe = million cubic feet of natural gas

equivalents, with one barrel of NGLs and crude oil

being equivalent to 6,000 cubic feet of natural gas

MMgal = million gallons

TBtu = trillion British thermal units

Tcfe = trillion cubic feet of natural gas

equivalents, with one barrel of NGLs and crude oil

being equivalent to 6,000 cubic feet of natural gas

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Cautionary Statements

Disclosures in this Annual Report on Form 10-K contain certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. Statements that do not relate strictly to historical or current facts are forward-looking and usually identified by the use of words such as “anticipate,” “estimate,” “could,” “would,” “will,” “may,” “forecast,” “approximate,” “expect,” “project,” “intend,” “plan,” “believe” and other words of similar meaning in connection with any discussion of future operating or financial matters. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, forward-looking statements contained in this Annual Report on Form 10-K include the matters discussed in the section captioned “Strategy” in Item 1, “Business,” the sections captioned “Outlook” and “Impairment of Oil and Gas Properties and Goodwill” in Item 7, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” and the expectations of plans, strategies, objectives and growth and anticipated financial and operational performance of the Company and its subsidiaries, including guidance regarding the Company’s strategy to develop its Marcellus, Utica, Upper Devonian and other reserves; drilling plans and programs (including the number, type, feet of pay, average lateral lengths and location of wells to be drilled and the availability of capital to complete these plans and programs); production sales volumes (including liquids volumes) and growth rates; the Company's ability to maximize recoveries per acre; gathering and transmission volumes; the weighted average contract life of firm gathering, transmission and storage contracts; infrastructure programs (including the timing, cost and capacity of the gathering and transmission expansion projects); the cost, capacity, timing of regulatory approvals and anticipated in-service date of the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) project; the ultimate terms, partners and structure of Mountain Valley Pipeline, LLC; technology (including drilling and completion techniques); monetization transactions, including asset sales, joint ventures or other transactions involving the Company’s assets; acquisition transactions; whether the Company will sell its Ohio midstream assets to EQT Midstream Partners, LP and the timing of such transaction or transactions; the Company’s ability to achieve the anticipated synergies, operational efficiencies and returns from its acquisition of Rice Energy Inc.; the timing of the Company's announcement of a decision for addressing its sum-of-the-parts discount; natural gas prices, changes in basis and the impact of commodity prices on the Company's business; reserves, including potential future downward adjustments; potential future impairments of the Company's assets; projected capital expenditures and capital contributions; the amount and timing of any repurchases under the Company’s share repurchase authorization; liquidity and financing requirements, including funding sources and availability; hedging strategy; the effects of government regulation and litigation; the expected impact of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017; and tax position. The forward-looking statements included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from projected results. Accordingly, investors should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements as a prediction of actual results. The Company has based these forward-looking statements on current expectations and assumptions about future events. While the Company considers these expectations and assumptions to be reasonable, they are inherently subject to significant business, economic, competitive, regulatory and other risks and uncertainties, many of which are difficult to predict and beyond the Company’s control. The risks and uncertainties that may affect the operations, performance and results of the Company’s business and forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, those set forth under Item 1A, “Risk Factors,” and elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Any forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date on which such statement is made and the Company does not intend to correct or update any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

In reviewing any agreements incorporated by reference in or filed with this Annual Report on Form 10-K, please remember such agreements are included to provide information regarding the terms of such agreements and are not intended to provide any other factual or disclosure information about the Company. The agreements may contain representations and warranties by the Company, which should not in all instances be treated as categorical statements of fact, but rather as a way of allocating the risk to one of the parties to such agreements should those statements prove to be inaccurate. The representations and warranties were made only as of the date of the relevant agreement or such other date or dates as may be specified in such agreement and are subject to more recent developments. Accordingly, these representations and warranties alone may not describe the actual state of affairs of the Company or its affiliates as of the date they were made or at any other time.

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PART I

Item 1. Business

General

EQT Corporation (EQT or the Company) conducts its business through five business segments: EQT Production, EQM Gathering, EQM Transmission, RMP Gathering and RMP Water. EQT Production is the leading natural gas producer in the United States, based on average daily sales volumes, with 21.4 Tcfe of proved natural gas, NGLs and crude oil reserves across approximately 4.0 million gross acres, including approximately 1.1 million gross acres in the Marcellus play, many of which have associated deep Utica or Upper Devonian drilling rights, and approximately 0.1 million gross acres in the Ohio Utica as of December 31, 2017. EQM Gathering and EQM Transmission provide gathering, transmission and storage services for the Company’s produced gas, as well as for independent third parties across the Appalachian Basin through EQT Midstream Partners, LP (EQM) (NYSE: EQM), a publicly traded limited partnership formed by EQT to own, operate, acquire and develop midstream assets in the Appalachian Basin. RMP Gathering provides natural gas gathering services to the Company in the dry gas core of the Marcellus Shale in southwestern Pennsylvania,through Rice Midstream Partners LP (RMP) (NYSE: RMP). RMP Water provides water services that support well completion activities and collects and recycles or disposes of flowback and produced water for the Company and third parties in Washington and Greene Counties, Pennsylvania and Belmont County, Ohio also through RMP.

On November 13, 2017, the Company completed its acquisition of Rice Energy Inc. (Rice) pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of June 19, 2017 (as amended, the Merger Agreement), by and among the Company, Rice and a wholly owned indirect subsidiary of the Company (Merger Sub). Pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, on November 13, 2017, Merger Sub merged with and into Rice (the Rice Merger) with Rice continuing as the surviving corporation in the Rice Merger. Immediately after the effective time of the Rice Merger (the Effective Time), Rice was merged with and into another wholly owned indirect subsidiary of the Company.

The Company acquired a total of approximately 270,000 net acres through the Rice Merger, which includes approximately 205,000 net Marcellus acres, as well as approximately 65,000 net Utica acres in Ohio. The Company also acquired Upper Devonian and Utica drilling rights held in Pennsylvania. In addition, the Company acquired a 28% limited partner interest, all of the incentive distribution rights (IDRs) and the entire non-economic general partner interest in RMP, as well as certain retained gathering assets located in Belmont and Monroe Counties, Ohio (the Rice retained gathering assets). See Note 2 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information related to the Rice Merger.

In 2015, the Company formed EQT GP Holdings, LP (EQGP) (NYSE: EQGP), a Delaware limited partnership, to own the Company's partnership interests in EQM. As of December 31, 2017, the Company owned the entire non-economic general partner interest and a 90.1% limited partner interest, in EQGP. As of December 31, 2017, EQGP's only cash-generating assets were the following EQM partnership interests: a 26.6% limited partner interest in EQM; a 1.8% general partner interest in EQM; and all of EQM's IDRs. The Company is the ultimate parent company of EQGP, EQM and RMP.

Due to the Company's ownership and control of EQGP, EQM and RMP, the results of EQGP, EQM and RMP are consolidated in the Company’s financial statements. The Company records the noncontrolling interests of the public limited partners of EQGP, EQM and RMP in its financial statements.

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Key Events in 2017

With the completion of the Rice Merger, the Company became the leading natural gas producer in the United States based on average daily sales volumes. Other significant events in 2017 for EQT included:


•	EQT achieved record annual production sales volumes, including a 17% increase in total sales volumes and a 17% increase in Marcellus sales volumes. Average realized price increased 23% to $3.04 per Mcfe in 2017 from $2.47 per Mcfe in 2016.


•	On February 1, 2017, the Company acquired approximately 14,000 net Marcellus acres located in Marion, Monongalia and Wetzel Counties, West Virginia from a third party for $132.9 million.

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On February 27, 2017, the Company acquired approximately 85,000 net Marcellus acres, including drilling rights on approximately 44,000 net Utica acres, from Stone Energy Corporation for $523.5 million. The acquired acres are primarily located in Wetzel, Marshall, Tyler and Marion Counties, West Virginia. The acquired assets also included 174 operated Marcellus wells and 20 miles of gathering pipeline.


•	On June 30, 2017, the Company acquired approximately 11,000 net Marcellus acres, and the associated Utica drilling rights, from a third party for $83.7 million. The acquired acres are primarily located in Allegheny, Washington and Westmoreland Counties, Pennsylvania.

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On October 4, 2017, the Company completed the public offering of $3.0 billion principal amount of notes. The Company used the net proceeds from the sale of the notes to fund a portion of the cash consideration for the Rice Merger, to pay expenses related to the Rice Merger and related transactions, to redeem $700 million aggregate principal amount of Company indebtedness due in 2018 and for other general corporate purposes.


•	On October 13, 2017, the FERC issued the Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity for Mountain Valley Pipeline, LLC (MVP Joint Venture).

Business Segments

Prior to the Rice Merger, the Company reported its results of operations through three business segments: EQT Production, EQT Gathering and EQT Transmission. These reporting segments reflected the Company's lines of business and were reported in the same manner in which the Company evaluated its operating performance through September 30, 2017. Following the Rice Merger, the Company adjusted its internal reporting structure to incorporate the newly acquired assets. The Company now conducts its business through five business segments: EQT Production, EQM Gathering (formerly known as EQT Gathering), EQM Transmission (formerly known as EQT Transmission), RMP Gathering and RMP Water. The EQT Production segment incorporates the Company’s production activities, including those acquired in the Rice Merger, the Company's marketing operations, and certain gathering operations primarily supporting the Company's production activities, including the Rice retained gathering assets. The EQM Gathering segment and the EQM Transmission segment include all of the Company's assets and operations that are owned by EQM; therefore, the financial and operational disclosures related to EQM Gathering and EQM Transmission in this Annual Report on Form 10-K are the same as EQM’s disclosures in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017. The RMP Gathering segment contains the Company's gathering assets that are owned by RMP. The RMP Water segment contains the Company's water pipelines, impoundment facilities, pumping stations, take point facilities and measurement facilities owned by RMP. Following the Rice Merger, the financial and operational disclosures related to RMP Gathering and RMP Water will be the same as RMP’s successor disclosures in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017.

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The following illustration depicts EQT’s consolidated acreage position along with its gathering and transmission systems:

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EQT Production Business Segment

EQT Production holds 21.4 Tcfe of proved natural gas, NGLs and crude oil reserves across approximately 4.0 million gross acres, including approximately 1.1 million gross acres in the Marcellus play, many of which also include associated deep Utica or Upper Devonian drilling rights, and approximately 0.1 million gross acres in the Ohio Utica, as of December 31, 2017. EQT believes that it is a technology leader in horizontal drilling and completions in the Appalachian Basin and continues to improve its operations through the use of new technology. EQT Production’s strategy is to maximize shareholder value by maintaining an industry leading cost structure to profitably develop its reserves. EQT’s proved reserves increased 59% in 2017, primarily as a result of acquisitions. The Company’s Marcellus assets constituted approximately 16.9 Tcfe of the Company's total proved reserves as of December 31, 2017.

As of December 31, 2017, the Company’s proved reserves were as follows:



(Bcfe)	Marcellus	Upper Devonian	Ohio Utica	Other	Total
Proved Developed	8,092	683	757	1,767	11,299
Proved Undeveloped	8,805	293	1,049	—	10,147
Total Proved Reserves	16,897	976	1,806	1,767	21,446

The Company’s natural gas wells are generally low-risk, having a long reserve life with relatively low development and production costs on a per unit basis. Assuming that future annual production from these reserves is consistent with 2018 production guidance, the remaining reserve life of the Company’s total proved reserves, as calculated by dividing total proved reserves by 2018 produced volumes guidance, is 14 years.

The Company invested approximately $1,385 million on well development during 2017, with total production sales volumes of 887.5 Bcfe, an increase of 17% over the previous year. EQT Production expects to spend approximately $2.2 billion for well development (primarily drilling and completion) in 2018, which is expected to support the drilling of approximately 195 gross wells, including 134 Marcellus wells, 16 Upper Devonian wells and 45 Ohio Utica wells. The Company also intends to spend approximately $0.2 billion for acreage fill-ins, bolt-on leasing, and other items. During the past three years, the Company’s number of wells drilled (spud) and related capital expenditures for well development were:



	Years Ended December 31,
	2017		2016		2015
Gross wells spud:
Horizontal Marcellus*	193		130		157
Ohio Utica	7		—		—
Other	1		5		4
Total	201		135		161

Capital expenditures for well development (in millions):
Horizontal Marcellus*	$	1,295	$	686	$	1,527
Ohio Utica	31		—		—
Other	59		97		143
Total	$	1,385	$	783	$	1,670

* Includes Upper Devonian formations.

The EQT Production segment also includes the following gathering assets which are not owned by EQM or RMP:


•	approximately 152 miles of high pressure gathering lines and 4 compressor stations in Belmont and Monroe County, Ohio as of December 31, 2017;


•	Strike Force Midstream Holdings LLC's (Strike Force Holdings) 75% membership interest in Strike Force Midstream LLC (Strike Force Midstream), which owns approximately 67 miles of high pressure gathering lines and 2 compressor stations in Belmont and Monroe County, Ohio, as of December 31, 2017; and

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•	approximately 6,600 miles of gathering lines that primarily support the Company's and third party production operations in non-core areas of declining production.

Third party revenues for these gathering services are included in pipeline and net marketing services revenues for the EQT Production segment and were approximately $30.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2017, inclusive of third party revenues during the period of November 13, 2017 through December 31, 2017 for EQT Production including the Rice retained gathering assets.

The Company optimizes its transportation and processing assets to sell natural gas and NGLs to marketers, utilities and industrial customers within its operational footprint and in markets available through the Company's current transportation portfolio. The Company provides marketing services for the benefit of EQT Production and third parties and manages approximately 2.4 Bcf per day of firm third party contractual pipeline takeaway capacity and 685 MMcf per day of firm third party processing capacity. The Company has also committed to 1.29 Bcf per day of firm capacity on the MVP (defined under EQM Transmission) and approximately 0.3 Bcf per day of additional third party contractual takeaway capacity expected to come online in future periods.

EQM Gathering Business Segment

As of December 31, 2017, EQM Gathering included approximately 300 miles of high pressure gathering lines with approximately 2.3 Bcf per day of total firm contracted gathering capacity, compression of approximately 189,000 horsepower and multiple interconnect points with EQM Transmission's transmission and storage system. EQM Gathering's system also included approximately 1,500 miles of FERC-regulated low pressure gathering lines.

