LONDON, May 17 (Reuters) - Northwest European gasoline refining margins rose above $20 a barrel after data showed a sharp drop in Atlantic basin supplies.
A total of 10,000 metric tons of Eurobob E5 traded in the Argus window, with BP selling to Gunvor.
Around 2,000 tons of Eurobob E10 traded, with Shell selling to Van Raak.
- Gasoline stocks held in independent storage in the Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp (ARA) refining and storage hub fell by 7.5% during the week to Thursday, data from Dutch consultancy Insights Global showed.
- Gasoline stocks stood at 898,000 metric tons, their lowest since late January, amid slowing blending activity, Insight Global's Lars van Wageningen said.
- U.S. gasoline stocks USOILG=ECI fell by 235,000 barrels last week to 227.8 million barrels, the Energy Information Administration said, compared with expectations in a Reuters poll for a 537,00-barrel build.
- China's refinery output fell 3.3% in April from a year earlier, the first annual decline in 20 months, as large refiners carried out regular maintenance and small independent plants curbed production due to thin profit margins.
- Gasoline exports from the EU and UK are on track to reach 717,000 barrels per day (bpd) so far this month, Kpler data showed, down from 1.108 million bpd in April.
Trade Bid Offer Prev. Buyer Seller Ebob $839Barges MOC Platts E5 (fob ARA)
Ebob Barges E10 Platts(fo b ARA) Ebob $878.25 $859.50 BP Gunvor BargesArgus E5(fob AR)
Ebob $868.50 $855.25 Shell Van Barges , Raak E10 Argus $860.50(fob AR) June swap $870.25 $858.50 (fob ARA)
Premium $876 $836 (2 Unleaded barges)(fob ARA)
Cargoes $846 May (fob MED) +$11Cargoes $881 (cif NEW) Naphtha May +$6 (cif NEW)
Ebob crack (per barrel) $20 Prev. $19.3 Brent futures LCOc1 Rbob RBc1 Rbob crack RBc1-CLc1
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