Europe Distillates-Diesel refining margins end week on steady note
LONDON, June 28 (Reuters) -Northwest European diesel barge refining margins fell by over $1 a barrel on the day to $19.41 a barrel on Friday, but were on track to end the week virtually unchanged.
Five 10ppm diesel barges traded in the Platts window on Friday, down from six on Thursday. Shell and ExxonMobil sold barges to Glencore and BP.
Lower inventories and slowing imports have been supporting margins.
Independently-held gasoil inventories in Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp (ARA) STK-GO-ARA fell by nearly 3% in the week to June 27 to just under 2.2 million metric tons, according to data from Dutch consultancy Insights Global.
EU and UK diesel and gasoil imports are on track to reach 985,000 barrels per day (bpd) in June, Kpler data showed, down from 1.24 million bpd in May.
In the Mediterranean market, traders expect the diesel-making hydrocracker at Socar's STAR refinery in Turkey to come back online early next week. The outage on the unit started in early June.
The Atyrau oil refinery in western Kazakhstan was working normally after a fire that hit a hydrogen-producing unit was put out, the plant's press service said on Friday.
Trades | Bids | Offers | Previous Session | Seller | Buyer | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
0.1 GO Barge diffs fob ARA per tonne GO-ED-ARA | ||||||
0.1 GO Cargo diffs cif NEW per tonne GO-CND-NWE | ||||||
0.1 GO Cargo diffs cif Med per tonne GO-CND-MED | ||||||
50ppm barge diffs fob ARA per tonne GO50PPM-ED-ARA | July -$5 | |||||
Diesel | Trades | Bids | Offers | Previous Session | Seller | Buyer |
Diesel barge diffs fob ARA per tonne ULSD10-BD-ARA | July +0.75-$1.50 (5 barges) | July +$1.50-2.00 (6 barges) | Shell, ExxonMobil | Glencore, BP | ||
Diesel cargo diffs cif NWE per tonne ULSD10-ANYD-NWE | July +$8 | July +$12 | ||||
Diesel cargo diffs cif Med per tonne DL-CIFD-MED | Med -$1 (Malta) | Med +$2 | TotalEnergies | BP | ||
Jet fuel | Trades | Bids | Offers | Previous Session | Seller | Buyer |
Jet fuel barge diffs fob FARAG per tonne JET-BD-ARA | FBH -$3.50 | July +$54 | ||||
Jet fuel cargo cif NWE per tonne JET-CD-NWE | July +$53 |
Fuel Oil | Trades | Bids | Offers | Previous Session | Seller | Buyer |
0.5% barge fob ARA per tonne | $560-$561 (3 barges) | $562-563 (3 barges) | TotalEnergies, BP | Trafigura | ||
3.5% barge fob ARA per tonne HFO-ARA | $488-$488.50 | $489-490 (6 barges) | TotalEnergies | Aramco |
ICE Low Sulphur Gasoil | LGOc1 | Previous |
Diesel ARA Barge Cracks vs Brent futures (per barrel) | $19.41 | $20.51 |
Diesel spread | LGOc1-LGOc2 |
Reporting by Ahmad Ghaddar
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