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Natural Gas
Nasdaq to Launch Natural Gas Futures Market
On March 11, 2015, Nasdaq announced the establishment of a new energy futures market
with contracts in power, oil, and natural gas to be traded on the Nasdaq Futures Inc. (NFX)
platform. As part of this initiative, Nasdaq is introducing the following US natural gas futures
contracts mid-year:
• NFX Henry Hub Natural Gas Financial Futures - 10,000
• NFX Henry Hub Natural Gas Financial Futures - 2,500
• NFX Henry Hub Natural Gas Penultimate Financial Futures - 2,500
• NFX Henry Hub Natural Gas Penultimate Financial Futures - 10,000
• NFX Option on NFX Henry Hub Penultimate Financial Future - 10,000
NFX, the exchange group’s US-based designated contract market (DCM), will leverage the
exchange group’s transformative Genium INET technology, and the platform will be domiciled
in Chicago. The platform provides open and neutral access, and firms will be able to access
the market through proprietary order management systems, broker platforms, and leading
independent software vendors.
See the original announcement.
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Platts to Replace Ras Gas with Deodorized Field Condensate
Assessments
Effective May 1, 2015, Platts intends to start publishing an assessment reflecting the price of
Qatari condensate under the name Deodorized Field Condensate (DFC).
This assessment would be identical to, and published alongside, the existing Ras Gas
condensate assessment. Platts proposes to discontinue the existing Ras Gas assessment
starting January 2, 2016. The new DFC assessment and associated code would carry the
historical data for the Ras Gas assessment.
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