In the ordinary course of its business, EQM Gathering pursues gathering expansion projects for affiliates and third party producers. EQM Gathering invested approximately $197 million on gathering projects in 2017 that added 475 MMcf per day of firm gathering capacity in southwestern Pennsylvania. This included the final phase of the header pipeline for Range Resources Corporation (Range Resources), which was placed in-service during the second quarter of 2017. The system now provides total firm gathering capacity of 600 MMcf per day at a total project cost of approximately $240 million. This and other expansion projects, primarily for affiliates, supported increased gathered volumes of 11% and gathering revenues of 14% in 2017. In 2018, EQM Gathering estimates capital expenditures of approximately $300 million on gathering expansion projects, primarily driven by affiliate wellhead and header projects in Pennsylvania and West Virginia, including the Hammerhead project, a 1.2 Bcf per day gathering header connecting Pennsylvania and West Virginia production to the MVP.

EQM Transmission Business Segment

As of December 31, 2017, EQM Transmission's transmission and storage system included an approximately 950-mile FERC-regulated interstate pipeline that connects to seven interstate pipelines and local distribution companies. The transmission system is supported by 18 associated natural gas storage reservoirs with approximately 645 MMcf per day of peak withdrawal capacity, 43 Bcf of working gas capacity and 41 compressor units, with total throughput capacity of approximately 4.4 Bcf per day and compression of approximately 120,000 horsepower as of December 31, 2017.

In the ordinary course of its business, EQM Transmission pursues transmission projects aimed at profitably increasing system capacity. EQM Transmission invested approximately $111 million on transmission and storage system infrastructure in 2017. Revenues in 2017 increased by approximately $41 million or 12% compared to 2016. In 2018, EQM Transmission will focus on the following transmission projects:

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Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP). The MVP Joint Venture is a joint venture with affiliates of each of NextEra Energy, Inc., Consolidated Edison, Inc., WGL Holdings, Inc. and RGC Resources, Inc. EQM is the operator of the MVP and owned a 45.5% interest in the MVP Joint Venture as of December 31, 2017. The 42 inch diameter MVP has a targeted capacity of 2.0 Bcf per day and is estimated to span 300 miles extending from EQM Transmission's existing transmission and storage system in Wetzel County, West Virginia to Pittsylvania County, Virginia providing access to the growing Southeast demand markets. As currently designed, the MVP is estimated to cost a total of approximately $3.5 billion, excluding AFUDC, with EQM funding its proportionate share through capital contributions made to the joint venture. In 2018, EQM expects to provide capital contributions of $1.0 billion to $1.2 billion to the MVP Joint Venture. The MVP Joint Venture has secured a total of 2.0 Bcf per day of firm capacity commitments at 20-year terms, including a 1.29 Bcf per day firm capacity commitment by EQT, and is currently in negotiation with additional shippers who have expressed interest in the MVP project. On October 13, 2017, the FERC issued the Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity for the project. In January 2018, the MVP Joint Venture received multiple limited notices to proceed from the FERC to begin construction

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activities on certain facilities. The MVP Joint Venture plans to commence construction in the first quarter of 2018. The pipeline is targeted to be placed in-service during the fourth quarter of 2018.


•	Transmission Expansion. In 2018, EQM Transmission estimates capital expenditures of approximately $100 million for other transmission expansion projects, primarily attributable to the Equitrans Expansion project. The Equitrans Expansion project is designed to provide north-to-south capacity on the mainline Equitrans system for deliveries to the MVP.

RMP Gathering Business Segment

As of December 31, 2017, RMP Gathering included an approximately 178 mile high pressure dry gas gathering system with approximately 5.1 TBtu per day of gathering capacity and compression capacity of approximately 85,000 horsepower that services the Company and third parties in Washington and Greene Counties, Pennsylvania, with connections to five interstate pipelines.

RMP Water Business Segment

RMP Water's assets include water pipelines, impoundment facilities, pumping stations, take point facilities and measurement facilities used to support well completion activities and to collect and recycle or dispose of flowback and produced water for the Company and third parties in Washington and Greene Counties, Pennsylvania, and Belmont County, Ohio. As of December 31, 2017, RMP Water's Pennsylvania assets provided access to 29.4 MMgal per day of fresh water from the Monongahela River and several other regional water sources, and RMP Water's Ohio assets provided access to 14.0 MMgal per day of fresh water from the Ohio River and several other regional water sources.

Strategy

EQT’s strategy is to maximize shareholder value by profitably and safely developing its undeveloped reserves while maintaining an industry leading cost structure and effectively and efficiently utilizing EQM's and RMP's extensive midstream assets that are uniquely positioned across the Marcellus, Upper Devonian and Utica Shales.

Following the Rice Merger, the Company has significant acreage scale in the core of the Marcellus which will allow EQT to drill considerably longer laterals, realize operational efficiencies and improve overall returns. EQT believes that it is a technology leader in horizontal drilling and completion in the Appalachian Basin and continues to improve its operations through the use of new technology. Development of multi-well pads in conjunction with longer laterals, well spacing, and completion techniques allows EQT to maximize recoveries per acre while reducing the overall environmental surface footprint of the Company’s drilling operations.

The Company's midstream assets span a wide area of the Marcellus, Upper Devonian and Utica Shales in southwestern Pennsylvania, northern West Virginia and southeastern Ohio. This footprint provides a competitive advantage that uniquely positions the Company for continued growth. EQM and RMP intend to capitalize on the growing need for gathering, transmission and water infrastructure in this region, including the need for midstream header connectivity to interstate pipelines in Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Ohio.

The Company’s board of directors has formed a committee to evaluate options for addressing the Company’s sum-of-the-parts discount. The board will announce a decision by the end of March, 2018, after considering the committee’s recommendation.

See “Capital Resources and Liquidity” in Item 7, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” of this Annual Report on Form 10-K for details regarding the Company’s capital expenditures.

Markets and Customers

No single customer accounted for more than 10% of EQT's total operating revenues for 2017 and 2016. One customer within the EQT Production segment accounted for approximately 10% of EQT's total operating revenues in 2015. The Company believes that the loss of this customer would not have a material adverse effect on its business because alternative customers for the Company's natural gas are available.

Natural Gas Sales: The Company’s produced natural gas is sold to marketers, utilities and industrial customers located in the Appalachian Basin and in the markets available through the Company's current transportation portfolio, which includes markets in the Gulf Coast, Midwest and Northeast United States. Natural gas is a commodity and therefore the Company typically receives market-based pricing. The market price for natural gas in the Appalachian Basin is lower relative to the price at Henry Hub,

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Louisiana (the location for pricing NYMEX natural gas futures) as a result of the increased supply of natural gas in the Appalachian Basin. In order to protect cash flow from undue exposure to the risk of changing commodity prices, the Company hedges a portion of its forecasted natural gas production, most of which is hedged at NYMEX natural gas prices. The Company’s hedging strategy and information regarding its derivative instruments is set forth under the heading “Commodity Risk Management” in Item 7, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” in Item 7A, “Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk,” and in Notes 1 and 7 to the Consolidated Financial Statements.

NGLs Sales: The Company sells NGLs from its own gas production and from gas marketed for third parties. In its Appalachian operations, the Company primarily contracts with MarkWest Energy Partners, L.P. (MarkWest) to process natural gas in order to extract the heavier hydrocarbon stream (consisting predominately of ethane, propane, iso-butane, normal butane and natural gasoline) primarily from EQT Production’s produced gas. The Company also contracts with MarkWest to market a portion of the Company's NGLs. The Company also has contractual processing arrangements with Williams Ohio Valley Midstream LLC to market NGLs on behalf of the Company in its Appalachian operations. In its Permian Basin operations, the Company sells gas to third party processors at a weighted average liquids component price.

The following table presents the average sales price on a per Mcfe basis to EQT Corporation for sales of produced natural gas, NGLs and oil, with and without cash settled derivatives, for the years ended December 31:



	2017		2016		2015
Average sales price per Mcfe sold (excluding cash settled derivatives)	$	2.98	$	1.99	$	2.38
Average sales price per Mcfe sold (including cash settled derivatives)	$	3.04	$	2.47	$	3.09

In addition, price information for all products is included in Item 7, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” under the caption “Consolidated Operational Data,” and incorporated herein by reference.

EQM Gathering: EQT Production accounted for approximately 89% and 84% of EQM Gathering's gathering revenues and volumes, respectively, for 2017.

EQM provides gathering services in two manners: firm service and interruptible service. The fixed monthly fee under a firm contract is referred to as a firm reservation fee, which is recognized ratably over the contract period based on the contracted volume regardless of the amount of natural gas that is gathered. If there is available system capacity, customers can flow gas above the firm commitment volumes for a usage charge per unit at a rate that is generally the same or lower than the firm capacity charge per unit. EQM has firm gas gathering agreements in high pressure development areas with approximately 2.3 Bcf per day of total firm contracted gathering capacity as of December 31, 2017. Including expected future capacity from expansion projects that are not yet fully constructed but for which EQM had entered into firm gathering agreements, approximately 2.4 Bcf per day of firm gathering capacity was subscribed under firm gathering contracts as of December 31, 2017. On EQM's low pressure regulated gathering system, the typical gathering agreement is interruptible and has a one year term with month-to-month roll over provisions terminable upon at least 30 days notice. The rates for gathering service on the regulated system are based on the maximum posted tariff rate and assessed on actual receipts into the gathering system. EQM generally does not take title to the natural gas gathered for its customers but retains a percentage of wellhead natural gas receipts to recover natural gas used to run its compressor stations and other requirements on all of its gathering systems.

EQM Transmission: In 2017, EQT Production accounted for approximately 64% of transmission volumes and 53% of transmission revenues for EQM Transmission. Other customers include local distribution companies, marketers, other independent producers and commercial and industrial users. EQM's transmission system provides these customers with access to adjacent markets in Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Ohio and also provides access to the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Midwestern and Gulf Coast markets in the United States through interconnect capacity with major interstate pipelines.

EQM Transmission generally does not take title to the natural gas transported or stored for its customers. EQM Transmission provides services in two manners: firm service and interruptible service. The fixed monthly fee under a firm contract is referred to as a capacity reservation fee, which is recognized ratably over the contract period based on the contracted volume regardless of the amount of natural gas that is transported or stored. In addition to capacity reservation fees, EQM Transmission may also collect usage fees when a firm transmission customer uses the capacity it has reserved under these firm transmission contracts. Where applicable, the usage fees are assessed on the actual volume of natural gas transported on the system. A firm customer is billed an additional usage fee on volumes in excess of firm capacity when the level of natural gas received for delivery from the customer exceeds its reserved capacity. Customers are not assured capacity or service for volumes in excess of firm capacity on the applicable pipeline as these volumes have the same priority as interruptible service.

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Under interruptible service contracts, customers pay usage fees based on their actual utilization of assets. Customers that have executed interruptible contracts are not assured capacity or service on the applicable systems. To the extent that physical capacity that is contracted for firm service is not fully utilized or excess capacity that has not been contracted for service exists, the system can allocate such capacity to interruptible services.

Including expected future capacity from expansion projects that are not yet fully constructed but for which EQM has entered into firm contracts, approximately 5.1 Bcf per day of transmission capacity and 31.3 Bcf of storage capacity, respectively, were subscribed under firm transmission and storage contracts as of December 31, 2017. EQM Transmission's firm transmission and storage contracts had a weighted average remaining term of approximately 15 years as of December 31, 2017 based on total projected contracted revenues.

As of December 31, 2017, approximately 89% of EQM Transmission's contracted transmission firm capacity was subscribed by customers under negotiated rate agreements under its tariff. Approximately 9% of EQM Transmission’s contracted transmission firm capacity was subscribed at the recourse rates under its tariff, which are the maximum rates an interstate pipeline may charge for its services under its tariff. The remaining 2% of EQM Transmission’s contracted transmission firm capacity was subscribed at discounted rates, which are less than the maximum rates an interstate pipeline may charge for its services under its tariff.

EQM Transmission has an acreage dedication from EQT pursuant to which EQM Transmission has the right to elect to transport on its transmission and storage system all natural gas produced from wells drilled by EQT under an area covering approximately 60,000 acres in Allegheny, Washington and Greene Counties in Pennsylvania and Wetzel, Marion, Taylor, Tyler, Doddridge, Harrison and Lewis Counties in West Virginia. EQT has a significant natural gas drilling program in these areas.

Natural Gas Marketing: EQT Energy, LLC (EQT Energy) and Rice Energy Marketing LLC, EQT's indirect wholly owned marketing subsidiaries, provide marketing services and contractual pipeline capacity management for the benefit of EQT Production and third parties. The marketing subsidiaries also engage in risk management and hedging activities on behalf of EQT Production, the objective of which is to limit the Company’s exposure to shifts in market prices.

RMP Gathering: During the year ended December 31, 2017, EQT and Rice, prior to the Rice Merger, represented substantially all of RMP Gathering’s gathering and compression revenues.

RMP Gathering has secured dedications from certain EQT affiliates under various fixed price per unit gathering and compression agreements covering (i) approximately 246,000 gross acres of EQT's acreage position in Washington and Greene Counties, Pennsylvania, and (ii) subject to certain exceptions and limitations pursuant to the gas gathering and compression agreements, any future acreage certain affiliates of EQT acquire within these counties.

RMP Water Services: During the year ended December 31, 2017, EQT and Rice, prior to the Rice Merger, represented approximately 96% of RMP Water's water service revenues.

RMP Water has the exclusive right to provide certain fluid handling services to EQT Production until December 22, 2029, and from month to month thereafter. The fluid handling services include the exclusive right to provide fresh water for well completions operations and to collect and recycle or dispose of flowback and produced water within areas of dedication in Washington and Greene Counties, Pennsylvania and Belmont County, Ohio. RMP Water also provides water services to third parties under fee-based contracts to support well completion activities.

Competition

Natural gas producers compete in the acquisition of properties, the search for and development of reserves, the production, transportation and sale of natural gas and NGLs and the securing of services, labor and equipment required to conduct operations. Competitors include independent oil and gas companies, major oil and gas companies and individual producers and operators within and outside of the Appalachian Basin.

