Europe Gasoline/Naphtha-Gasoline cracks stable as ARA stocks show little change
LONDON, Oct 31 (Reuters) -Northwest European gasoline refining margins edged a marginal 2 cents higher on Thursday to $6.41 a barrel, while data showed little change to ARA gasoline stocks on the week.
Some 12,000 metric tons of Eurobob E5 barges were traded. Gunvor, TotalEnergies and Varo sold to Litasco and Sahara.
A further 2,000 tons of Eurobob E10 barges traded, which Shell sold to BP.
Independently held oil gasoline stocks in Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp (ARA) fell in the week to Thursday by less than 1%, according to data from Dutch consultancy Insights Global.
Stocks fell as exports out of the region picked up slightly, Insights Global's Lars van Wageningen said.
U.S. gasoline stockpiles fell unexpectedly last week to a two-year low on strengthened demand, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) said on Wednesday.
Gasoline stocks fell by 2.7 million barrels in the week ending Oct. 25 to 210.9 million barrels, their lowest since November 2021. Analysts in a Reuters poll had forecast a 600,000-barrel build.
Gasoline supplied, a proxy for demand, rose to 9.2 million barrels per day from 8.8 million bpd a week earlier and marked its highest level since the week ending Oct. 4.
Russia has no plans to lift restrictions on gasoline exports for now, Kommersant daily reported on Thursday citing several oil industry sources.
Trade | Bid | Offer | Prev. | Seller | Buyer | |
Ebob Barges MOC Platts E5 (fob ARA) EUROBOB-ARA | ||||||
Ebob Barges E10 Platts (fob ARA) | ||||||
Ebob Barges Argus E5 (fob AR) | $666 (12KT) | $655.75 | Gunvor, Varo, Total | Litasco, Sahara | ||
Ebob Barges E10 Argus (fob AR) | $672.25 (1 KT assessed) | $666.25 (assessed) | Shell | BP | ||
Nov swap (fob ARA) | $664.75 | $659.50 | ||||
Premium Unleaded (fob ARA) PU-10PP-ARA | ||||||
Cargoes (fob MED) | ||||||
Cargoes (cif NW E) | ||||||
Naphtha (cif NW E) NAF-C-NWE | Nov +$6 |
Ebob crack (per barrel) | $6.41 | Prev. $6.39 |
Brent futures | LCOc1 | |
Rbob | RBc1 | |
Rbob crack | RBc1-CLc1 | |
Reporting by Robert Harvey; Editing by Richard Chang
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