Notice to Members
Notice No. 206
04/13/2007
Listing Additional Months in NYMEX Light Sweet Crude Oil and Heating Oil Futures and Options; Expanding Months in RBOB Gasoline Options

Effective on Sunday evening, April 15, 2007 (for trade date Monday, April 16), the Exchange will list additional months in Crude Oil futures and options to add the June and December contract months for three additional years, so that crude oil will be listed out nine years forward through December 2015.

Thereafter, additional months would be added on an annual basis after the December contract expires, so that an additional June and December contract would be added nine years forward, and the consecutive months in the sixth calendar year would be filled in. This extension of listed futures months will be available on all tradable venues. Further, the Exchange will list the corresponding Crude Oil Options Contracts (American and European Style Options only) on Tuesday, April 17, 2007 on both the trading floor and on the NYMEX ClearPort® platform.

Further, on Sunday evening, April 15, 2007, the Exchange will list 36 consecutive months in the New York Harbor Heating Oil Futures Contract. Thereafter, the Exchange will maintain 36 contract months listed on a rolling basis. The corresponding Heating Oil Options Contracts (American and European Style Options) will be listed on Tuesday, April 17, 2007. The Heating Oil American Style Options will be listed on the trading floor, and the European Style Options will be listed on the NYMEX ClearPort® platform.

In addition, the Exchange will list the RBOB Gasoline Options Contracts (American and European Style Options) on the floor on Tuesday, April 17, 2007. Previously, the RBOB Futures Contracts were extended to 36 consecutive months. The RBOB American Style Options will be listed on the trading floor, and the European Style Options will be listed on the NYMEX ClearPort® platform.

Should you have any questions or require any further information, please contact exchangeinfo@nymex.com