Notice to Members
Notice No. 441
08/17/2006
New York Mercantile Exchange to Extend Contract Months on Thirty-Two Natural Gas Basis Contracts
The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., announced that it will extend the contract months on 32 natural gas basis contracts. Trading in these contracts is currently available for the first nearby 36 consecutive months, trading will be extended to include a maximum of 72 consecutive months. The listing schedule will be the same as that for the NYMEX Natural Gas Futures Contract (NG) which currently trades out to December 2011 and will add 12 new contract months following the termination of trading of the nearby December contract month. Trading in these additional months will be available for trading on NYMEX ClearPort® Trading or for submission solely for clearing as off-exchange transactions through NYMEX ClearPort® Clearing for trade date Monday, August 21, 2006.

This extension of months will apply to the contracts below:

Natural Gas Basis Contract Name
Symbol
Houston Ship Channel Basis Swap (Platts IFERC)
NH
Alberta Basis Swap (CGPR)
NA
SoCal Basis Swap (NGI)
NS
Panhandle Basis Swap (Platts IFERC)
PH
NW Pipeline, Rockies Basis Swap (Platts IFERC)
NR
Texas Eastern M-3 Basis Swap (Platts IFERC)
NX
Dominion Trans. Appalachia (Platts IFERC)
PG
NGPL Tex/Ok Basis Swap (Platts IFERC)
PD
Chicago Basis Swap (NGI)
NB
Malin Basis Swap (NGI)
PB
Waha Basis Swap (Platts IFERC)
NW
Columbia Gas Transmission Corp. Appalachia Basis Swap (Platts IFERC)
TC
MichCon Basis Swap (Platts IFERC)
NF
Henry Hub Basis Swap (Platts IFERC)
HB
Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) Citygate Basis Swap (NGI)
PC
NGPL Mid-Continent Basis Swap (Platts IFERC)
NL
CIG Basis Swap (Platts IFERC)
CI
Transco Z6 Basis Swap (Platts IFERC)
NZ
Permian Basis Swap (Platts IFERC)
PM
Northern Natural Gas Ventura, Iowa Basis Swap (Platts IFERC)
PF
Sumas Basis Swap (Platts IFERC)
NK
San Juan Basis Swap (Platts IFERC)
NJ
TENN-ZONE 0 Basis Swap (Platts IFERC)
NQ
Northern Natural Gas Demarcation Basis Swap (Platts IFERC)
PE
ANR Oklahoma Basis Swap (Platts IFERC)
NE
TETCO South Texas BasisĀ  Swap (Platts IFERC)
TX
Transco Z3 Basis Swap (Platts IFERC)
CZ
Columbia Gulf Transmission Onshore Basis Swap (Platts IFERC)
GL
Centerpoint Basis (Plastts IFERC) Futures Contract
PW
Texas Gas,SL Basis Swap (Platts IFERC)
TB
ANR,Louisiana Basis Futures Contract Swap (Platts IFERC)
ND
SONAT Basis Swap Futures (Platts IFERC)
SZ
Should you have any questions or require any further information, please contact exchangeinfo@nymex.com