Competition for natural gas gathering, transmission and storage volumes is primarily based on rates, customer commitment levels, timing, performance, commercial terms, reliability, service levels, location, reputation and fuel efficiencies. Key competitors in the natural gas transmission and storage market include companies that own major natural gas pipelines. Key competitors for gathering systems include companies that own major natural gas pipelines, independent gas gatherers and integrated energy companies. EQT competes with numerous companies when marketing natural gas and NGLs. Some of these competitors are affiliates of companies with extensive pipeline systems that are used for transportation from producers to end-users.

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Key competitors for water services include natural gas producers that develop their own water distribution systems in lieu of employing the Company's assets and other natural gas midstream companies. Our ability to attract volumes to the water services business depends on the Company's ability to evaluate and select suitable projects and to consummate transactions in a highly competitive environment.

Regulation

Regulation of the Company’s Operations

EQT Production’s exploration and production operations are subject to various types of federal, state and local laws and regulations, including regulations related to the location of wells; the method of drilling, well construction, well stimulation, hydraulic fracturing and casing design; water withdrawal and procurement for well stimulation purposes; well production; spill prevention plans; the use, transportation, storage and disposal of fluids and materials incidental to oil and gas operations; surface usage and the reclamation of properties upon which wells or other facilities have been located; the plugging and abandoning of wells; the calculation, reporting and disbursement of royalties and taxes; and the gathering of production in certain circumstances. These regulations and any delays in obtaining related authorizations may affect the costs and timing of developing EQT Production’s natural gas resources.

EQT Production’s operations are also subject to conservation and correlative rights regulations, including the regulation of the size of drilling and spacing units or field rule units; setbacks; the number of wells that may be drilled in a unit or in close proximity to other wells; drilling in the vicinity of coal mining operations and certain other structures; and the unitization or pooling of natural gas properties. Kentucky, Ohio, Virginia and, for Utica or other deep wells, West Virginia allow the statutory pooling or unitization of tracts to facilitate development and exploration. In West Virginia, the Company must rely on voluntary pooling of lands and leases for Marcellus and Upper Devonian acreage. In 2013, the Pennsylvania legislature enacted lease integration legislation, which authorizes joint development of existing contiguous leases, and Texas permits similar joint development. In addition, state conservation and oil and gas laws generally limit the venting or flaring of natural gas, and Texas sets allowables on the amount of production permitted from a well.

The Company's gathering and transmission operations are subject to various types of federal and state environmental laws and local zoning ordinances, including air permitting requirements for compressor station and dehydration units and other permitting requirements; erosion and sediment control requirements for compressor station and pipeline construction projects; waste management requirements and spill prevention plans for compressor stations; various recordkeeping and reporting requirements for air permits and waste management practices; compliance with safety regulations; and siting and noise regulations for compressor stations and transmission facilities. These regulations may increase the costs of operating existing pipelines and compressor stations and increase the costs of, and the time to develop, new or expanded pipelines and compressor stations.

The Company's interstate natural gas transmission and storage operations are regulated by the FERC, and certain gathering lines are also subject to rate regulation by the FERC. The FERC approves tariffs that establish EQM’s rates, cost recovery mechanisms and other terms and conditions of service applicable to its FERC-regulated assets. The fees or rates established under EQM’s tariffs are a function of its costs of providing services to customers, including a reasonable return on invested capital. The FERC’s authority over transmission operations also extends to: storage and related services; certification and construction of new interstate transmission and storage facilities; extension or abandonment of interstate transmission and storage services and facilities; maintenance of accounts and records; relationships between pipelines and certain affiliates; terms and conditions of service; depreciation and amortization policies; acquisition and disposition of facilities; the safety of pipelines; and initiation and discontinuation of services.

In 2010, the U.S. Congress adopted comprehensive financial reform legislation that establishes federal oversight and regulation of the over-the-counter derivative market and entities, such as the Company, that participate in that market. The legislation, known as the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the Dodd-Frank Act), required the CFTC, the SEC and other regulatory agencies to promulgate rules and regulations implementing this legislation. As of the filing date of this Annual Report on Form 10-K, the CFTC had adopted and implemented many final rules that impose regulatory obligations on all market participants, including the Company, such as recordkeeping and certain reporting obligations. Other CFTC rules that may be relevant to the Company have yet to be finalized. Because significant CFTC rules relevant to natural gas hedging activities have not been adopted or implemented, it is not possible at this time to predict the extent of the impact of the regulations on the Company’s hedging program or regulatory compliance obligations. The Company has experienced increased, and anticipates additional, compliance costs and changes to current market practices as participants continue to adapt to a changing regulatory environment.

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Regulators periodically review or audit the Company’s compliance with applicable regulatory requirements. The Company anticipates that compliance with existing laws and regulations governing current operations will not have a material adverse effect upon its capital expenditures, earnings or competitive position. Additional proposals that affect the oil and gas industry are regularly considered by the U.S. Congress, the states, regulatory agencies and the courts. The Company cannot predict when or whether any such proposals may become effective or the effect that such proposals may have on the Company.

Environmental, Health and Safety Regulation

The business operations of the Company are also subject to various federal, state and local environmental, health and safety laws and regulations pertaining to, among other things, the release, emission or discharge of materials into the environment; the generation, storage, transportation, handling and disposal of materials (including solid and hazardous wastes); the safety of employees and the general public; pollution; site remediation; and preservation or protection of human health and safety, natural resources, wildlife and the environment. The Company must take into account environmental, health and safety regulations in, among other things, planning, designing, constructing, operating and abandoning wells, pipelines and related facilities. The Company has established procedures for ongoing evaluation of its operations to identify potential environmental exposures and to assure compliance with regulatory policies and procedures.

Vast quantities of natural gas deposits exist in shale and other formations. It is customary in the Company’s industry to recover natural gas from these shale formations through the use of hydraulic fracturing, combined with sophisticated horizontal drilling. Hydraulic fracturing is the process of creating or expanding cracks, or fractures, in formations underground where water, sand and other additives are pumped under high pressure into a shale gas formation. These deeper formations are geologically separated and isolated from fresh ground water supplies by overlying rock layers. The Company’s well construction practices include installation of multiple layers of protective steel casing surrounded by cement that are specifically designed and installed to protect freshwater aquifers. To assess water sources near our drilling locations, the Company conducts baseline and, as appropriate, post-drilling water testing at all water wells within at least 2,500 feet of the Company's drilling pads. Legislative and regulatory efforts at the federal level and in some states have sought to render more stringent permitting and compliance requirements for hydraulic fracturing. If passed into law, the additional permitting requirements for hydraulic fracturing may increase the cost to or limit the Company’s ability to obtain permits to construct wells.

See Note 20 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for a description of expenditures related to environmental matters.

Climate Change

Legislative and regulatory measures to address climate change and greenhouse gas emissions are in various phases of discussion or implementation. The EPA and various states have issued a number of proposed and final laws and regulations that limit greenhouse gas emissions. Legislation or regulation that restricts carbon emissions could increase the Company’s cost of environmental compliance by requiring the Company to install new equipment to reduce emissions from larger facilities and/or purchase emission allowances. Climate change and greenhouse gas legislation or regulation could also delay or otherwise negatively affect efforts to obtain permits and other regulatory approvals with regard to existing and new facilities, or impose additional monitoring and reporting requirements. Conversely, legislation or regulation that sets a price on or otherwise restricts carbon emissions could also benefit the Company by increasing demand for natural gas, because the combustion of natural gas results in substantially fewer carbon emissions per Btu of heat generated than other fossil fuels, such as coal. The effect on the Company of any new legislative or regulatory measures will depend on the particular provisions that are ultimately adopted.

Employees

The Company and its subsidiaries had 2,067 employees at the end of 2017; none are subject to a collective bargaining agreement.

Availability of Reports

The Company makes certain filings with the SEC, including its annual report on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K and all amendments and exhibits to those reports, available free of charge through its website, http://www.eqt.com, as soon as reasonably practicable after they are filed with, or furnished to, the SEC. The filings are also available at the SEC’s Public Reference Room at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549 or by calling 1-800-SEC-0330. These filings are also available on the internet at http://www.sec.gov.

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Composition of Segment Operating Revenues

Presented below are operating revenues for each class of products and services representing greater than 10% of total operating revenues.



	For the Years Ended December 31,
	2017		2016			2015
	(Thousands)
Operating Revenues:
Sales of natural gas, oil and NGLs (a)	$	2,651,318	$	1,594,997		$	1,690,360
Pipeline, water and net marketing services (b)	336,676		262,342			263,640
Gain (loss) on derivatives not designated as hedges (a)	390,021		(248,991		)	385,762
Total operating revenues	$	3,378,015	$	1,608,348		$	2,339,762


(a)	Reported in the EQT Production segment.


(b)	Reported in the EQM Gathering, EQM Transmission, RMP Gathering and RMP Water segments, with the exception of $65.0 million, $41.0 million and $55.5 million for the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015, respectively, which are reported within the EQT Production segment.

Financial Information about Segments

See Note 6 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for financial information by business segment including, but not limited to, revenues from external customers, operating income and total assets.

Jurisdiction and Year of Formation

The Company is a Pennsylvania corporation formed in 2008 in connection with a holding company reorganization of the former Equitable Resources, Inc.

Financial Information about Geographic Areas

Substantially all of the Company’s assets and operations are located in the continental United States.

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Item 1A. Risk Factors

In addition to the other information contained in this Annual Report on Form 10-K, the following risk factors should be considered in evaluating our business and future prospects. Please note that additional risks not presently known to us or that are currently considered immaterial may also have a negative impact on our business and operations. If any of the events or circumstances described below actually occurs, our business, financial condition or results of operations could suffer and the trading price of our common stock could decline.

Natural gas, NGLs and oil price volatility, or a prolonged period of low natural gas, NGLs and oil prices, may have an adverse effect upon our revenue, profitability, future rate of growth, liquidity and financial position.

Our revenue, profitability, future rate of growth, liquidity and financial position depend upon the prices for natural gas, NGLs and oil. The prices for natural gas, NGLs and oil have historically been volatile, and we expect this volatility to continue in the future. The prices are affected by a number of factors beyond our control, which include: weather conditions and seasonal trends; the supply of and demand for natural gas, NGLs and oil; regional basis differentials; national and worldwide economic and political conditions; new and competing exploratory finds of natural gas, NGLs and oil; the ability to export liquefied natural gas; the effect of energy conservation efforts; the price and availability of alternative fuels; the availability, proximity and capacity of pipelines, other transportation facilities, and gathering, processing and storage facilities; and government regulations, such as regulation of natural gas transportation and price controls.

The daily spot prices for NYMEX Henry Hub natural gas ranged from a high of $3.77 per MMBtu to a low of $1.49 per MMBtu from January 1, 2016 through December 31, 2017, and the daily spot prices for NYMEX West Texas Intermediate crude oil ranged from a high of $60.46 per barrel to a low of $26.19 per barrel during the same period. In addition, the market price for natural gas in the Appalachian Basin continues to be lower relative to NYMEX Henry Hub as a result of the significant increases in the supply of natural gas in the Northeast region in recent years. Due to the volatility of commodity prices, we are unable to predict future potential movements in the market prices for natural gas, including Appalachian and other market point basis, NGLs and oil and thus cannot predict the ultimate impact of prices on our operations.

Lower prices for natural gas, NGLs and oil result in lower revenues, operating income and cash flows. Prolonged low, and/or significant or extended further declines in, natural gas, NGLs and oil prices may result in further decreases in our revenues, operating income and cash flows, which may result in reductions in drilling activity, delays in the construction of new midstream infrastructure and downgrades, or other negative rating actions with respect to our credit ratings. Further declines in prices could also adversely affect the amount of natural gas, NGLs and oil that we can produce economically, which may result in us having to make significant downward adjustments to the value of our assets and could cause us to incur non-cash impairment charges to earnings in future periods. See “Impairment of Oil and Gas Properties and Goodwill” under Item 7, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and “Natural gas, NGLs and oil price declines have resulted in impairment of certain of our non-core assets. Future declines in commodity prices, increases in operating costs or adverse changes in well performance may result in additional write-downs of the carrying amounts of our assets, including goodwill and other long lived intangible assets, which could materially and adversely affect our results of operations in future periods.” under Item 1A, “Risk Factors.” Moreover, a failure to control our development costs during periods of lower natural gas, NGLs and oil prices could have significant adverse effects on our earnings, cash flows and financial position. We are also exposed to the risk of non-performance by our hedge counterparties in the event that changes, positive or negative, in natural gas prices result in derivative contracts with a positive fair value. Further, adverse economic and market conditions could negatively affect the collectability of our trade receivables and cause our hedge counterparties to be unable to perform their obligations or to seek bankruptcy protection.

Increases in natural gas, NGLs and oil prices may be accompanied by or result in increased well drilling costs, increased production taxes, increased lease operating expenses, increased volatility in seasonal gas price spreads for our storage assets and increased end-user conservation or conversion to alternative fuels. Significant natural gas price increases may subject us to margin calls on our commodity price derivative contracts (hedging arrangements, including swap, collar and option agreements and exchange-traded instruments) which would potentially require us to post significant amounts of cash collateral with our hedge counterparties. The cash collateral provided to our hedge counterparties, which is interest-bearing, is returned to us in whole or in part upon a reduction in forward market prices, depending on the amount of such reduction, or in whole upon settlement of the related derivative contract. In addition, to the extent we have hedged our current production at prices below the current market price, we are unable to benefit fully from an increase in the price of natural gas.

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We may not achieve the intended benefits of the acquisition of Rice and the acquisition may disrupt our current plans or operations.

There can be no assurance that we will be able to successfully integrate Rice’s assets or otherwise realize the expected benefits of the acquisition of Rice. In addition, our business may be negatively impacted if we are unable to effectively manage our expanded operations going forward. The integration has required and will continue to require significant time and focus from management and could disrupt current plans and operations, which could delay the achievement of our strategic objectives.

We are subject to risks associated with the operation of our wells, pipelines and facilities.

