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  <xsd:element id="rice_SaleofStockbyRelatedPartyPricePerShareNetofUnderwritingDiscountsandCommissions" name="SaleofStockbyRelatedPartyPricePerShareNetofUnderwritingDiscountsandCommissions" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="num:perShareItemType" xbrli:periodType="instant" />
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  <xsd:element id="rice_ScheduleofSharebasedPaymentAwardIncentiveUnitsValuationAssumptionsTableTextBlock" name="ScheduleofSharebasedPaymentAwardIncentiveUnitsValuationAssumptionsTableTextBlock" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="nonnum:textBlockItemType" xbrli:periodType="duration" />
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  <xsd:element abstract="true" id="rice_SecondaryPublicOfferingMember" name="SecondaryPublicOfferingMember" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="nonnum:domainItemType" xbrli:periodType="duration" />
  <xsd:element abstract="true" id="rice_SellingStockholderMember" name="SellingStockholderMember" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="nonnum:domainItemType" xbrli:periodType="duration" />
  <xsd:element abstract="true" id="rice_SeniorNotesDue2022Member" name="SeniorNotesDue2022Member" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="nonnum:domainItemType" xbrli:periodType="duration" />
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  <xsd:element abstract="true" id="rice_SeriesBUnitsMember" name="SeriesBUnitsMember" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="nonnum:domainItemType" xbrli:periodType="duration" />
  <xsd:element id="rice_SharebasedCompensationArrangementbySharebasedPaymentAwardNumberofTrancheswithTimeVestFeature" name="SharebasedCompensationArrangementbySharebasedPaymentAwardNumberofTrancheswithTimeVestFeature" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="xbrli:integerItemType" xbrli:periodType="instant" />
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  <xsd:element id="rice_TemporaryEquityContractTermsNumberofOccasionsforRedemptionRequirement" name="TemporaryEquityContractTermsNumberofOccasionsforRedemptionRequirement" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="xbrli:integerItemType" xbrli:periodType="instant" />
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  <xsd:element id="rice_TemporaryEquityContractTermsTermofSecuritiesPurchaseAgreement" name="TemporaryEquityContractTermsTermofSecuritiesPurchaseAgreement" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="xbrli:durationItemType" xbrli:periodType="duration" />
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  <xsd:element abstract="true" id="rice_TopholeDrillingRigsMember" name="TopholeDrillingRigsMember" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="nonnum:domainItemType" xbrli:periodType="duration" />
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  <xsd:element abstract="true" id="rice_WaterPipelinesPumpingStationsandImpoundmentFacilitiesMember" name="WaterPipelinesPumpingStationsandImpoundmentFacilitiesMember" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="nonnum:domainItemType" xbrli:periodType="duration" />
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</xsd:schema>


