HOUSTON & LONDON, March 24, 2022–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE: ICE), a leading global provider of market data, technology and infrastructure, today announced that ICE Midland futures US Gulf Coast WTI (contract code: HOU) went to its second expiry on March 23, with 2,588 contracts being delivered in April, almost double the 1,400 contracts that expired in March. Each futures contract is equivalent to 1,000 barrels of WTI crude oil from the Permian Basin.

Since the contract began trading on January 24, over 31,000 ICE Midland WTI AGC futures contracts have been traded, including a record high volume day on March 10 of 3,065 contracts. Open interest has increased to 4,508 contracts and ends in January 2023.

“It’s really encouraging to see how market activity is building around HOU and how it has continued to gain momentum despite the volatility in energy markets,” said Jeff Barbuto, Global Head of Oil Markets. at ICE. “Physical market players see the value of having access to a guaranteed exchange of Midland WTI-grade crude oil on the U.S. Gulf Coast, and they are increasingly using HOU to source barrels.”

This month, ICE extended the time during which participants can make Exchange for Physical (EFP) transactions so that they can now be executed until the day after the futures contract expires. The EFP mechanism allows participants to exchange a HOU futures position for the equivalent number of physical barrels of underlying Midland WTI.

The HOU contract is deliverable to Magellan Midstream Partners’ Magellan East Houston (MEH) terminal and Enterprise Products Partners LP’s Enterprise Crude Houston (ECHO) terminal. To further facilitate trading between MEH and ECHO terminals to create a large pool of liquidity, Magellan and Enterprise will transfer barrels of Midland WTI between terminals free of charge during the first year if the barrels are not delivered to the preferred terminal of purchaser, and 10 cents per barrel for all other transfers of WTI meeting HOU quality specifications.

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