Frustratingly low commodities prices continued to exert their force as 2015 wound down, with a majority of the companies participating in NGI’s 4Q2015 Top North American Gas Marketers Ranking reporting lower sales transaction numbers than they did in 4Q2014.

 

Twenty-two leading gas marketers reported combined sales transactions of 108.91 Bcf/d in 4Q2015, a 2% decline compared with 4Q2014. Five of the survey’s top 10 marketers and 16 companies overall reported lower numbers in 4Q2015 than in the year-ago period.

 

NGI‘s survey of North American marketers hasn’t reported an overall increase in sales since 1Q2014, when sales by participating companies increased 0.61 Bcf/d (about 0.5%) compared with 1Q2013. Prior to that, the last increase was recorded in 2Q2012, when participating...