Our business is subject to all of the inherent hazards and risks normally incidental to the operations for drilling, completions, producing, transporting and storing natural gas, NGLs and oil, such as well site blowouts, cratering and explosions, pipe and other equipment and system failures, landslides, fires, formations with abnormal or unexpected pressures, freeze offs of wells and pipelines due to cold weather, inadvertent third party damage to the Company's assets, pollution and environmental risks and natural disasters. We also face various threats to the security of our or third parties’ facilities and infrastructure, such as processing plants, compressor stations and pipelines. These risks could result in substantial losses due to personal injury and/or loss of life, severe damage to and destruction of property and equipment, pollution or other environmental damage, disruptions to our operations, regulatory investigations and penalties and loss of sensitive confidential information. Moreover, in the event that one or more of these hazards occur, there can be no assurance that a response will be adequate to limit or reduce damage. As a result of these risks, we are also sometimes a defendant in legal proceedings and litigation arising in the ordinary course of business. There can be no assurance that the insurance policies we maintain to limit our liability for such losses will be adequate to protect us from all material expenses related to potential future claims for personal injury and property damage or that such levels of insurance will be available in the future at economical prices or to cover all risks.

Our failure to develop, obtain, access or maintain the necessary infrastructure to successfully deliver natural gas, NGLs and oil to market may adversely affect our earnings, cash flows and results of operations.

Our delivery of natural gas, NGLs and oil depends upon the availability, proximity and capacity of pipelines, other transportation facilities and gathering and processing facilities. The capacity of transmission, gathering and processing facilities may be insufficient to accommodate potential production from existing and new wells, which may result in substantial discounts in the prices we receive for our natural gas, NGLs and oil. Competition for access to pipeline infrastructure within the Appalachian Basin is intense, and our ability to secure access to pipeline infrastructure on economic terms could affect our competitive position. The Company’s investment in midstream infrastructure through EQM and RMP is intended to address a lack of capacity on, and access to, existing gathering and transmission pipelines as well as curtailments on such pipelines. Our infrastructure development and maintenance programs can involve significant risks, including those related to timing, cost overruns, operational efficiency, and construction, and these risks can be affected by the availability of capital, materials and a qualified work force, as well as the complexity of construction locations, weather conditions, delays in obtaining permits and other government approvals, title and property access problems, geology, public opposition to infrastructure development, compliance by third parties with their contractual obligations to us and other factors. Moreover, if our infrastructure development and maintenance programs are not successfully developed on time and within budget, we may not be able to profitably fulfill our contractual obligations to third parties, including joint venture partners.

We also deliver to and are served by third-party natural gas, NGLs and oil transmission, gathering, processing and storage facilities that are limited in number, geographically concentrated and subject to the same risks identified above with respect to our infrastructure development and maintenance programs. Because we do not own these third-party pipelines or facilities, their continuing operation is not within our control. An extended interruption of access to or service from our or third-party pipelines and facilities for any reason, including vandalism, sabotage or cyber-attacks on such pipelines and facilities or service interruptions due to gas quality, could result in adverse consequences to us, such as delays in producing and selling our natural gas, NGLs and oil. In such an event, we might have to shut in our wells awaiting a pipeline connection or capacity and/or sell our production at prices lower than we currently project. In addition, some of our third-party contracts involve significant long-term financial commitments on our part. Moreover, our usage of third parties for transmission, gathering and processing services subjects us to the performance risk of such third parties and may make us dependent upon those third parties to get our produced natural gas, NGLs and oil to market.

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The substantial majority of our producing properties are concentrated in the Appalachian Basin, making us vulnerable to risks associated with operating primarily in one major geographic area.

The substantial majority of our producing properties are geographically concentrated in the Appalachian Basin. As a result of this concentration, we may be disproportionately exposed to the impact of regional supply and demand factors, delays or interruptions of production from wells in these areas caused by and costs associated with governmental regulation, processing or transportation capacity constraints, market limitations, water shortages or other weather related conditions, interruption of the processing or transportation of oil, natural gas or NGLs and changes in regional and local political regimes and regulations. Such conditions could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations.

In addition, a number of areas within the Appalachian Basin have historically been subject to mining operations. For example, third parties may engage in subsurface mining operations near or under our properties, which could cause subsidence or other damage to our properties, adversely impact our drilling operations or adversely impact our midstream activities or those on which we rely.

Due to the concentrated nature of our portfolio of natural gas properties, a number of our properties could experience any of the same conditions at the same time, resulting in a relatively greater impact on our results of operations than they might have on other companies that have a more diversified portfolio of properties.

Strategic determinations, including the allocation of capital and other resources to strategic opportunities, are challenging and our failure to appropriately allocate capital and resources among our strategic opportunities may adversely affect our financial condition and reduce our future growth rate.

Our future growth prospects are dependent upon our ability to identify optimal strategies for our business. In developing our 2018 business plan, we considered allocating capital and other resources to various aspects of our businesses, including well development, reserve acquisitions, exploratory activities, midstream infrastructure, corporate items and other alternatives. We also considered our likely sources of capital. Notwithstanding the determinations made in the development of our 2018 plan, business opportunities not previously identified periodically come to our attention, including possible acquisitions and dispositions. If we fail to identify and execute optimal business strategies, including the appropriate corporate structure and appropriate rate of reserve development, or fail to optimize our capital investment and capital raising opportunities and the use of our other resources in furtherance of our business strategies, our financial condition and growth rate may be adversely affected. Moreover, economic or other circumstances may change from those contemplated by our 2018 plan, and our failure to recognize or respond to those changes may limit our ability to achieve our objectives.

We periodically engage in acquisitions, dispositions and other strategic transactions, including joint ventures. These transactions involve various inherent risks, such as our ability to obtain the necessary regulatory approvals; the timing of and conditions imposed upon us by regulators in connection with such approvals; the assumption of potential environmental or other liabilities; and our ability to realize the benefits expected from the transactions. In addition, various factors including prevailing market conditions could negatively impact the benefits we receive from transactions. Competition for acquisition opportunities in our industry is intense and may increase the cost of, or cause us to refrain from, completing acquisitions. Joint venture arrangements may restrict our operational and corporate flexibility. Moreover, joint venture arrangements involve various risks and uncertainties, such as committing us to fund operating and/or capital expenditures, the timing and amount of which we may have little control over, and our joint venture partners may not satisfy their obligations to the joint venture. Our inability to complete a transaction or to achieve our strategic or financial goals in any transaction could have significant adverse effects on our earnings, cash flows and financial position.

In addition, we announced in late 2017 that our board of directors has formed a committee to evaluate options to address our sum-of-the-parts discount, with the results of such review to be announced by the end of March 2018. There can be no assurance regarding the outcome of this review or how such outcome may affect us.

Our need to comply with comprehensive, complex and sometimes unpredictable government regulations may increase our costs and limit our revenue growth, which may result in reduced earnings.

Our operations are regulated extensively at the federal, state and local levels. Laws, regulations and other legal requirements have increased the cost to plan, design, drill, install, operate and abandon wells, gathering and transmission systems and pipelines. Our exploration and production operations are subject to various types of federal, state and local laws and regulations, including regulations related to the location of wells; the method of drilling, well construction, well stimulation, hydraulic fracturing and casing design; water withdrawal and procurement for well stimulation purposes; well production; spill prevention plans; the use, transportation, storage and disposal of water and other fluids and materials, including solid wastes, incidental to oil and gas

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operations; surface usage and the reclamation of properties upon which wells or other facilities have been located; the plugging and abandoning of wells; the calculation, reporting and disbursement of royalties and taxes; and the gathering of production in certain circumstances. These regulations and any delays in obtaining related authorizations may affect the costs and timing of developing our natural gas resources.

Our operations are also subject to conservation and correlative rights regulations, including the regulation of the size of drilling and spacing units or field rule units; setbacks; the number of wells that may be drilled in a unit or in close proximity to other wells; drilling in the vicinity of coal mining operations and certain other structures; and the unitization or pooling of natural gas properties. Some states allow the statutory pooling and unitization of tracts to facilitate development and exploration, as well as joint development of existing contiguous leases. In addition, state conservation and oil and gas laws generally limit the venting or flaring of natural gas, and may set production allowances on the amount of annual production permitted from a well.

Environmental, health and safety legal requirements govern discharges of substances into the air, ground and water; the management and disposal of hazardous substances and wastes; the clean-up of contaminated sites; groundwater quality and availability; plant and wildlife protection; locations available for drilling and pipeline construction; environmental impact studies and assessments prior to permitting; restoration of drilling properties after drilling is completed; pipeline safety (including replacement requirements); and work practices related to employee health and safety. Compliance with the laws, regulations and other legal requirements applicable to our businesses may increase our cost of doing business or result in delays due to the need to obtain additional or more detailed governmental approvals and permits. These requirements could also subject us to claims for personal injuries, property damage and other damages. Our failure to comply with the laws, regulations and other legal requirements applicable to our businesses, even if as a result of factors beyond our control, could result in the suspension or termination of our operations and subject us to administrative, civil and criminal penalties and damages.

The rates charged to customers by our gathering, transmission and storage businesses are, in many cases, subject to federal regulation by the FERC, which may prohibit us from realizing a level of return that we believe is appropriate. These restrictions may take the form of lower overall rates, imputed revenue credits, cost disallowances and/or expense deferrals. For example, under current policy, the FERC permits interstate pipelines to include an income tax allowance in the cost-of-service used as the basis for calculating their regulated rates. For pipelines owned by partnerships, including EQM, the tax allowance reflects the actual or potential income tax liability on the FERC-jurisdictional income attributable to all partnership interests if the ultimate owner of the interest has an actual or potential income tax liability on such income. If the FERC’s income tax allowance policy, which is subject to legal challenges, were to change and if the FERC were to disallow all or a substantial portion of the current income tax allowance for EQM’s pipelines, including adjusting the income tax allowance for reduced income tax rates enacted by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, EQM’s regulated rates, and therefore its revenues, could be materially adversely affected, which eventually could have a material adverse effect on our earnings and cash flows.

Certain natural gas gathering facilities are exempted from regulation by the FERC. We believe that many of our natural gas facilities meet the traditional tests the FERC has used to establish a pipeline's status as an exempt gatherer not subject to regulation as a natural gas company, although the FERC has not made a formal determination with respect to the jurisdictional status of those facilities. However, the distinction between FERC-regulated transmission services and federally unregulated gathering services is the subject of ongoing litigation within the industry, so the classification and regulation of some of our facilities may be subject to change based on future determinations by the FERC, the courts or the U.S. Congress.

Failure to comply with applicable provisions of the laws governing the regulation and safety of natural gas gathering, transmission and storage facilities, as well as with the regulations, rules, orders, restrictions and conditions associated with these laws, could result in the imposition of administrative and criminal remedies and civil penalties. For example, the FERC is authorized to impose civil penalties of up to approximately $1.2 million per violation, per day for violations of the Natural Gas Act of 1938, the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978 or the rules, regulations, restrictions, conditions and orders promulgated under those statutes. The violation of federal pipeline safety laws could lead to the imposition of civil penalties of up to approximately $200,000 per day for each violation up to a maximum penalty of approximately $2 million for a related series of violations. This maximum penalty authority established by statute will continue to be adjusted periodically for inflation.

Laws, regulations and other legal requirements are constantly changing, and implementation of compliant processes in response to such changes could be costly and time consuming. In addition to periodic changes to air, water and waste laws, as well as recent EPA initiatives to impose climate change-based air regulations on the industry, the U.S. Congress and various states have been evaluating and, in certain cases, have enacted climate-related legislation and other regulatory initiatives that would further restrict emissions of greenhouse gases, including methane (a primary component of natural gas) and carbon dioxide (a byproduct of burning natural gas). Such restrictions may result in additional compliance obligations with respect to, or taxes on the release, capture and use of, greenhouse gases that could have an adverse effect on our operations.

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Another area of regulation is hydraulic fracturing, which we utilize to complete most of our natural gas wells. Certain environmental and other groups have suggested that additional laws and regulations may be needed to more closely regulate the hydraulic fracturing process, and legislation or regulation has been proposed or is under discussion at federal, state and local levels. For instance, legislation or regulation banning hydraulic fracturing has been adopted in a number of jurisdictions in which we do not have drilling operations. We cannot predict whether any other such federal, state or local legislation or regulation will be enacted and, if enacted, how it may affect our operations, but enactment of additional laws or regulations could increase our operating costs, result in delays in production or delivery of natural gas or perhaps even preclude us from drilling wells.

Subsequent to the broad tax reform changes provided in the law known as the Tax Cuts and Job Act of 2017, other tax law changes could be enacted that have a material impact on us. The most significant potential tax law change would be a full or partial elimination of the ability to expense intangible drilling costs, or a linking of that deduction to the deduction for interest expense, either of which could adversely impact both current and deferred federal and state income tax liabilities. The cash cost of any such change could impact our ability to develop our natural gas resources.

The rates of federal, state and local taxes applicable to the industries in which we operate, including production taxes paid by EQT Production, often fluctuate, and could be increased by the various taxing authorities. In addition, the tax laws, rules and regulations that affect our business could change, such as the change resulting from the law known as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. Any such increase or change or varying interpretations of these laws, including the imposition of a new severance tax (a tax on the extraction of natural resources) in states in which we produce gas, could adversely impact our earnings, cash flows and financial position.

In 2010, the U.S. Congress adopted the Dodd-Frank Act which established federal oversight and regulation of the over-the-counter derivative market and entities, such as us, that participate in that market. The Dodd-Frank Act required the CFTC, the SEC and other regulatory agencies to promulgate rules and regulations implementing the legislation. As of the filing date of this Annual Report on Form 10-K, the CFTC had adopted and implemented many final rules that impose regulatory obligations on all market participants, including us, such as recordkeeping and certain reporting obligations. Other rules that may be relevant to us or our counterparties have yet to be finalized. Because significant rules relevant to natural gas hedging activities have not been adopted or implemented, it is not possible at this time to predict the extent of the impact of the regulations on our hedging program, including available counterparties, or regulatory compliance obligations. We have experienced increased, and anticipate additional, compliance costs and changes to current market practices as participants continue to adapt to a changing regulatory environment.

We have substantial capital requirements, and we may not be able to obtain needed financing on satisfactory terms.

We, EQM and RMP rely upon access to both short-term bank and money markets and longer-term capital markets as sources of liquidity for any capital requirements not satisfied by the cash flows from operations or other sources. Future challenges in the global financial system, including access to capital markets and changes in the terms of and cost of capital, including increases in interest rates, may adversely affect our, EQM's or RMP's business and financial condition. Our, EQM's and RMP's ability to access the capital markets may be restricted at a time when we, EQM or RMP desire, or need, to raise capital, which could have an impact on our, EQM's, or RMP's flexibility to react to changing economic and business conditions or our ability to implement our business strategies.

