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Midway-Sunset: $60.95/barrel -down $2.55 West Texas Intermediate: 68.97/barrel -down $2.79

The Bakersfield Californian | Wednesday, Sep 23 2009 02:44 PM

Last Updated Wednesday, Sep 23 2009 02:46 PM

Open High Low Settle Chg.

LIGHT SWEET CRUDE

1,000 bbl.; dollars per bbl.

Nov 68.33 71.81 68.04 68.97 --2.79

Dec 72.02 72.26 68.61 69.51 --2.71

Jan 69.40 72.66 69.30 70.06 --2.63

Feb 70.00 73.00 69.99 70.60 --2.53

Mar 70.66 73.52 70.50 71.19 --2.43

Apr 71.68 73.90 71.47 71.76 --2.35

May 71.77 73.75 71.77 72.33 --2.28

Jun 72.25 75.03 72.25 72.88 --2.24

Jul 72.73 74.66 72.50 73.29 --2.20

Aug 73.06 74.82 73.06 73.59 --2.18

Sep 73.94 75.04 73.60 73.88 --2.17

Oct 74.00 74.21 74.00 74.21 --2.15

Nov 74.39 74.57 74.39 74.57 --2.13

Dec 74.49 77.05 74.27 74.92 --2.12

Jan 74.94 75.10 74.94 75.10 --2.10

Feb 76.70 76.70 75.28 75.28 --2.08

Mar 75.46 --2.06

Apr 75.64 --2.05

May 75.83 --2.03

Jun 76.14 77.00 76.00 76.01 --2.02

Jul 76.17 --2.00

Aug 76.33 --1.98

Sep 76.49 --1.96

Oct 76.67 --1.94

Nov 76.85 --1.92

Dec 76.50 78.94 76.50 77.03 --1.90

Jan 77.19 --1.89

Feb 77.35 --1.88

Mar 77.51 --1.87

Apr 77.64 77.67 77.64 77.67 --1.86

May 77.83 --1.85

Jun 77.99 --1.84

Jul 78.15 --1.83

Aug 78.31 --1.82

Sep 78.47 --1.81

Oct 78.63 --1.80

Nov 78.79 --1.79

Dec 78.90 80.79 78.50 78.95 --1.78

Jan 79.11 --1.77

Feb 79.27 --1.76

Mar 79.43 --1.76

Apr 79.59 --1.75

May 79.75 --1.75

Jun 79.91 --1.74

Jul 80.07 --1.73

Aug 80.23 --1.72

Sep 80.39 --1.72

Oct 80.55 --1.71

Nov 80.71 --1.71

Dec 82.57 82.57 80.87 80.87 --1.70

Jan 81.04 --1.69

Feb 81.21 --1.68

Mar 81.38 --1.67

Apr 81.55 --1.66

May 81.72 --1.65

Jun 82.36 82.36 81.89 81.89 --1.64

Jul 82.06 --1.63

Aug 82.23 --1.62

Sep 82.40 --1.61

Oct 82.58 --1.60

Nov 82.76 --1.59

Dec 82.81 82.94 82.81 82.94 --1.58

Jun 84.04 --1.55

Dec 86.30 86.30 85.00 85.14 --1.52

Jun 86.34 --1.50

Dec 88.54 88.54 87.31 87.54 --1.48

Jun 88.75 --1.48

Dec 91.00 91.00 88.00 89.96 --1.48

Est. sales 443,058. Tue.'s sales 373,634

Tue.'s open int 1,124,865

Midway-Sunset: $60.95/barrel -down $2.55 West Texas Intermediate: 68.97/barrel -down $2.79

