Notice to Members
Notice No. 236
05/05/2006
Sixteen New Natural Gas Basis Swap Futures Contracts - Large Trader Reporting Requirements, Expiration Position Limits, and All Month/Any One Month
The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc. will launch sixteen new Natural Gas Basis Swap Futures Contracts commencing on trade date Monday May 8, 2006.

For the Clearing Members that file reports pursuant to NYMEX Rule 9.33 in a machine-readable format, the Exchange commodity codes for these additional products are as follows:

Contract Name
Rule
Chapter
Commodity
Code
All/Any One Month Accountability
Level Rule 9.26
Expiration Month Limit
Rule 9.27
Reporting Level
Rule 9.34
     
Aggregate Into (1)
Aggregate
Into (2)
Canadian
Dawn Natural Gas Basis Contract (Platts IFERC)
*
DW
10,000
2,000
25
DW
Dawn Natural Gas Swing Contract (Platts Gas Daily)
*
OW
10,000
2,000
25
OW
Dawn Natural Gas Index (Platt Gas Daily/NGI) Contract
*
IO
10,000
2,000
25
IO
 
East Texas - North Louisiana
NGPL TexOk Natural Gas Swing Contract (Platts Gas Daily)
*
OX
10,000
1,000
25
OX
NGPL TexOk Natural Gas Index (Platt Gas Daily/NGI) Contract
*
OI
10,000
1,000
25
OI
 
Oklahoma
ANR Oklahoma Natural Gas Swing Contract (Platts Gas Daily)
*
SQ
10,000
500
25
SQ
ANR Oklahoma Natural Gas Index (Platt Gas Daily/NGI) Contract
*
IQ
10,000
500
25
IQ
 
CenterPoint Natural Gas Basis Contract (Platts IFERC)
*
PW
10,000
2,000
25
PW
CenterPoint Natural Gas Swing Contract (Platts Gas Daily)
*
VX
10,000
2,000
25
VX
CenterPoint Natural Gas Index (Platt Gas Daily/NGI) Contract
*
II
10,000
2,000
25
II
 
NGPL Mid-Con Natural Gas Swing Contract (Platts Gas Daily)
*
PX
10,000
500
25
PX
NGPL Mid-Con Natural Gas Index (Platt Gas Daily/NGI) Contract
*
IW
10,000
500
25
IW
 
Others
Demarc Natural Gas Swing Contract (Platts Gas Daily)
*
DT
10,000
1,000
25
DT
Demarc Natural Gas Index (Platt Gas Daily/NGI) Contract
*
DI
10,000
1,000
25
DI
 
Ventura Natural Gas Swing Contract (Platts Gas Daily)
*
VS
10,000
2,000
25
VS
Ventura Natural Gas Index (Platt Gas Daily/NGI) Contract
*
VI
10,000
2,000
25
VI

Note: (* - To be determined by the Corporate Communications Department.)
Should you have any questions or require any further information, please contact exchangeinfo@nymex.com