As of February 15, 2018, our Senior Notes were rated “Baa3” by Moody’s Investors Services (Moody’s), “BBB” by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Service (S&P) with a "negative" outlook, and “BBB-” by Fitch Ratings Service (Fitch), and EQM's Senior Notes were rated “Ba1” by Moody's, “BBB-” by S&P, and “BBB-” by Fitch. Although we are not aware of any current plans of Moody’s, S&P or Fitch to lower their respective ratings on our or EQM’s Senior Notes, we cannot be assured that our or EQM’s credit ratings will not be downgraded or withdrawn entirely by a rating agency. Low prices for natural gas, NGLs and oil or an increase in the level of our indebtedness in the future may result in a downgrade in the ratings that are assigned to our or EQM’s Senior Notes. If any credit rating agency downgrades the ratings, particularly below investment grade, our or EQM’s access to the capital markets may be limited, borrowing costs and margin deposits on our derivatives would increase, we may be required to provide additional credit assurances in support of pipeline capacity contracts, the amount of which may be substantial, or we or EQM may be required to provide additional credit assurances related to joint venture arrangements or construction contracts, which could adversely affect our business, results of operations and liquidity. Investment grade refers to the quality of a company’s credit as assessed by one or more credit rating agencies. In order to be considered investment grade, a company must be rated “BBB-” or higher by S&P, “Baa3” or higher by Moody’s and “BBB-” or higher by Fitch.

The loss of key personnel could adversely affect our ability to execute our strategic, operational and financial plans.

Our operations are dependent upon key management and technical personnel, and one or more of these individuals could leave our employment. The unexpected loss of the services of one or more of these individuals could have a detrimental effect on

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us. In addition, the success of our operations will depend, in part, on our ability to identify, attract, develop and retain experienced personnel. There is competition within our industry for experienced technical personnel and certain other professionals, which could increase the costs associated with identifying, attracting and retaining such personnel. If we cannot identify, attract, develop and retain our technical and professional personnel or attract additional experienced technical and professional personnel, our ability to compete could be harmed.

Negative public perception regarding us and/or our industry could have an adverse effect on our operations.

Negative public perception regarding us and/or our industry resulting from, among other things, oil spills, the explosion of natural gas transmission and gathering lines and concerns raised by advocacy groups about hydraulic fracturing and pipeline projects, may lead to increased regulatory scrutiny which may, in turn, lead to new local, state and federal safety and environmental laws, regulations, guidelines and enforcement interpretations. These actions may cause operational delays or restrictions, increased operating costs, additional regulatory burdens and increased risk of litigation. Moreover, governmental authorities exercise considerable discretion in the timing and scope of permit issuance and the public may engage in the permitting process, including through intervention in the courts. Negative public perception could cause the permits we need to conduct our operations to be withheld, delayed or burdened by requirements that restrict our ability to profitably conduct our business.

Cyber incidents may adversely impact our operations.

Our business has become increasingly dependent upon digital technologies, including information systems, infrastructure and cloud applications, to operate our production and midstream businesses, and the maintenance of our financial and other records has long been dependent upon such technologies. The U.S. government has issued public warnings that indicate that energy assets might be specific targets of cyber security threats. Deliberate attacks on, or unintentional events affecting, our systems or infrastructure, the systems or infrastructure of third parties or the cloud could lead to corruption or loss of our proprietary data and potentially sensitive data, delays in production or delivery of natural gas, NGLs and oil, difficulty in completing and settling transactions, challenges in maintaining our books and records, communication interruptions, environmental damage, personal injury, property damage, other operational disruptions and third-party liability. Further, as cyber incidents continue to evolve, we may be required to expend additional resources to continue to modify or enhance our protective measures or to investigate and remediate any vulnerability to cyber incidents.

Our failure to assess or capitalize on production opportunities could negatively impact our long-term growth prospects for our production business.

Our goal of sustaining long-term growth for our production business is contingent upon our ability to identify production opportunities based on market conditions. Our decision to drill a well is subject to a number of factors which may alter our drilling schedule or our plans to drill at all. We may have difficulty drilling all of the wells before the lease term expires which could result in the loss of certain leasehold rights, or we could drill wells in locations where we do not have the necessary infrastructure to deliver the natural gas, NGLs and oil to market. Moreover, an incorrect determination of legal title to our wells could result in liability to the owner of the natural gas or oil rights and an impairment to our assets. Successfully identifying production opportunities involves a high degree of business experience, knowledge and careful evaluation of potential opportunities, along with subjective judgments and assumptions that may prove to be incorrect. For example, seismic data is subject to interpretation and may not accurately identify the presence of natural gas or other hydrocarbons. Certain of our future drilling activities may not be successful and, if unsuccessful, this failure could adversely affect our business, results of operations or liquidity. Because we have a limited operating history in certain areas, our future operating results may be difficult to forecast, and our failure to sustain high growth rates in the future could adversely affect the market price of our common stock.

Natural gas, NGLs and oil price declines have resulted in impairment of certain of our non-core assets. Future declines in commodity prices, increases in operating costs or adverse changes in well performance may result in additional write-downs of the carrying amounts of our assets, including goodwill and other long lived intangible assets, which could materially and adversely affect our results of operations in future periods.

We review the carrying values of our proved oil and gas properties, midstream assets and goodwill for indications of impairment when events or circumstances indicate that the remaining carrying value may not be recoverable. In addition, we evaluate goodwill for impairment at least annually. A significant amount of judgment is involved in performing these evaluations since the results are based on estimated future events. The estimated future cash flows used to test our proved oil and gas properties for recoverability are based on proved and, if determined reasonable by management, risk-adjusted probable reserves, utilizing assumptions generally consistent with the assumptions utilized by the Company’s management for internal planning and budgeting purposes, including, among other things, the use of the asset, anticipated production from reserves, future market prices for natural gas, NGLs and oil, future operating costs and inflation. Commodity pricing is estimated by using a combination of the five-year

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NYMEX forward strip prices and assumptions related to gas quality, basis and inflation. Proved oil and gas properties and midstream assets that have carrying amounts in excess of estimated future cash flows are written down to fair value, which is estimated by discounting the estimated future cash flows using discount rate assumptions that marketplace participants would use in their estimates of fair value.

Our estimate of the fair value of our assets depends on the prices of natural gas, NGLs and oil. Primarily as a result of declines in NYMEX forward strip prices, we recorded non-cash, pre-tax impairment charges of $59.7 million to certain long-lived assets during 2016 and $94.3 million to our proved oil and gas properties in the non-core Permian basin during 2015. Future declines in natural gas, NGLs or oil prices, increases in operating costs or adverse changes in well performance, among other things, may result in our having to make significant future downward adjustments to our estimated proved reserves and/or could result in additional non-cash impairment charges to write-down the carrying amount of our assets, including goodwill and other long lived intangible assets, which may have a material adverse effect on our results of operations in future periods. For example, all other things being equal, a further decline in the average five-year NYMEX forward strip price in a future period may cause the Company to recognize impairments on non-core assets, including the Company's assets in the Huron play, which had a carrying value of approximately $3 billion at December 31, 2017. Any impairment of our assets, including goodwill and other long lived intangible assets, would require us to take an immediate charge to earnings. Such charges could be material to our results of operations and could adversely impact our financial condition and results of operations. See “Impairment of Oil and Gas Properties and Goodwill” under Item 7, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.”

The amount and timing of actual future natural gas, NGLs and oil production is difficult to predict and may vary significantly from our estimates, which may reduce our earnings.

Our future success depends upon our ability to develop additional gas reserves that are economically recoverable and to optimize existing well production, and our failure to do so may reduce our earnings. Our drilling and subsequent maintenance of wells can involve significant risks, including those related to timing, cost overruns and operational efficiency, and these risks can be affected by the availability of capital, leases, rigs, equipment, a qualified work force, and adequate capacity for the treatment and recycling or disposal of waste water generated in our operations, as well as weather conditions, natural gas, NGLs and oil price volatility, government approvals, title and property access problems, geology, equipment failure or accidents and other factors. Drilling for natural gas, NGLs and oil can be unprofitable, not only from dry wells, but from productive wells that do not produce sufficient revenues to return a profit. Additionally, a failure to effectively and efficiently operate existing wells may cause production volumes to fall short of our projections. Without continued successful development or acquisition activities, together with effective operation of existing wells, our reserves and revenues will decline as a result of our current reserves being depleted by production.

We also rely on third parties for certain construction, drilling and completion services, materials and supplies. Delays or failures to perform by such third parties could adversely impact our earnings, cash flows and financial position.

The standardized measure of discounted future net cash flows from our proved reserves is not the same as the current market value of our estimated natural gas, NGLs and oil reserves.

You should not assume that the standardized measure of discounted future net cash flows from our proved reserves is the current market value of our estimated natural gas, NGLs and oil reserves. In accordance with SEC requirements, we based the discounted future net cash flows from our proved reserves on the twelve month unweighted arithmetic average of the first-day-of-the-month price for the preceding twelve months without giving effect to derivative transactions. Actual future net cash flows from our properties will be affected by factors such as the actual prices we receive for natural gas, NGLs and oil, the amount, timing and cost of actual production and changes in governmental regulations or taxation. In addition, the 10% discount factor we use when calculating the standardized measure may not be the most appropriate discount factor based on interest rates in effect from time to time and risks associated with us or the natural gas, NGLs and oil industry in general.

Our proved reserves are estimates that are based upon many assumptions that may prove to be inaccurate. Any significant change in these underlying assumptions will greatly affect the quantities and present value of our reserves.

Reserve engineering is a subjective process involving estimates of underground accumulations of natural gas, NGLs and oil and assumptions concerning future prices, production levels and operating and development costs, some of which are beyond our control. These estimates and assumptions are inherently imprecise, and we may adjust our estimates of proved reserves based on changes in these estimates or assumptions. As a result, estimated quantities of proved reserves and projections of future production rates and the timing of development expenditures may prove to be inaccurate. Any significant variance from our assumptions could greatly affect our estimates of reserves, the economically recoverable quantities of natural gas, NGLs and oil, the classifications of reserves based on risk of recovery and estimates of the future net cash flows. Numerous changes over time

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to the assumptions on which our reserve estimates are based, as described above, often result in the actual quantities of natural gas, NGLs and oil we ultimately recover being different from our reserve estimates.

See Item 7A, “Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk,” for further discussion regarding the Company’s exposure to market risks, including the risks associated with the Company's use of derivative contracts to hedge commodity prices.

Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments

None.

Item 2. Properties

Principal facilities are owned or, in the case of certain office locations, warehouse buildings and equipment, leased, by the Company’s business segments. The majority of the Company’s properties are located on or under (i) private properties owned in fee, held by lease or occupied under perpetual easements or other rights acquired for the most part without warranty of underlying land titles or (ii) public highways under franchises or permits from various governmental authorities. The Company’s facilities are generally well maintained and, where appropriate, are replaced or expanded to meet operating requirements.

EQT Production: EQT Production’s properties are located primarily in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio, Kentucky and Virginia. This segment has approximately 4.0 million gross acres (approximately 72% of which are considered undeveloped), which encompass substantially all of the Company’s acreage of proved developed and undeveloped natural gas and oil producing properties. Of these gross acres, approximately 1.1 million are in the Marcellus play, many of which have associated deep Utica or Upper Devonian drilling rights, and approximately 0.1 million are in the Ohio Utica. Although most of its wells are drilled to relatively shallow depths (2,000 to 8,000 feet below the surface), the Company retains what are normally considered “deep rights” on the majority of its acreage. As of December 31, 2017, the Company estimated its total proved reserves to be 21.4 Tcfe, consisting of proved developed producing reserves of 11.1 Tcfe, proved developed non-producing reserves of 0.2 Tcfe and proved undeveloped reserves of 10.1 Tcfe. Substantially all of the Company’s reserves reside in continuous accumulations.

The Company’s estimate of proved natural gas, NGLs and oil reserves is prepared by Company engineers. The engineer primarily responsible for preparing the reserve report and the technical aspects of the reserves audit received a bachelor’s degree

in Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering from The Pennsylvania State University and has 29 years of experience in the oil and gas industry. To ensure that the reserves are materially accurate, management reviews the price, heat content conversion rate and cost assumptions used in the economic model to determine the reserves. Additionally, division of interest and production volumes are reconciled between the system used to calculate the reserves and other accounting/measurement systems, and the reserve reconciliation between prior year reserves and current year reserves is reviewed by senior management.

The Company’s estimate of proved natural gas, NGLs and oil reserves is audited by the independent consulting firm of Ryder Scott Company, L.P. (Ryder Scott), which is hired by the Company’s management. Since 1937, Ryder Scott has evaluated oil and gas properties and independently certified petroleum reserves quantities in the United States and internationally. In the course of its audit, Ryder Scott reviewed 100% of the total net natural gas, NGLs and oil proved reserves attributable to the Company’s interests as of December 31, 2017. Ryder Scott conducted a detailed, well by well, audit of the Company’s largest properties. This audit covered 81% of the Company’s proved developed reserves. Ryder Scott’s audit of the remaining approximately 19% of the Company’s proved developed properties consisted of an audit of aggregated groups not exceeding 200 wells per case for operated wells and 256 wells per case for non-operated wells. For undeveloped locations, the Company determined, and Ryder Scott reviewed and approved, the areas within the Company’s acreage considered to be proven. For undeveloped locations, reserves were assigned and projected by the Company’s reserves engineers for locations within these proven areas and approved by Ryder Scott based on analogous type curves and offset production information. Ryder Scott’s audit report has been filed herewith as Exhibit 99.

No report has been filed with any federal authority or agency reflecting a 5% or more difference from the Company’s estimated total reserves. Additional information relating to the Company’s estimates of natural gas, NGLs and crude oil reserves and future net cash flows is provided in Note 23 (unaudited) to the Consolidated Financial Statements.

In 2017, the Company commenced drilling operations (spud or drilled) on 144 gross horizontal Marcellus wells, 49 gross horizontal Upper Devonian wells, seven gross horizontal Ohio Utica wells and one other gross well. Total proved reserves in the Marcellus play increased 51% to 16.9 Tcfe in 2017 primarily as a result of the Company’s acquisition and drilling activity. Production sales volumes in 2017 from the Marcellus, including the Upper Devonian play, was 770.6 Bcfe. Over the past five years, the Company has experienced a 97% developmental drilling success rate.

