In a year defined by rebounding energy demand and a strong but vulnerable economic recovery amid coronavirus vaccine campaigns, leading natural gas marketers posted nearly flat sales volumes in 2021, according to NGI’s Top North American Natural Gas Marketers ranking.

The 22 natural gas marketers included in the latest survey* reported combined sales transactions of 106.35 Bcf/d for all of 2021 and 109.77 Bc/d for the fourth quarter. The full-year result was down slightly – 2% — from 2020, while the 4Q2021 number was virtually even with a year earlier.

That noted, several companies reported robust increases in the fourth quarter and throughout the year, offsetting notable declines among a handful of prominent players. Traders said the industry finished the year benefiting...