• Expansion of Contract Month Listing for Gulf Coast ULSD (Platts) and Thirteen NYMEX Heating Oil-Based Futures

      • To
      • Members, Member Firms and Market Users
      • From
      • Market Regulation Department
      • #
      • SER-6055
      • Notice Date
      • 19 December 2011
      • Effective Date
      • 08 January 2012
    • Effective Sunday, January 8, 2012, for trade date Monday, January 9, 2012, and pending all relevant CFTC regulatory review periods, please be advised that the New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc. (NYMEX or Exchange) will expand the listing of contract months for the following contracts, listed on the NYMEX trading floor and CME ClearPort, as follows:
      ·         The listing schedule for the Gulf Coast ultra low sulfur diesel contracts below shall be expanded to the balance of the current year plus the next three consecutive calendar years.

      Contract
      Code
      Chapter
      NEW LISTING SCHEDULE
      Gulf Coast ULSD (Platts) Swap Futures
      LY
      738
      current year plus the next 3 consecutive calendar years
      Gulf Coast ULSD (Platts) Crack Spread Swap Futures
      GY
      742
      current year plus the next 3 consecutive calendar years

      ·     
       
       
       
          The listing schedule for the NYMEX heating oil-based contracts below shall be expanded such that the last listed contract month is the March 2013 contract month.

      Contract
      Code
      Chapter
      NEW LISTING SCHEDULE
      Heating Oil Calendar Swap Futures
      MP
      603
      through March 2013; discontinued thereafter
      Heating Oil Crack Spread Swap Futures
      HK
      523
      through March 2013; discontinued thereafter
      RBOB Gasoline vs. Heating Oil Swap Futures
      RH
      558
      through March 2013; discontinued thereafter
      Gulf Coast ULSD (Platts) Up-Down Spread Swap Futures
      LT
      746
      through March 2013; discontinued thereafter
      Gulf Coast Jet (Platts) vs. Heating Oil Spread Swap Futures
      ME
      608
      through March 2013; discontinued thereafter
      Heating Oil Arb: NYMEX Heating Oil vs. ICE Gasoil Futures
      HA
      725
      through March 2013; discontinued thereafter
      Gulf Coast No. 2 (Platts) Up-Down Calendar Swap Futures
      UT
      515
      through March 2013; discontinued thereafter
      Gulf Coast ULSD (Argus) Up-Down Swap Futures
      US
      569
      through March 2013; discontinued thereafter
      NY Jet Fuel (Platts) vs. Heating Oil Swap Futures
      1U
      413
      through March 2013; discontinued thereafter
      Gulf Coast Jet (Argus) Up-Down Swap Futures
      JU
      570
      through March 2013; discontinued thereafter
      Los Angeles Jet (OPIS) Spread Swap Futures
      JS
      577
      through March 2013; discontinued thereafter
      Los Angeles CARB Diesel (OPIS) Spread Swap Futures
      KL
      575
      through March 2013; discontinued thereafter
      Group Three ULSD (Platts) vs. Heating Oil Spread Swap Futures
      A6
      325
      through March 2013; discontinued thereafter

       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
      Please refer questions on this subject to:
      Energy Research:
      Daniel Brusstar                          Daniel.Brusstar@cmegroup.com                        212.299.2604
      Funda Saygin                            Funda.Saygin@cmegroup.com                          212-299.2338