RBOB Gasoline futures and options set a new daily volume record of 285,371 contracts traded on April 18, 2012, besting the previous high of 269,806 contracts traded on January 27, 2012.

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Energy Market News

CME Group Statement on White House Proposal to Increase Oversight of Energy Markets

CME has released a statement in the wake of President Barack Obama's recent urging of Congress to bolster federal supervision of oil markets, which would include bigger penalties for market manipulation and greater power for regulators to increase the amount of money traders must put up to back their energy bets.

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WTI News and Notes

WTI Benchmark News & Notes: US Oil Gains As Brent Falls on Pipeline Reversal

The Seaway pipeline reversal, designed to help ease the supply glut in Cushing, Okla., that has been depressing U.S. prices, will begin delivering crude to the Gulf Coast earlier than expected. The reversal had been expected to start by June 1, but on Friday, Enterprise Products Partners LP, which controls the Seaway project, said in a regulatory filing that the pipe would reverse the flow on or around May 17.

Check out WTI News & Notes section for more information on the world's most liquid crude oil benchmark.

Open Markets Blog

In Support of Speculators: The Energy Markets

Gary Morsches, Managing Director of Energy Products at CME Group, offers some insight in his latest entry in the Open Markets Blog about the current state of speculation in the energy markets, supported by Nobel Prize winning economist Marty Freidman and economic historian Niall Ferguson.

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View Infographic: The Facts behind Oil Prices

Crude Oil/Refined Products

Delisting: Crude Oil Backwardation/Contango Index and Crude Oil MACI Index Contracts

Effective: April 13, 2012.

Read Special Executive Report 6199

For more information, please contact:
Robert Biolsi at +1 212 299 2610
Nadine Brown +1 212 299 2223

Listing: Five Japanese Refined Products

Effective for trade date April 30, 2012.

Read Special Executive Report 6194

For more information, please contact:
Owain Johnson at +65 6593 5568
Richard Stevens at +44 20 7796 7129

New York Harbor No. 2 Heating Oil: Expansion of Listed Months

Effective: April 30, 2012.

Read Special Executive Report 6198

For more information, please contact:
Dan Brusstar +212 299 2604
Howie Hopkins at +212 299 2351

Petroleum Swap Futures and Options Contracts: Reduction in Minimum Price Fluctuation

Effective: April 4, 2012.

Read Special Executive Report 6190

For more information, please contact:
Owain Johnson at +65 6593 5568
Dan Brusstar +212 299 2604
Richard Stevens at +44 20 7796 7129

Natural Gas

Listing: Four Liquefied Natural Gas Contracts on CMECE

Effective for trade date April 16, 2012.

Read Advisory Notice 12-30

For more information, please contact Richard Stevens at +44 20 7796 7129

Coal

Listing: CSX and PRB Coal Options on Quarterly Futures Strip Contracts

Effective for trade date April 4, 2012.

Read Special Executive Report 6192

For more information, please contact:
Robert Biolsi at +1 212 299 2610
Cameron Liao +1 212 299 2613

NGLs/Petrochemicals

Listing: Three Plastic Swap Futures Contracts

Effective for trade date April 11, 2012.

Read Special Executive Report 6202

For more information, please contact:
Daniel Brusstar at +1 212 299 2604
Funda Saygin +1 212 299 2338

Events

European Weather Markets Symposiums

Two Locations to Choose From!

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
Monday, May 14, 2012
11:00 - 14:00
Hotel Le Richemond
Jardin Brunswick,
1201 Geneva,
Switzerland

OSLO, NORWAY
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
11:00 - 14:00
Grand Hotel Oslo
Karl Johans gate 31, NO-0159
Oslo, Norway

Weather is a key factor affecting Energy markets and price changes. If you're not incorporating Weather derivatives into your current trading strategies, you may be missing out on valuable opportunities to gain an edge or more efficiently manage risk. Join Weather Market professionals from CME Group, RenRe and Cumulous for an in-depth discussion on the weather markets. We will review the fundamentals of our market and explore cross-commodity trading opportunities with weather and the energy markets. A complimentary lunch and refreshments will be served.

Resources

Professional Energy Market Commentary on www.cmegroup.com

Looking for up-to-the-minute energy market insight?

Be sure to check out and bookmark our Energy Market Commentary, where you will find experienced perspectives to help you make smart energy trading decisions. Commentators include:

Dominick Chirichella of the Energy Management Institute
Stephen Schork of the Schork Report
Dean Rogers and Cynthia Kase of Kase and Co.
Experts from CME Group's Energy Team

Daily commentaries provide a recap of each product's traded price activity, an analysis of the factors that influenced price activity, a recap of any reports released that day, and a pre-market look ahead at the next day's schedule.

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