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Natural gas, NGLs and crude oil pricing:



	For the Years Ended December 31,
	2017		2016		2015
Natural Gas:
Average sales price (excluding cash settled derivatives) ($/Mcf)	$	2.82	$	1.88	$	2.28
Average sales price (including cash settled derivatives) ($/Mcf)	$	2.89	$	2.41	$	3.06
NGLs (excluding ethane):
Average sales price (excluding cash settled derivatives) ($/Bbl)	$	31.59	$	19.43	$	18.84
Average sales price (including cash settled derivatives) ($/Bbl)	$	30.90	$	19.43	$	18.84
Ethane:
Average sales price ($/Bbl) (a)	$	6.32	$	5.08	$	—
Crude Oil:
Average sales price ($/Bbl)	$	40.70	$	34.73	$	38.70

(a) Ethane sales began in 2016.

For additional information on pricing, see “Consolidated Operational Data” in Item 7, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.”

The Company’s average per unit production cost, excluding production taxes, of natural gas, NGLs and oil during 2017, 2016 and 2015 was $0.13 per Mcfe, $0.15 per Mcfe and $0.19 per Mcfe, respectively. At December 31, 2017, the Company had approximately 50 multiple completion wells.



	Natural Gas	Oil
Total productive wells at December 31, 2017:
Total gross productive wells	14,498	108
Total net productive wells	13,596	104
Total in-process wells at December 31, 2017:	0
Total gross in-process wells	413	—
Total net in-process wells	368	—

Summary of proved natural gas, oil and NGL reserves as of December 31, 2017 based on average fiscal year prices:



	Natural Gas (MMcf)	Oil and NGLs (Bbls)
Developed	10,152,543	190,901
Undeveloped	9,677,693	78,337
Total proved reserves	19,830,236	269,238



Total acreage at December 31, 2017:
Total gross productive acres	1,126,606
Total net productive acres	1,058,833
Total gross undeveloped acres	2,872,468
Total net undeveloped acres	2,586,586

As of December 31, 2017, the Company had no proved undeveloped reserves that had remained undeveloped for more than five years.

As of December 31, 2017, leases associated with approximately 92,000 gross undeveloped acres expire in 2018 if they are not renewed. The Company has an active lease renewal program in areas targeted for development. Within the Marcellus formation, the Company must drill one well in 2018 under a lease and acquisition agreement or 139 net acres will be at-risk.

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Number of net productive and dry exploratory and development wells drilled:



	For the Years Ended December 31,
	2017	2016	2015
Exploratory wells:
Productive	—	—	1.0
Dry	1.0	—	1.0
Development wells:
Productive	149.2	140.9	234.5
Dry	4.9	15.0	3.0

The increase in dry developmental wells in 2016 was primarily related to vertical wells that are no longer planned to be drilled horizontally due to the uncertainty of identifying a near-term pipeline solution.

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The table below provides select production, sales and acreage data by state (as of December 31, 2017 unless otherwise noted), which is substantially all from the Appalachian Basin. NGLs and oil were converted to Mcfe at the rate of six Mcfe per barrel for all periods. Refer to the table on page 38 for sales volumes by final product.



	Pennsylvania		West Virginia		Kentucky		Ohio		Other (b)		Total
Natural gas, oil and NGLs production (MMcfe) – 2017 (a) (c)	456,614		352,481		60,423		24,426		13,948		907,892
Natural gas, oil and NGLs production (MMcfe) – 2016 (a)	426,524		272,529		61,267		541		15,502		776,363
Natural gas, oil and NGLs production (MMcfe) – 2015 (a)	327,616		208,376		65,726		859		16,109		618,686

Natural gas, oil and NGLs sales (MMcfe) – 2017 (c)	456,600		343,199		51,313		24,113		12,295		887,520
Natural gas, oil and NGLs sales (MMcfe) – 2016	429,011		264,452		51,200		536		13,768		758,967
Natural gas, oil and NGLs sales (MMcfe) – 2015	329,626		200,121		57,825		758		14,752		603,082

Average net revenue interest of proved reserves (%)	79.7	%	83.0	%	92.7	%	46.6	%	79.8	%	76.4	%

Total gross productive wells	1,654		5,391		5,723		178		1,660		14,606
Total net productive wells	1,595		5,125		5,412		78		1,490		13,700

Total gross productive acreage	189,302		329,357		438,598		40,878		128,471		1,126,606
Total gross undeveloped acreage	502,534		1,069,017		1,057,288		49,207		194,422		2,872,468
Total gross acreage	691,836		1,398,374		1,495,886		90,085		322,893		3,999,074

Total net productive acreage	180,714		321,110		432,007		22,761		102,241		1,058,833
Total net undeveloped acreage	486,232		898,592		985,424		49,258		167,080		2,586,586
Total net acreage	666,946		1,219,702		1,417,431		72,019		269,321		3,645,419

(Amounts in Bcfe)
Proved developed producing reserves	5,569		3,449		1,226		700		162		11,106
Proved developed non-producing reserves	122		13		—		58		—		193
Proved undeveloped reserves	7,786		1,313		—		1,048		—		10,147
Proved developed and undeveloped reserves	13,477		4,775		1,226		1,806		162		21,446

Gross proved undeveloped drilling locations	574		126		—		107		—		807
Net proved undeveloped drilling locations	539		124		—		70		—		733

(a) All production information related to natural gas is reported net of the effect of any reduction in natural gas volumes resulting from the processing of NGLs.

(b) Other includes Virginia, Maryland and Texas.


(c)	For the year ended December 31, 2017, the natural gas, oil and NGLs production volumes and sales volumes includes volumes from the production operations acquired in the Rice Merger for the period of November 13, 2017 through December 31, 2017.

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The Company sells natural gas within the Appalachian Basin and in markets accessible through its transportation portfolio under a variety of contractual agreements, some of which specify the delivery of fixed and determinable quantities. The Company expects to fulfill these delivery commitments with existing proved developed and proved undeveloped reserves. As of December 31, 2017, the Company’s delivery commitments for the next five years were as follows:



For the Year Ended December 31,		Natural Gas (Bcf)
2018		1,173
2019		671
2020		459
2021		335
2022		259

Capital expenditures at EQT Production totaled $2.4 billion during 2017, including $1.0 billion for the acquisition of properties. The Company invested approximately $1,055.7 million during 2017 developing proved reserves and approximately $329.2 million on wells still in progress at year end. During the year ended December 31, 2017, the Company converted approximately 987 Bcfe of proved undeveloped reserves to proved developed reserves. The Company had additions to proved developed reserves of 4,455 Bcfe, including 3,330 Bcfe from acquired wells and 300 Bcfe from wells developed in 2017 that had not previously been classified as proved. The Company had negative revisions of 3,074 Bcfe of proved undeveloped reserves that are no longer anticipated to be drilled within 5 years of booking as a result of acquiring new acreage, which added 6,060 Bcfe of proved undeveloped reserves. The acquired acreage presents opportunities to drill considerably longer laterals, realize operational efficiencies and improve overall returns. As of December 31, 2017, the Company’s proved undeveloped reserves totaled 10.1 Tcfe, 90% of which is associated with the development of the Marcellus, including Upper Devonian, play. All proved undeveloped drilling locations are expected to be drilled within five years.

The Company’s 2017 extensions, discoveries and other additions totaled 2,225 Bcfe, which exceeded the 2017 production of 908 Bcfe. Of these reserves, 1,925 Bcfe are attributed to the addition of proved undeveloped locations in the Company’s Pennsylvania and West Virginia Marcellus fields and 300 Bcfe are from the development of locations not previously booked as proved.

Wells located in Pennsylvania are primarily in Marcellus formations with depths ranging from 5,000 feet to 8,000 feet. Wells located in West Virginia are primarily in Marcellus and Huron formations with depths ranging from 2,500 feet to 7,700 feet. Wells located in Kentucky are primarily in Huron formations with depths ranging from 2,500 feet to 6,500 feet. Wells located in Ohio are primarily in Utica formations with depths ranging from 8,500 feet to 10,500 feet. Other wells are in Coalbed Methane, deep Utica and Permian formations.

As a result of the changes to the Company's reporting segments effective for this Annual Report on Form 10-K, EQT Production operations include certain gathering assets, including the Rice retained gathering assets and certain non-core gathering operations primarily supporting the Company's production operations. See “EQT Production Business Segment” under Item 1, “Business” for a description of the midstream assets included in the EQT Production segment, which is incorporated herein by reference. Substantially all of the gathering operation’s transported volumes are delivered to interstate pipelines on which the Company and other customers lease capacity. These pipelines are subject to periodic curtailments for maintenance and repairs.

EQT Production owns or leases office space in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio, Virginia, Kentucky and Texas.

Headquarters: The Company’s corporate headquarters and other operations are located in leased office space in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

For a description of material properties, see "EQM Gathering Business Segment," "EQM Transmission Business Segment," "RMP Gathering Business Segment" and "RMP Water Business Segment" under Item 1, "Business," which sections are incorporated herein by reference.

See “Capital Resources and Liquidity” in Item 7, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” for a discussion of capital expenditures.

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Item 3. Legal Proceedings

In the ordinary course of business, various legal and regulatory claims and proceedings are pending or threatened against the Company. While the amounts claimed may be substantial, the Company is unable to predict with certainty the ultimate outcome of such claims and proceedings. The Company accrues legal and other direct costs related to loss contingencies when actually incurred. The Company has established reserves it believes to be appropriate for pending matters and, after consultation with counsel and giving appropriate consideration to available insurance, the Company believes that the ultimate outcome of any matter currently pending against the Company will not materially affect the financial condition, results of operations or liquidity of the Company.

Environmental Proceedings

Phoenix S Impoundment, Tioga County, Pennsylvania

In June and August 2012, the Company received three Notices of Violation (NOVs) from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (the PADEP). The NOVs alleged violations of the Pennsylvania Oil and Gas Act and Clean Streams Law in connection with the unintentional release in May 2012, by a Company vendor, of water from an impaired water pit at a Company well location in Tioga County, Pennsylvania. Since confirming a release, the Company has cooperated with the PADEP in remediating the affected areas.

During the second quarter of 2014, the Company received a proposed consent assessment of civil penalty from the PADEP that proposed a civil penalty related to the NOVs. On September 19, 2014, the Company filed a declaratory judgment action in the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania against the PADEP seeking a court ruling on the PADEP’s legal interpretation of the penalty provisions of the Clean Streams Law, which interpretation the Company believed was legally flawed and unsupportable. On October 7, 2014, based on its interpretation of the penalty provisions, the PADEP filed a complaint against the Company before the Pennsylvania Environmental Hearing Board (the EHB) seeking $4.53 million in civil penalties. In January 2017, the Commonwealth Court ruled in favor of the Company, finding the PADEP’s interpretation of the penalty provisions of the Clean Streams Law erroneous. The PADEP appealed that decision to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, and the parties made oral arguments in front of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court on November 28, 2017. Following a July 2016 hearing before the EHB, in May 2017, the EHB ruled that the Company should pay $1.1 million in civil penalties. In June 2017, both the Company and the PADEP appealed the EHB’s decision to the Commonwealth Court. While the Company expects the PADEP’s claims to result in penalties that exceed $100,000, the Company expects the resolution of this matter will not have a material impact on the financial condition, results of operations or liquidity of the Company.

Allegheny Valley Connector, Cambria County, Pennsylvania

Between September 2015 and February 2016, EQM, as the operator of the Allegheny Valley Connector (AVC) facilities which at that time were owned by EQT, received eight NOVs from the PADEP. The NOVs alleged violations of the Pennsylvania Clean Streams Law in connection with inadvertent releases of sediment and bentonite to water that occurred while drilling for a pipeline replacement project in Cambria County, Pennsylvania. EQT and EQM immediately addressed the releases and fully cooperated with the PADEP. In October 2016, EQM acquired the AVC facilities from EQT, including any future obligations related to these releases. In February 2017, EQM received a proposed consent assessment of civil penalty from the PADEP that proposed a civil penalty related to the NOVs. While the PADEP’s claims may result in penalties that exceed $100,000, the Company expects that the resolution of this matter will not have a material impact on the financial condition, results of operations or liquidity of the Company or EQM.

Trans Energy, Inc. Matter, West Virginia

As described in Note 10 to the Consolidated Financial Statements, the Company completed the acquisition of Trans Energy, Inc. (Trans Energy) on December 5, 2016. Between 2009 and 2011, Trans Energy received several NOVs from the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (the WVDEP) as well as seven Compliance Orders from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (the EPA). The NOVs and Compliance Orders alleged various violations of the federal Clean Water Act related to the filling of streams and wetlands to create impoundments at several well pads in Marshall, Wetzel and Marion Counties, West Virginia.

On August 25, 2014, Trans Energy entered into a civil consent decree with the EPA (the Consent Decree) to settle the various violations of the Clean Water Act. The Consent Decree requires, among other things, numerous restoration activities associated with impoundments, well pads and access roads in West Virginia at an estimated cost of $10 - $15 million.

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On October 1, 2014, pursuant to a plea agreement, Trans Energy pleaded guilty to three misdemeanor charges filed by the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia related to the same violations of the Clean Water Act that were the subject of the Consent Decree.

On December 21, 2015, Trans Energy entered into an Administrative Agreement with the EPA’s Office of Suspension and Debarment to resolve all matters relating to suspension, debarment and statutory disqualification arising from the plea agreement. The EPA terminated the Administrative Agreement effective as of October 25, 2017. The Administrative Agreement required, among other things, Trans Energy to comply with the plea agreement and Consent Decree, prepare semiannual compliance reports, and retain an independent monitor to certify Trans Energy’s compliance.

Fresh Water Pipeline Bore Release, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

On February 24, 2017, the Company received an NOV from the PADEP. The NOV alleged violations of the Pennsylvania Oil and Gas Act and Clean Streams Law related to an unintentional release, by a Company vendor, of mine water into the Monongahela River in January 2017 from a mine void that was pierced while boring under a road for the installation of a fresh water pipeline in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. The Company cooperated with the PADEP to take appropriate actions to stop the release. On February 15, 2017, the Company entered into a civil penalty settlement related to the release with the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission for $4,555 for alleged violations of the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Code. Settlement discussions between the Company and the PADEP are ongoing. While the Company expects the PADEP’s claims to result in penalties that exceed $100,000, the Company expects that the resolution of this matter will not have a material impact on the financial condition, results of operations or liquidity of the Company.

