Thursday, March 12, 2009
8am and 3pm EST
Attend Online Only

Price spreads between WTI and Brent have widened and some market pundits have responded by questioning the WTI market and delivery mechanism. Please join Bob Levin, Managing Director of CME Group Energy Research and Product Development, as he addresses those questions and provides greater detail on the market, delivery mechanism, storage at Cushing, and attributes for global price references that make WTI the global crude oil benchmark.

• WTI market and delivery mechanism
• Physical connectivity of U.S. Mid-continent Market
• Commercial markets
• Price reference mechanisms
• World references – WTI-Cushing vs. Dated Brent
• Recent market performance
• Questions and Answers

Speaker:
Robert Levin, Managing Director Energy Research and Product Development, CME Group