Leading natural gas marketers in North America collectively reported lower sales volumes in 4Q2020, marking the sixth year/year decline over the last seven quarters, according to NGI’s Top North American Natural Gas Marketers rankings. The flat result posted for 3Q2020 marked the lone exception.

The 24 gas marketers included in the latest survey reported combined sales transactions of 115.93 Bcf/d for 4Q2020.

The 22 gas marketers covered in the survey for which year-earlier data were available reported total sales transactions of 109.38 Bcf/d for the latest quarter, down from 113.07 for 4Q2019. 

A number of the largest gas marketers led the downward trend as production declined in response to the demand destruction caused by the coronavirus pandemic, hampering marketer...