Other

The Company has received a number of other NOVs from environmental agencies in some of the states in which the Company operates alleging various violations of oil and gas, air, water and waste regulations. The Company has responded to these NOVs and has, where applicable, substantially corrected or remediated the activities in question. The Company disputes the facts alleged in a number of the NOVs and cannot predict with certainty whether any or all of these NOVs will result in penalties. If penalties are imposed, an individual penalty or the aggregate of these penalties could result in monetary sanctions in excess of $100,000.

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures

Not Applicable.

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Executive Officers of the Registrant (as of February 15, 2018)



Name and Age	Current Title (Year Initially Elected an Executive Officer)	Business Experience

Jeremiah J. Ashcroft III (45)	Senior Vice President, EQT Corporation and President, Midstream (2017)	Elected to present position August 2017. Mr. Ashcroft is also a Director and Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of each of EQT Midstream Services, LLC, the general partner of EQM, since August 2017, and Rice Midstream Management LLC, the general partner of RMP, since November 2017. Prior to joining EQT Corporation, Mr. Ashcroft served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Gulf Oil L.P., from September 2015 to June 2017; Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of JP Energy Partners, LP, from May 2014 to September 2015; and President of Buckeye Partners, L.P.’s Natural Gas Storage, Development & Logistics and Energy Services business units, from January 2012 to May 2014.

Lewis B. Gardner (60)	General Counsel and Vice President, External Affairs (2008)	Elected to present position March 2008. Mr. Gardner is also a Director of each of EQT Midstream Services, LLC, the general partner of EQM, since January 2012, EQT GP Services, LLC, the general partner of EQGP, since January 2015, and Rice Midstream Management LLC, the general partner of RMP, since November 2017.

Donald M. Jenkins (45)	Chief Commercial Officer (2017)	Elected to present position March 2017. Mr. Jenkins served as Executive Vice President, Commercial, EQT Energy, LLC, from May 2014 to February 2017; and Senior Vice President, Trading and Origination, EQT Energy, LLC, from December 2012 to May 2014.

Robert J. McNally (47)	Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (2016)	Elected to present position March 2016. Mr. McNally is also a Director and Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of each of EQT Midstream Services, LLC, the general partner of EQM, since March 2016, EQT GP Services, LLC, the general partner of EQGP, since March 2016, and Rice Midstream Management LLC, the general partner of RMP, since November 2017. Prior to joining EQT Corporation, Mr. McNally served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Precision Drilling Corporation, a publicly traded drilling services company, from July 2010 to March 2016.

Charlene Petrelli (57)	Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer (2003)	Elected to present position February 2007.

David L. Porges (60)	Executive Chairman (1998)	Elected to present position March 2017. Mr. Porges served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, EQT Corporation, from December 2015 to February 2017; Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer, EQT Corporation, from May 2011 to December 2015; and President and Chief Executive Officer of each of EQT Midstream Services, LLC, the general partner of EQM, from January 2012 to February 2017, and EQT GP Services, LLC, the general partner of EQGP, from January 2015 to February 2017. Mr. Porges has served as a Director of the Company since May 2002 and also Chairman of the Boards of Directors of the general partners of EQGP, EQM and RMP, since January 2015, January 2012 and November 2017, respectively. As previously disclosed in the Company’s Form 8-K filed with the SEC on January 18, 2018, Mr. Porges intends to retire from his position as Executive Chairman of the Company on February 28, 2018. Following that time, he will continue to serve as a non-executive Chairman of the Company’s Board of Directors.

David E. Schlosser, Jr. (52)	Senior Vice President, EQT Corporation and President, Exploration and Production (2017)	Elected to present position March 2017. Mr. Schlosser served as Executive Vice President, Engineering, Geology and Planning, EQT Production Company, from October 2014 to February 2017; and Senior Vice President, Engineering and Strategic Planning, EQT Production Company, from March 2012 to September 2014.

Steven T. Schlotterbeck (52)	President and Chief Executive Officer (2008)	Elected to present position March 2017. Mr. Schlotterbeck served as President, EQT Corporation and President, Exploration and Production from December 2015 to February 2017; Executive Vice President, EQT Corporation and President, Exploration and Production from December 2013 to December 2015; and Senior Vice President, EQT Corporation and President, Exploration and Production from April 2010 to December 2013. Mr. Schlotterbeck has also served as President and Chief Executive Officer of each of EQT GP Services, LLC, the general partner of EQGP, since March 2017, EQT Midstream Services, LLC, the general partner of EQM, since March 2017, and Rice Midstream Management LLC, the general partner of RMP, since November 2017. Mr. Schlotterbeck is also a Director of each of EQT Corporation, since January 2017, EQT GP Services, LLC, since January 2015, EQT Midstream Services, LLC, since January 2017, and Rice Midstream Management LLC, since November 2017.

Jimmi Sue Smith (45)	Chief Accounting Officer (2016)	Elected to present position September 2016. Ms. Smith served as Vice President and Controller of the Company's midstream and commercial businesses from March 2013 to September 2016; and Vice President and Controller of the Company's midstream business from January 2013 through March 2013. Ms. Smith is also Chief Accounting Officer of each of EQT Midstream Services, LLC, the general partner of EQM, since September 2016, EQT GP Services, LLC, the general partner of EQGP, since September 2016, and Rice Midstream Management LLC, the general partner of RMP, since November 2017.

All executive officers have executed agreements with the Company and serve at the pleasure of the Company’s Board of Directors. Officers are elected annually to serve during the ensuing year or until their successors are elected and qualified, or until death, resignation or removal.

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PART II

Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

The Company’s common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange. The high and low sales prices reflected in the New York Stock Exchange Composite Transactions and the dividends declared and paid per share for 2017 and 2016 are summarized as follows (in U.S. dollars per share):



	2017						2016
	High		Low		Dividend		High		Low		Dividend
1st Quarter	$	66.41	$	56.33	$	0.03	$	68.26	$	48.30	$	0.03
2nd Quarter	64.45		49.63		0.03		80.61		63.48		0.03
3rd Quarter	67.84		57.49		0.03		79.64		67.69		0.03
4th Quarter	66.03		53.43		0.03		75.74		63.11		0.03

As of January 31, 2018, there were 2,358 shareholders of record of the Company’s common stock.

The amount and timing of dividends is subject to the discretion of the Board of Directors and depends upon business conditions, such as the Company’s lines of business, results of operations and financial condition, strategic direction and other factors. The Board of Directors has the discretion to change the annual dividend rate at any time for any reason.

Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities

None.

Market Repurchases

The following table sets forth the Company’s repurchases of equity securities registered under Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, that occurred during the three months ended December 31, 2017:



Period	Total number of shares purchased (a)	Average price paid per share		Total number of shares purchased as part of publicly announced plans or programs	Maximum number of shares that may yet be purchased under the plans or programs (b)
October 2017 (October 1 – October 31)	—	$	—	—	700,000
November 2017 (November 1 – November 30)	788,066	65.15		—	700,000
December 2017 (December 1 – December 31)	53,443	64.62		—	700,000
Total	841,509	$	65.11	—

(a) Reflects shares withheld by the Company to pay taxes upon vesting of restricted stock.

(b) On April 30, 2014, the Company’s Board of Directors announced a share repurchase authorization of up to 1,000,000 shares of the Company’s outstanding common stock. The Company may repurchase shares from time to time in open market or in privately negotiated transactions. The share repurchase authorization does not obligate the Company to acquire any specific number of shares, has no pre-established end date and may be discontinued by the Company at any time. As of December 31, 2017, the Company had repurchased 300,000 shares under this authorization since its inception.

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Stock Performance Graph

The following graph compares the most recent five-year cumulative total return attained by holders of the Company’s common stock with cumulative returns of the S&P 500 Index and a customized peer group. The individual companies of the prior customized peer group (the 2016 Self-Constructed Peer Group) and the new customized peer group (the 2017 Self-Constructed Peer Group) are listed below. An investment of $100 (with reinvestment of all dividends) is assumed to have been made at the close of business on December 31, 2012 in the Company’s common stock, in the S&P 500 Index and in each customized peer group. Relative performance is tracked through December 31, 2017.



	12/12		12/13		12/14		12/15		12/16		12/17
EQT Corporation	$	100.00	$	152.46	$	128.71	$	88.77	$	111.58	$	97.30
S&P 500	100.00		132.39		150.51		152.59		170.84		208.14
2016 Self-Constructed Peer Group (a)	100.00		139.77		116.14		73.35		109.56		103.76
2017 Self-Constructed Peer Group (b)	100.00		137.94		115.12		71.23		105.10		98.82

(a)

The 2016 Self-Constructed Peer Group includes the following 21 companies: Cabot Oil & Gas Corp, Chesapeake Energy Corp, Cimarex Energy Co, Concho Resources Inc., CONSOL Energy Inc. (now known as CNX Resources Corp), Continental Resources Inc., Energen Corp, EOG Resources Inc., EXCO Resources Inc., Marathon Oil Corp, National Fuel Gas Co, Newfield Exploration Co, Noble Energy Inc., ONEOK Inc., Pioneer Natural Resources Co, QEP Resources Inc., Range Resources Corp, SM Energy Co, Southwestern Energy Co, Ultra Petroleum Corp and Whiting Petroleum Corp. Spectra Energy Corp was included in the self-constructed peer group that served as the basis for the stock performance chart in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016 but has been excluded from the 2016 Self-Constructed Peer Group above as it was acquired.

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(b)

The 2017 Self-Constructed Peer Group includes the following 22 companies: Antero Resources Corp, Cabot Oil & Gas Corp, Chesapeake Energy Corp, Cimarex Energy Co, Concho Resources Inc., CONSOL Energy Inc. (now known as CNX Resources Corp), Continental Resources Inc., Devon Energy Corp, Energen Corp, EOG Resources Inc., EXCO Resources Inc., Marathon Oil Corp, National Fuel Gas Co, Newfield Exploration Co, Noble Energy Inc., ONEOK Inc., Pioneer Natural Resources Co, QEP Resources Inc., Range Resources Corp, SM Energy Co, Southwestern Energy Co, and Whiting Petroleum Corp. The 2017 Self-Constructed Peer Group is the peer group that is used for the Company’s 2017 Incentive Performance Share Unit Program, which utilizes three-year total shareholder return against the peer group as one performance metric. It is also identical to the 2016 Self-Constructed Peer Group after adjusting for the removal of Spectra Energy Corp (acquired) and Ultra Petroleum Corp (filed for bankruptcy) and the addition of Antero Resources Corp and Devon Energy Corp (determined by the Company’s Management Development and Compensation Committee (the Compensation Committee) to be appropriate peers).

Equity Compensation Plans

See Item 12, “Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters,” for information relating to compensation plans under which the Company’s securities are authorized for issuance.

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Item 6. Selected Financial Data



	As of and for the Years Ended December 31,
	2017		2016			2015		2014		2013
	(Thousands, except per share amounts)
Total operating revenues	$	3,378,015	$	1,608,348		$	2,339,762	$	2,469,710	$	1,862,011

Amounts attributable to EQT Corporation:
Income (loss) from continuing operations	$	1,508,529	$	(452,983	)	$	85,171	$	385,594	$	298,729
Net income (loss)	$	1,508,529	$	(452,983	)	$	85,171	$	386,965	$	390,572

Earnings per share of common stock attributable to EQT Corporation:
Basic:
Income (loss) from continuing operations	$	8.05	$	(2.71	)	$	0.56	$	2.54	$	1.98
Net income (loss)	$	8.05	$	(2.71	)	$	0.56	$	2.55	$	2.59

Diluted:
Income (loss) from continuing operations	$	8.04	$	(2.71	)	$	0.56	$	2.53	$	1.97
Net income (loss)	$	8.04	$	(2.71	)	$	0.56	$	2.54	$	2.57
Total assets	$	29,522,604	$	15,472,922		$	13,976,172	$	12,035,353	$	9,765,907
Long-term debt	$	7,331,554	$	3,289,459		$	2,793,343	$	2,959,353	$	2,475,370
Cash dividends declared per share of common stock	$	0.12	$	0.12		$	0.12	$	0.12	$	0.12

See Item 1A, “Risk Factors”, Item 7, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and Notes 1, 2, 9 and 10 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for a discussion of matters that affect the comparability of the selected financial data as well as uncertainties that might affect the Company’s future financial condition.

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Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

You should read the following discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements, and the notes thereto, included in Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Consolidated Results of Operations

2017 EQT Highlights:


•	Closed the Rice Merger on November 13, 2017


•	Achieved annual production sales volumes of 887.5 Bcfe, 17% higher than 2016


•	Completed the 2017 Notes Offering (defined in Note 15 to the Consolidated Financial Statements) totaling $3.0 billion


•	Received FERC Certificate for Mountain Valley Pipeline

Net income attributable to EQT Corporation for 2017 was $1,508.5 million, $8.04 per diluted share, compared with a loss attributable to EQT Corporation of $453.0 million, a loss of $2.71 per diluted share, in 2016. The $1,961.5 million increase in net income attributable to EQT Corporation was primarily attributable to an income tax benefit recorded as a result of the lower federal corporate tax rate beginning in 2018, the result of a gain on derivatives not designated as hedges in 2017 compared to a loss in 2016, a 23% increase in the average realized price, a 17% increase in production sales volumes, and higher pipeline, water and net marketing services, partially offset by higher operating expenses, higher interest expense, higher net income attributable to noncontrolling interests and a loss on debt extinguishment in 2017.

During the year ended December 31, 2017, the Company recorded acquisition expenses of approximately $237.3 million related to the Rice Merger, including $141.3 million of employee related expenses for payments to former Rice employees under the Merger Agreement. Additional expenses were for investment banking, legal and other professional fees. Acquisition costs are reflected in unallocated expenses and not recorded on any operating segment.

EQT Production received $40.7 million and $279.4 million of net cash settlements for derivatives not designated as hedges for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively, that are included in the average realized price but are not in GAAP operating revenues.

