Saint-Petersburg International Mercantile Exchange

The Saint-Petersburg International Mercantile Exchange (SPIMEX) is a . The offices of SPIMEX are located in Moscow, Saint Petersburg and Irkutsk. SPIMEX was incorporated in 2008.
General.
SPIMEX shareholders: Transnefteproduct, Gazprom Neft, Rosneft, Transneft, Zarubezhneft, Surgutneftegas, Tatneft, Russian Railways and others.
SPIMEX offers a wide range of products in exchange-traded refined products, crude oil, natural gas, timber and construction materials as well as derivatives. Its Refined Products Section focuses on spot contracts for all types of domestically traded refined products delivered from a great variety of designated locations executed under the uniform rules. Its Derivatives Section focuses on cash-settled futures on the SPIMEX indices for exchange-traded refined products, physically-settled futures on refined products and physically-settled SPIMEX Urals Crude Futures.
In 2016, the volume traded at the SPIMEX Refined Products Section (gasoline, diesel, jet fuel, fuel oil and petrochemicals) was equal to 17.16 million metric tonnes; at the SPIMEX Derivatives Section – RUB 2.475 billion and at the SPIMEX Natural Gas Section – 16.71 bcm.
The clearing organization associated with SPIMEX is SDCO (Settlement Depository Company).
SPIMEX calculates price indices for domestic exchange-traded and OTC-traded refined products.
Commodities Traded.
SPIMEX has been trading: 
SPIMEX Refined Products Market.
In 2016, the volume of refined products and petrochemicals traded on SPIMEX amounted to 17.16 million metric tonnes. The number of Trading Participants exceeded 1,900 including all Russian majors; the list of SPIMEX designated delivery points include all key domestic refineries; the list of commodities accepted to trading includes all types of domestic refined products.
SPIMEX — the primary trading venue for exchange-traded refined products in Russia
SPIMEX Indices.
Territorial Indices 
The average price for refined products at large Russian refineries located in European Russia, the Urals & Western Siberia and Eastern Siberia & the Russian Far East.
Regional Indices
The average price for refined products at 9 large domestic demand centers.
Composite Index
A unified indicator of Russian domestic refined products which measures price performance of an average metric tonne of exchange-traded light refined products.
National Indices
The average price for refined products at large refineries located all over Russia.
SPIMEX Crude Oil Market.
SPIMEX launched trading in crude oil in 2013.
In 2016, the volume traded at the SPIMEX Crude Oil Section stood at 0.481 million metric tonnes (with the turnover amounting to RUB 6.34 bn) while the volume of procurement procedures held over the year at the TORG-i electronic trading platform operated by SPIMEX reached 2.11 million mt. Thus, the overall volume amounted to 2.59 million mt.
SPIMEX Derivatives Market.
SPIMEX offers a variety of futures contracts (at present there are more than 20 instruments available). The volume traded at the SPIMEX Derivatives Section in 2016 reached 48,630 futures contracts in the total amount of RUB 2.475 bn.
More than 10 products are currently offered by the SPIMEX Derivatives Section, including, in particular:
Underlying commodities: crude oil; diesel; Gasoline Regular 92; Gasoline Premium 95 and the SPIMEX indices for exchange-traded petroleum products.
Physical delivery is a distinctive feature of SPIMEX commodity-based futures.
Risk Management System (RMS)
Performance of the obligations under futures contracts is guaranteed by the Clearing House.
SPIMEX Urals Crude Futures
Trading in physically-settled SPIMEX Urals Crude Futures (FOB, Primorsk) was launched at the Saint-Petersburg International Mercantile Exchange (SPIMEX) on 29 November 2016.
The SPIMEX Urals Crude Futures contact has to become a core of a new pricing mechanism for exported Russian crude oil by setting a direct market quotation without reference to other marker grades.
The contract size is 1,000 bbls.
The Standard Delivery is equal to 720,000 bbls (100,000 mt).
The contract is denominated in US Dollars.
Access to trading in the SPIMEX Urals Crude Futures is granted both to residents of Russia (legal entities and individuals) and non-residents of Russia (legal entities only).
Both Russian and foreign legal entities may act as delivery makers.
The contract is physically settled and is directly linked to the underlying crude oil market. EFP procedures are possible as alternative delivery mechanism.
SPIMEX Natural Gas Market.
On 24 October 2014, SPIMEX launched trading in natural gas.
SPIMEX designated balancing points are as follows: Nadym, Vyngapurovskaya, South-Balykskaya and Parabel. Trading Participants include largest domestic natural gas producers and end-users (utilities, fertilizer and metallurgy companies).
In October 2015 SPIMEX launched ‘next day’ trades and in October 2016 - trades for delivery on national holidays and weekends.
In 2016, the volume traded at the SPIMEX Natural Gas Section amounted to 16.812 bcm (+119.8% y-o-y).
SPIMEX Timber Market.
On 11 July 2014, SPIMEX launched trading in timber.
Deliveries of conifer timber traded on SPIMEX originate in the Irkutsk Region of Russia. The Exchange brings together over 60 entities, including major logging companies, forest leaseholders and timber processing businesses. SPIMEX plans to add new trading instruments, to expand geographic reach and in the long run to launch a cross-border delivery mechanism.
In 2016, the volume traded at the SPIMEX Timber & Construction Materials Section amounted to 32,250 cubic meters. The number of trades made stood at 108.
Registration of OTC Transactions.
SPIMEX is authorized to register OTC transactions in the following exchange-traded commodities:
Data on such OTC transactions is used for calculation of the relevant SPIMEX indices.
In 2016, volumes set in the relevant OTC contacts and the number of registered OTC transactions were broken down by product as follows:
In 2016, the number of companies which registered their OTC transactions with SPIMEX grew from 152 up to 270.