Notice to Members

Notice No. 142
03/12/2008

DME Announces Margin Rate Changes for DME Contracts

EFFECTIVE DATE: Thursday, March 13, 2008 (close of business)

FUTURES CONTRACTS: Oman Crude Oil Futures Contract (OQ)

CONTRACT MONTHS: All Months

NOTE: The revised margin rates are in bold

NYMEX Division Outright (Scan) Margins on OQ

	Clearing Member / Maintenance Margin		Member Customer Initial Margin		Non-Member Customer Initial Margin
	*New*	Old	*New*	Old	*New*	Old
OQ	$6,200	$5,700	$6,820	$6,270	$8,370	$7,695

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