Net loss attributable to EQT Corporation for 2016 was $453.0 million, a loss of $2.71 per diluted share, compared with net income attributable to EQT Corporation of $85.2 million, $0.56 per diluted share, in 2015. The $538.2 million decrease in income attributable to EQT Corporation was primarily attributable to a loss on derivatives not designated as hedges, a 20% decrease in the average realized price, higher operating expenses and higher net income attributable to noncontrolling interests, partially offset by a 26% increase in production sales volumes and lower income tax expense.

EQT Production received $279.4 million and $172.1 million of net cash settlements for derivatives not designated as hedges for the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively, that are included in the average realized price but are not in GAAP

operating revenues.

During the year ended December 31, 2016, the Company recorded an impairment of long-lived assets of approximately $59.7 million related to certain gathering assets sold to EQM in October 2016. The impairment was a result of a reduction in estimated future cash flows caused by the low commodity price environment and the related reduced producer drilling activity and throughput. This impairment is reflected in unallocated expenses and not recorded on any operating segment.

See “Business Segment Results of Operations” for a discussion of items impacting operating income, “Other Income Statement Items” for a discussion of other income, interest expense, income taxes and net income attributable to noncontrolling interests, and “Investing Activities” under the caption “Capital Resources and Liquidity” for a discussion of capital expenditures.

Consolidated Operational Data

The following table presents detailed natural gas and liquids operational information to assist in the understanding of the Company’s consolidated operations, including the calculation of the Company's average realized price ($/Mcfe), which is based on EQT Production adjusted operating revenues, a non-GAAP supplemental financial measure. EQT Production adjusted operating revenues is presented because it is an important measure used by the Company’s management to evaluate period-to-period comparisons of earnings trends. EQT Production adjusted operating revenues should not be considered as an alternative to EQT Production total operating revenues. See “Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Financial Measures” for a reconciliation of EQT Production

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adjusted operating revenues to EQT Production total operating revenues and Note 6 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for a reconciliation of EQT Production total operating revenues to EQT Corporation total operating revenues.



	Years Ended December 31,
in thousands (unless noted)	2017 (e)			2016			2015
NATURAL GAS
Sales volume (MMcf)	774,076			683,495			547,094
NYMEX price ($/MMBtu) (a)	$	3.09		$	2.47		$	2.66
Btu uplift	$	0.27		$	0.22		$	0.25
Natural gas price ($/Mcf)	$	3.36		$	2.69		$	2.91

Basis ($/Mcf) (b)	(0.54		)	(0.81		)	(0.63		)
Cash settled basis swaps (not designated as hedges) ($/Mcf)	$	0.01		$	0.09		$	0.03
Average differential, including cash settled basis swaps ($/Mcf)	$	(0.53	)	$	(0.72	)	$	(0.60	)

Average adjusted price ($/Mcf)	$	2.83		$	1.97		$	2.31
Cash settled derivatives (cash flow hedges) ($/Mcf)	0.01			0.13			0.47
Cash settled derivatives (not designated as hedges) ($/Mcf)	0.05			0.31			0.28
Average natural gas price, including cash settled derivatives ($/Mcf)	$	2.89		$	2.41		$	3.06

Natural gas sales, including cash settled derivatives	$	2,237,234		$	1,649,831		$	1,671,562

LIQUIDS
NGLs (excluding ethane):
Sales volume (MMcfe) (c)	74,060			57,243			51,530
Sales volume (Mbbls)	12,343			9,540			8,588
Price ($/Bbl)	$	31.59		$	19.43		$	18.84
Cash settled derivatives (not designated as hedges) ($/Bbl)	(0.69		)	—			—
Average NGL price, including cash settled derivatives ($/Bbl)	$	30.90		$	19.43		$	18.84
NGLs sales	$	381,327		$	185,405		$	161,775
Ethane:
Sales volume (MMcfe) (c)	33,432			13,856			—
Sales volume (Mbbls)	5,572			2,309			—
Price ($/Bbl)	$	6.32		$	5.08		$	—
Ethane sales	$	35,241		$	11,742		$	—
Oil:
Sales volume (MMcfe) (c)	5,952			4,373			4,458
Sales volume (Mbbls)	992			729			743
Price ($/Bbl)	$	40.70		$	34.73		$	38.70
Oil sales	$	40,376		$	25,312		$	28,752

Total liquids sales volume (MMcfe) (c)	113,444			75,472			55,988
Total liquids sales volume (Mbbls)	18,907			12,578			9,331

Liquids sales	$	456,944		$	222,459		$	190,527

TOTAL PRODUCTION
Total natural gas & liquids sales, including cash settled derivatives (d)	$	2,694,178		$	1,872,290		$	1,862,089
Total sales volume (MMcfe)	887,520			758,967			603,082

Average realized price ($/Mcfe)	$	3.04		$	2.47		$	3.09

(a) The Company’s volume weighted NYMEX natural gas price (actual average NYMEX natural gas price ($/MMBtu) was $3.11, $2.46 and $2.66 for the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015, respectively).

(b) Basis represents the difference between the ultimate sales price for natural gas and the NYMEX natural gas price.

(d) Also referred to in this report as EQT Production adjusted operating revenues, a non-GAAP supplemental financial measure.

(e) For the year ended December 31, 2017, EQT Production includes the results of production operations acquired in the Rice Merger for the period of November 13, 2017 through December 31, 2017.

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Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Financial Measures

The table below reconciles EQT Production adjusted operating revenues, a non-GAAP supplemental financial measure, to EQT Production total operating revenues as reported under EQT Production Results of Operations, its most directly comparable financial measure calculated in accordance with GAAP. See Note 6 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for a reconciliation of EQT Production operating revenues to EQT Corporation total operating revenues as reported in the Statements of Consolidated Operations.

EQT Production adjusted operating revenues (also referred to as total natural gas & liquids sales, including cash settled derivatives) is presented because it is an important measure used by the Company’s management to evaluate period-over-period comparisons of earnings trends. EQT Production adjusted operating revenues as presented excludes the revenue impact of changes in the fair value of derivative instruments prior to settlement and the revenue impact of certain pipeline and net marketing services. Management utilizes EQT Production adjusted operating revenues to evaluate earnings trends because the measure reflects only the impact of settled derivative contracts and thus does not impact the revenue from natural gas sales with the often volatile fluctuations in the fair value of derivatives prior to settlement. EQT Production adjusted operating revenues also excludes "Pipeline and net marketing services" because management considers these revenues to be unrelated to the revenues for its natural gas and liquids production. "Pipeline and net marketing services" primarily includes revenues for gathering services provided to third parties as well as both the cost of and recoveries on third party pipeline capacity not used for EQT Production sales volumes. Management further believes that EQT Production adjusted operating revenues as presented provides useful information to investors for evaluating period-over-period earnings trends.



Calculation of EQT Production adjusted operating revenues	Years Ended December 31,
$ in thousands (unless noted)	2017			2016			2015
EQT Production total operating revenues	$	3,106,337		$	1,387,054		$	2,131,664
(Deduct) add back:
(Gain) loss on derivatives not designated as hedges	(390,021		)	248,991			(385,762		)
Net cash settlements received on derivatives not designated as hedges	40,728			279,425			172,093
Premiums received (paid) for derivatives that settled during the year	2,132			(2,132		)	(364		)
Pipeline and net marketing services	(64,998		)	(41,048		)	(55,542		)
EQT Production adjusted operating revenues, a non-GAAP financial measure	$	2,694,178		$	1,872,290		$	1,862,089

Total sales volumes (MMcfe)	887,520			758,967			603,082

Average realized price ($/Mcfe)	$	3.04		$	2.47		$	3.09

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Business Segment Results of Operations

Business segment operating results from continuing operations are presented in the segment discussions and financial tables on the following pages. Operating segments are evaluated on their contribution to the Company’s consolidated results based on operating income. Other income, interest and income taxes are managed on a consolidated basis. Headquarters’ costs are billed to the operating segments based upon a fixed allocation of the headquarters’ annual operating budget. Unallocated expenses consist primarily of incentive compensation and administrative costs. In 2017, unallocated expenses also included the Rice Merger acquisition related expenses of $237.3 million, including $141.3 million of employee related expenses for payments to former Rice employees under the Merger Agreement as well as investment banking, legal and other professional fees. In 2016, unallocated expenses also included an impairment of long-lived assets of approximately $59.7 million related to certain gathering assets sold to EQM in October 2016.

The Company has reported the components of each segment’s operating income and various operational measures in the sections below, and where appropriate, has provided information describing how a measure was derived. EQT’s management believes that presentation of this information provides useful information to management and investors regarding the financial condition, operations and trends of each of EQT’s business segments without being obscured by the financial condition, operations and trends for the other segments or by the effects of corporate allocations of interest, income taxes and other income. In addition, management uses these measures for budget planning purposes. The Company has reconciled each segment’s operating income to the Company’s consolidated operating income and net income in Note 6 to the Consolidated Financial Statements.

Prior to the Rice Merger, the Company reported its results of operations through three business segments: EQT Production, EQT Gathering and EQT Transmission. These reporting segments reflected the Company's lines of business and were reported in the same manner in which the Company evaluated its operating performance through September 30, 2017. Following the Rice Merger, the Company adjusted its internal reporting structure to incorporate the newly acquired assets. The Company now conducts its business through five business segments: EQT Production, EQM Gathering (formerly known as EQT Gathering), EQM Transmission (formerly known as EQT Transmission), RMP Gathering and RMP Water. The EQT Production segment includes the Company’s production activities, including those acquired in the Rice Merger, the Company's marketing operations and certain gathering operations primarily supporting the Company's production activities, including the Rice retained gathering assets. The EQM Gathering segment and the EQM Transmission segment include all of the Company's assets and operations that are owned by EQM; therefore, the financial and operational disclosures related to EQM Gathering and EQM Transmission in this Annual Report on Form 10-K are the same as EQM’s disclosures in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017. The RMP Gathering segment contains the Company's gathering assets that are owned by RMP. The RMP Water segment contains the Company's water pipelines, impoundment facilities, pumping stations, take point facilities and measurement facilities owned by RMP. Following the Rice Merger, the financial and operational disclosures related to RMP Gathering and RMP Water will be the same as RMP’s successor disclosures in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017.

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EQT Production

Results of Operations



	Years Ended December 31,
	2017 (d)		2016			% change 2017 - 2016		2015		% change 2016 - 2015
OPERATIONAL DATA

Sales volume detail (MMcfe):
Marcellus (a)	770,620		660,146			16.7		505,102		30.7
Ohio Utica	24,266		536			4,427.2		758		(29.3	)
Other	92,634		98,285			(5.7	)	97,222		1.1
Total production sales volumes (b)	887,520		758,967			16.9		603,082		25.8

Average daily sales volumes (MMcfe/d)	2,432		2,074			17.3		1,652		25.5

Average realized price ($/Mcfe)	$	3.04	$	2.47		23.1		$	3.09	(20.1	)

Gathering to EQM Gathering and RMP Gathering ($/Mcfe)	$	0.47	$	0.48		(2.1	)	$	0.51	(5.9	)
Transmission to EQM Transmission ($/Mcfe)	$	0.20	$	0.20		—		$	0.20	—
Third-party gathering and transmission ($/Mcfe)	$	0.42	$	0.32		31.3		$	0.29	10.3
Processing ($/Mcfe)	$	0.20	$	0.16		25.0		$	0.17	(5.9	)
Lease operating expenses (LOE), excluding production taxes ($/Mcfe)	$	0.13	$	0.15		(13.3	)	$	0.19	(21.1	)
Production taxes ($/Mcfe)	$	0.08	$	0.08		—		$	0.10	(20.0	)
Production depletion ($/Mcfe)	$	1.04	$	1.06		(1.9	)	$	1.18	(10.2	)

Depreciation, depletion and amortization (DD&A) (thousands):
Production depletion	$	924,430	$	803,883		15.0		$	713,651	12.6
Other DD&A	57,673		55,135			4.6		51,647		6.8
Total DD&A	$	982,103	$	859,018		14.3		$	765,298	12.2

Capital expenditures (thousands) (c)	$	2,430,094	$	2,073,907		17.2		$	1,893,750	9.5

FINANCIAL DATA (thousands)

Revenues:
Sales of natural gas, oil and NGLs	$	2,651,318	$	1,594,997		66.2		$	1,690,360	(5.6	)
Pipeline and net marketing services	64,998		41,048			58.3		55,542		(26.1	)
Gain (loss) on derivatives not designated as hedges	390,021		(248,991		)	(256.6	)	385,762		(164.5	)
Total operating revenues	3,106,337		1,387,054			124.0		2,131,664		(34.9	)

Operating expenses:
Gathering	480,111		413,758			16.0		330,562		25.2
Transmission	495,635		341,569			45.1		268,368		27.3
Processing	179,538		124,864			43.8		100,329		24.5
LOE, excluding production taxes	113,937		112,509			1.3		116,527		(3.4	)
Production taxes	68,848		62,317			10.5		61,408		1.5
Exploration	25,117		13,410			87.3		61,970		(78.4	)
Selling, general and administrative (SG&A)	165,792		180,426			(8.1	)	172,725		4.5
DD&A	982,103		859,018			14.3		765,298		12.2
Amortization of intangible assets	5,540		—			100.0		—		—
Impairment of long-lived assets	—		6,939			(100.0	)	122,469		(94.3	)
Total operating expenses	2,516,621		2,114,810			19.0		1,999,656		5.8
Gain on sale / exchange of assets	—		8,025			(100.0	)	—		100.0
Operating income (loss)	$	589,716	$	(719,731	)	(181.9	)	$	132,008	(645.2	)


(a)	Includes Upper Devonian wells.


(b)	NGLs, ethane and crude oil were converted to Mcfe at the rate of six Mcfe per barrel for all periods.

(c)

Includes cash capital expenditures of $819.0 million, non-cash capital expenditures of $10.0 million and measurement period adjustments of $(14.3) million for acquisitions during the year ended December 31, 2017. Includes cash capital expenditures of $1,051.2 million and non-cash capital expenditures of $87.6 million related to acquisitions during the year ended December 31, 2016. See Note 10 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information related to these transactions.


(d)	For the year ended December 31, 2017, the operating income for EQT Production includes the results of operations for the production operations and retained midstream operations acquired in the Rice Merger for the period of November 13, 2017 through December 31, 2017. See Note 2 for a discussion of the Rice Merger.

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Year Ended December 31, 2017