NYMEX To Extend Contract Months For Natural Gas Basis Futures Contracts On NYMEX ClearPort®

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., announced today that it will extend the contract months for 32 natural gas basis swap futures contracts on NYMEX ClearPort beginning on August 20 for trade date August 21.

Trading in these contracts is available for the 36 consecutive months but will be extended to 72 consecutive months. The listing schedule will be the same as the natural gas futures contract, which currently trades out to December 2011 and will add 12 new contract months following the termination of trading of the December contract month.

This extension applies to the following futures contracts: Houston Ship Channel basis swap (Platts IFERC); Alberta basis swap; SoCal basis swap; Panhandle basis swap (Platts IFERC); Northwest Pipeline, Rockies basis swap (Platts IFERC); Texas Eastern M-3 basis swap (Platts IFERC); Dominion basis swap (Platts IFERC); NGPL Tex/OK basis swap (Platts IFERC); Chicago basis swap (NGI); Malin basis swap (NGI); Waha basis swap (Platts IFERC); Columbia Gas Transmission Corp. Appalachia basis swap (Platts IFERC); MichCon basis swap (Platts IFERC); Henry Hub basis swap (Platts IFERC); PG&E Citygate basis swap (NGI); NGPL Mid-Continent basis swap (Platts IFERC); CIG basis swap (Platts IFERC); Transco Zone 6 basis swap (Platts IFERC); Permian basis swap (Platts IFERC); Northern Natural Gas Ventura, Iowa basis swap (Platts IFERC); Sumas basis swap (Platts IFERC); San Juan basis swap (Platts IFERC); Tennessee Zone 0 basis swap (Platts IFERC); Northern Natural Gas Demarcation basis swap (Platts IFERC); ANR Oklahoma basis swap (Platts IFERC); Tetco South Texas basis swap (Platts IFERC); Transco Zone 3 basis swap (Platts IFERC); Columbia Gulf Transmission Onshore basis swap (Platts IFERC); Centerpoint basis (Platts IFERC); Texas Gas, SL basis swap (Platts IFERC); ANR, Louisiana basis swap (Platts IFERC); and SONAT Basis swap futures (Platts IFERC).