HEATING OIL

42,000 gal, cents per gal

Oct 174.70 182.19 174.30 175.94 --5.27

Nov 177.98 185.15 177.59 179.04 --5.32

Dec 187.48 188.12 180.73 182.21 --5.38

Jan 184.62 191.09 184.25 185.47 --5.43

Feb 188.10 192.86 186.88 187.80 --5.38

Mar 189.49 193.70 188.16 189.40 --5.35

Apr 190.83 194.70 190.16 190.60 --5.30

May 195.75 195.75 191.80 191.80 --5.25

Jun 197.70 198.76 192.50 193.05 --5.20

Jul 195.30 198.88 194.23 194.80 --5.15

Aug 197.20 200.66 196.01 196.70 --5.05

Sep 202.71 202.71 198.80 198.80 --5.00

Oct 201.50 205.10 201.05 201.05 --5.05

Nov 202.40 206.90 202.40 203.35 --5.05

Dec 205.87 209.22 205.09 205.55 --5.05

Jan 210.60 210.60 207.80 207.80 --5.05

Feb 211.95 211.95 208.90 208.90 --5.05

Mar 209.25 --5.05

Apr 208.00 --5.05

May 208.50 211.00 207.35 207.35 --5.05

Jun 207.45 --5.05

Jul 208.65 --5.05

Aug 212.00 212.00 210.15 210.15 --5.05

Sep 211.65 --5.05

Oct 213.25 --5.05

Nov 214.80 --5.05

Dec 216.25 --5.05

Jan 217.75 --5.05

Feb 218.95 --5.05

Mar 219.05 --5.05

Apr 218.30 --5.05

May 218.05 --5.05

Jun 218.30 --5.05

Jul 220.10 --5.05

Aug 222.35 --5.05

Est. sales 63,887. Tue.'s sales 74,830

Tue.'s open int 316,481, up 936

NY HARBOR RBOB GAS

42,000 gallons; dollars per gallon

Oct 1.6905 1.7750 1.6845 1.7049 --767

Nov 1.7061 1.7910 1.7002 1.7211 --748

Dec 1.7374 1.8045 1.7178 1.7374 --729

Jan 1.7437 1.8296 1.7427 1.7616 --722

Feb 1.7800 1.8414 1.7676 1.7861 --715

Mar 1.8005 1.8207 1.7930 1.8111 --714

Apr 1.9340 1.9900 1.9275 1.9376 --704

May 1.9455 1.9491 1.9388 1.9491 --684

Jun 1.9485 1.9566 1.9470 1.9566 --669

Jul 1.9485 1.9610 1.9445 1.9571 --654

Aug 1.9526 --639

Sep 1.9436 --609

Oct 1.8423 1.8426 1.8423 1.8426 --579

Nov 1.8371 --549

Dec 1.8431 --524

Jan 1.8601 --524

Feb 1.8816 --524

Mar 1.9066 --524

Apr 2.0675 2.0675 2.0251 2.0251 --524

May 2.0371 --524

Jun 2.0366 --524

Jul 2.0326 --524

Aug 2.0261 --524

Sep 2.0176 --524

Oct 1.9126 --524

Nov 1.8986 --524

Dec 1.9031 --524

Jan 1.9156 --524

Feb 1.9356 --524

Mar 1.9555 --524

Apr 2.0830 --524

May 2.0955 --524

Jun 2.0930 --524

Jul 2.0870 --524

Aug 2.0785 --524

Sep 2.0680 --524

Est. sales 60,472. Tue.'s sales 73,346

Tue.'s open int 206,372

NATURAL GAS

10,000 mm btu's, $ per mm btu

Oct 3.827 3.935 3.596 3.860 +251

Nov 4.730 4.770 4.502 4.754 +234

Dec 5.431 5.458 5.226 5.446 +228

Jan 5.677 5.722 5.515 5.706 +217

Feb 5.704 5.751 5.590 5.741 +208

Mar 5.678 5.720 5.552 5.706 +194

Apr 5.661 5.705 5.595 5.691 +184

May 5.704 5.740 5.651 5.728 +171

Jun 5.777 5.810 5.729 5.803 +168

