Access Bloomberg information on a futures contract on energy, such as crude oil, coal, or natural gas contracts, using the CTM screen: Type CTM to bring up the "Contract Table Menu," click "Categories," select the commodity (such as "Crude Oil," search for Exchange (e.g., NYMEX) on the Menu (type NYMEX in the amber Exchange box), find the NYMEX contract of interest, bring up the contract's menu screen (Ticker ; e.g., CLA for crude oil), and then use the Expiration screen (EXS) on the contract's menu page to find the ticker for the contract with the expiation month you want to analyze (Ticker ; e.g., CLH7 for the March 2017 contract). View screens to examine: DES, GP, and COSY.