Sales of natural gas by 25 leading marketers soared 7.24 Bcf/d (7%) from 4Q2016 to 4Q2017, despite a 6% decline by the segment’s perennial No. 1 company, and it was nearly enough to completely resuscitate the volume total for the entire year, according to NGI‘s 4Q2017 and Full-Year 2017 Top North American Natural Gas Marketers rankings.

 

Participating gas marketers reported combined sales transactions of 117.44 Bcf/d in 4Q2017, compared with 110.20 in 4Q2016. Five of the survey’s top 10 marketers and 15 companies overall reported higher numbers in the final three months of 2017 than in the year-ago period.

 

NGI‘s survey of North American marketers reported combined sales transactions of 112.31 Bcf/d in 1Q2017, a 2% decrease compared with 1Q2016. Gas marketers reported 105.23 Bcf/d...