Jul 5.890 5.900 5.816 5.898 +158

Aug 5.980 5.999 5.910 5.989 +153

Sep 6.030 6.074 6.003 6.069 +146

Oct 6.220 6.240 6.143 6.229 +142

Nov 6.586 6.595 6.550 6.592 +120

Dec 6.936 6.944 6.876 6.944 +107

Jan 7.136 7.176 7.120 7.174 +107

Feb 7.145 7.164 7.145 7.164 +102

Mar 6.940 6.989 6.940 6.989 + 97

Apr 6.450 6.450 6.449 6.449 + 67

May 6.380 6.410 6.350 6.404 + 62

Jun 6.465 6.490 6.450 6.474 + 62

Jul 6.560 6.560 6.550 6.559 + 62

Aug 6.630 6.634 6.600 6.634 + 62

Sep 6.664 + 62

Oct 6.754 + 57

Nov 7.009 + 57

Dec 7.300 7.300 7.299 7.299 + 52

Jan 7.514 + 52

Feb 7.514 + 52

Mar 7.299 + 52

Apr 6.634 + 37

May 6.594 + 37

Jun 6.669 + 37

Jul 6.759 + 37

Aug 6.819 + 37

Sep 6.849 + 37

Oct 6.930 6.930 6.929 6.929 + 37

Nov 7.149 + 37

Dec 7.424 + 37

Jan 7.629 + 37

Feb 7.629 + 37

Mar 7.390 7.399 7.360 7.399 + 37

Apr 6.734 + 22

May 6.689 + 22

Jun 6.764 + 22

Jul 6.854 + 22

Aug 6.919 + 22

Sep 6.949 + 22

Oct 7.029 + 22

Nov 7.269 + 22

Dec 7.560 7.560 7.554 7.554 + 22

Jan 7.760 7.760 7.759 7.759 + 22

Feb 7.754 + 22

Mar 7.519 + 22

Apr 6.844 + 22

May 6.799 + 22

Jun 6.884 + 22

Jul 6.979 + 22

Aug 7.049 + 22

Sep 7.079 + 22

Oct 7.164 + 22

Nov 7.409 + 22

Dec 7.690 7.690 7.689 7.689 + 17

Jan 7.904 + 17

Feb 7.899 + 17

Mar 7.669 + 17

Apr 6.989 + 17

May 6.949 + 17

Jun 7.029 + 17

Jul 7.119 + 7

Aug 7.189 + 7

Sep 7.219 + 7

Oct 7.304 + 7

Nov 7.549 + 7

Dec 7.829 + 2

Jan 8.044 + 2

Feb 8.038 + 1

Mar 7.808 + 1

Apr 7.108 + 1

May 7.068 + 1

Jun 7.148 + 1

Jul 7.248 + 1

Aug 7.318 + 1

Sep 7.348 + 1

Oct 7.433 + 1

Nov 7.683 + 1

Dec 7.973 + 1

Jan 8.198 + 1

Feb 8.193 + 1

Mar 7.963 + 1

Apr 7.263 + 1

May 7.223 + 1

Jun 7.303 + 1

Jul 7.393 + 1

Aug 7.453 + 1

Sep 7.478 + 1

Oct 7.563 + 1

Nov 7.828 + 1

Dec 8.128 + 1

Jan 8.358 + 1

Feb 8.353 + 1

Mar 8.123 + 1

Apr 7.418 + 1

May 7.378 + 1

Jun 7.458 + 1

Jul 7.548 + 1

Aug 7.608 + 1

Sep 7.633 + 1

Oct 7.718 + 1

Nov 7.988 + 1

Dec 8.288 + 1

Jan 8.523 + 1

Feb 8.518 + 1

Mar 8.293 + 1

Apr 7.553 + 1

May 7.513 + 1

Jun 7.593 + 1

Jul 7.683 + 1

Aug 7.748 + 1

Sep 7.773 + 1

Oct 7.858 + 1

Nov 8.138 + 1

Dec 8.453 + 1

Jan 8.688 + 1

Feb 8.683 + 1

Mar 8.453 + 1

Apr 7.693 + 1

May 7.653 + 1

Jun 7.728 + 1

Jul 7.818 + 1

Aug 7.868 + 1

Sep 7.888 + 1

Oct 7.978 + 1

Nov 8.288 + 1

Dec 8.643 + 1

Jan 8.873 + 1

Feb 8.863 + 1

Mar 8.623 + 1

Apr 7.843 + 1

May 7.798 + 1

Jun 7.868 + 1

Jul 7.953 + 1

Aug 8.003 + 1

Sep 8.018 + 1

Oct 8.103 + 1

Nov 8.413 + 1

Dec 8.783 + 1

Est. sales 229,456. Tue.'s sales 237,773

Tue.'s open int 710,301

AP-WS-09-23-09 1732EDT