Troublemakers

The natural gas industry had a lot of troublemakers shaking things up last year, with price spikes, up-and-down weather and hurricane-related supply disruptions. Energy traders, though, managed to take a lot of those lemons and make lemonade, with all but one of NGI’s top 10 North American gas marketers squeezing out strong gains for the final quarter of 2005, and all but one showing strong gains for the year.