Europe Gasoline/Naphtha-Gasoline cracks rise to 1-week high
LONDON, July 12 (Reuters) -Northwest European gasoline refining margins rose sharply to about $14.90 a barrel on Friday, its highest in one week, supported by lower inventories and more buying activity.
A total of 12,000 metric tons of Eurobob E5 traded, a three-fold increase on Thursday's liquidity, with Gunvor, Varo and Vitol selling to Shell, Glencore and ExxonMobil.
A further 2,000 tons of Eurobob E10 changed hands after Gunvor sold one barge to TotalEnergies.
Trafigura sold three premium unleaded cargoes to Musket.
Independently held gasoline stocks in storage in the Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp (ARA) refining and storage hub fell by 4.7% in the week to July 11, data from Dutch consultancy Insights Global showed.
Gasoline stocks stood at 1.06 million metric tons, falling on higher exports to the United States and stronger local demand, Insight Global's Lars van Wageningen said.
Russia's Federal Antimonopoly Agency (FAS) wants to reinstate a gasoline export ban from Aug. 1 to help meet fuel demand during harvesting season and safeguard price stability, the agency said on Friday.
EU and UK gasoline and blending component exports are set to reach 785,000 barrel per day (bpd) so far this month, compared with 1.09 million bpd in June.
Trade | Bid | Offer | Prev. | Buyer | Seller | |
Ebob Barges MOC Platts E5 (fob ARA) EUROBOB-ARA | ||||||
Ebob Barges E10 Platts(fob ARA) | ||||||
Ebob Barges Argus E5(fob AR) | $842.75 (12KT) | $830.75 (4KT) | Gunvor, Varo, Vitol | Shell, Glencore, ExxonMobil | ||
Ebob Barges E10 Argus (fob AR) | $845.75 on 3KT (1KT assessed) | $836.25 on 8KT | Gunvor | TotalEnergies | ||
August swap (fob ARA) | $837.75 | $834.50 | ||||
Premium Unleaded (fob ARA) PU-10PP-ARA | $841 (3 barges) | $837-$839 (three barges) | Trafigura | Musket | ||
Cargoes (fob MED) | Aug +$3 | |||||
Cargoes (cif NW E) | $897 (Thames) | Equinor | Greenergy | |||
Naphtha (cif NW E) NAF-C-NWE | Aug +$5 |
Ebob crack (per barrel) | $14.90 | Prev. $13.56 |
Brent futures | LCOc1 | |
Rbob | RBc1 | |
Rbob crack | RBc1-CLc1 | |
Reporting by Ahmad Ghaddar; Editing by Shailesh Kuber
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