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		 Subject: (00-416) Options Expiration Operational Procedures for
Gasoline-Crack and Heating Oil Crack

Notice No. 00-416
December 12, 2000

TO:
All NYMEX Members/Member Firms
All NYMEX Clearing Members
All NYMEX Floor Traders
All NYMEX Operations Managers

FROM: George Henderson, Vice President

RE:  Options Expiration Operational Procedures for the Trading
Floor and Clearing Members
__________________________________________________________

The expiration date for the January 2001 options contract for Gasoline-Crack
(CGF1) and Heating Oil-Crack (CHF1) is Monday, December 18, 2000.

GENERAL OPERATIONAL PROCEDURES

All Clearing Members and Qualified Floor Traders that carried an options
position as of the close of business day prior to the expiration day, or
engaged in trading activity on Expiration Day in the expiring options
contract will be required to have a knowledgeable, duly authorized
representative present at their normal work station promptly at 5:30 p.m.
until released by the Exchange staff as specified below.  All adjustments
and/or corrections, must be accompanied by relevant supporting documentation
prior to being incorporated into expiration processing, in essence making the
expiration processing an extension of the afternoon trade resolution
procedures.  All input to the NYMEX Clearing Department will conclude no
later than 30 minutes after floor representatives are released.

Exchange Clearing (299-2110), Floor Trade Correction (299-2068 and 299-2169)
personnel, as well as a representative of the Floor Committee will be
available to assist with the processing of notices of Exercise and
Abandonment, position transfers, trade corrections and other questions or
problems you may have.

CLEARING DEPARTMENT OPERATIONAL PROCEDURES

The Option Expiration process is a screen based process for which all
information is provided on the screens on C21 terminals. No Option Expiration
Reports will be provided. The following screens will assist you through the
Option Expiration process:

MEMBER TRADE INQUIRY
Contains real-time top day trade information, trade information for the
previous 4 business days and trades adjusted for the previous 4 business days
by adjustment date.

SINGLE POSITION MAINTENANCE
Contains a real-time snapshot for each option series from the start of day
position to the projected end of day position.

REVIEW ACCEPT REJECT TRANSFERS
Contains all trade and position transfers "TO" your firm and the status of
each transfer.

REVIEW SUBMITTED TRANSFERS
Contains all trade and position transfer "FROM" your firm and the status of
each transfer.

EXERCISE NOTICE SUBMISSION
Contains your available long position and an input field to enter the number
of long positions you wish to exercise.

DO NOT EXERCISE SUBMISSION
Contains your available long position and an input field to enter the number
of long positions you wish to abandon.

POSITION CHANGE SUBMISSION
PCS may be submitted either by manual input or by electronic transmission.
Any PCS input on a Clearing 21 terminal will be the input processed by the
system.  This input may be made at any time prior to 7:10 p.m.  Any PCS input
via transmission for that contract series will be disregarded.

ALL POSITIONS ARE DEEMED FINAL
Upon completion of all PCS input, all positions will be deemed final.

EXERCISE/ASSIGNMENT INFORMATION
Will be available to you on the Single Position Maintenance window by
contract series or the Assignment List window which contains all your
Assignments on one window. You will be notified of its availability by C21
E-Mail and by Fast Facts. This should occur within 1 hour of the last PCS
input.

All Clearing Members are required to have an authorized representative(s) at
their C21 workstations in preparation for any communication during the
expiration process.

FAST FACTS
Clearing Members should call the Fast Facts information service 301-4871,
access code 700 for event messages advising Members of the event status.

E-MAIL
Clearing Members should read their C21 E-Mail messages immediately to be
aware of event status.

The standard event Fast Facts and/or E-Mail messages and the sequence in
which they will be announced are:

Standard Event Message: Announce Out-of-the Money Exercise and In-the-Money
Do Not Exercise Submissions
Approximate Time of Message Availability: 5:45 PM
Usual Event Time: 5:45 PM
Announced via Fast Facts

Standard Event Message: Announce Final Input to C21 Cutoff Time
Approximate Time of Message Availability: 6:55 PM
Usual Event Time: 7:10 PM
Announced via e-mail

Standard Event Message: All positions are deemed final
Approximate Time of Message Availability: 7:10 PM
Usual Event Time: 7:10 PM
Announced via Fast Facts

Standard Event Message: Announce Exercise/Assignment Information Available on
the Single Position Maintenance Windows
Approximate Time of Message Availability: 8:25 PM
Usual Event Time: 8:30 PM
Announced via Fast Facts and e-mail

Standard Event Message: All Report Distribution is completed
Approximate Time of Message Availability: 11:00 PM
Usual Event Time: 11:00 PM
Announced via Fast Facts

The times appearing in the Usual Event Time column are based on normal
operational conditions and could vary.

NYMEX EXPIRATION DAY PROCESSING OVERVIEW OF MEMBER REQUIREMENTS

Time: 5:30 PM
Activity: Exercise Notice Submission
Event: Input to C21 Cutoff Time
Reference Number: 1

Time: 5:30 PM
Activity: Do Not Exercise Submission
Event: Input to C21 Cutoff Time
Reference Number: 2

Time: 5:45 PM
Activity: Announce Out-of-the-Money Exercise and In-the-Money Do Not Exercise
Submissions
Event: Fast Facts Notice
Reference Number: 3

Time: 6:55 PM
Activity: Announce Final Input to C21 Cutoff Time
Event: C21 E-mail
Reference Number: 4

Time: 7:10 PM
Activity: Final Input to C21 Cutoff Time
Reference Number: 5

Time: 7:10 PM
Activity: All Positions are Deemed Final
Event: Fast Facts Notice
Reference Number: 6

Time: 8:25 PM
Activity: Announce Exercise/Assignment Information Available on the Single
Position Maintenance Windows
Event: Fast Facts Notice and C21 E-mail
Reference Number: 7

If you have any questions concerning these procedures, please contact Charles
V. Bebel at 299-2130, Angel Rivera at 299-2150 or Anthony Di Benedetto at
299-2152 prior to the expiration date.

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Not as much as I thought.

St Helena
Liningston
Ascension
St James (note: the LRC/Transco interconnect is in this parish.)
St Charles
Terrebonne
St John The Baptist

Offshore Areas
South Timbalier Area
South Additin
Ewing Bank
Ship Shoal Area
S Marsh Island
Eugene Island Area

We have schedule gas on the following contracts in these Parishes/areas.

Contract Comment's with respect to the Southeast Louisiana Gathering System
.6329  IT/PVR contract;  To deliver gas to Cow Island and Terrebonne plants.
.4983  IT contract;  Received gas at the wellhead and redelivered to the
pooling points on Transco
.3051  IT contract;  Received gas at the wellhead and redelivered to pipeline
interconnects and/or markets.
.7537  FTR contract; used to receive and deliver gas at LRC and St 65.
.2999  IT contract;  Received gas at the wellhead and redelivered to pipeline
interconnects and/or markets.