LONDON, June 19 (Reuters) - Northwest European diesel barge refining margins rose to $20.80 a barrel on Wednesday in thin trading, with support from a report that a major European production unit had been shut down.
- Vitol sold to Gunvor one diesel barge in the afternoon window, the first trade in five sessions.
- Shell closed a 56,300 barrel per day (bpd) hydrocracking unit at its Pernis oil refinery in the Netherlands on June 18, consultancy Wood Mackenzie reported. Wood Mackenzie also reported decreased activity on the 58,600 bpd vacuum distillation unit (VDU) on the morning of June 18, it said in its refinery intelligence report.
- Diesel and gasoil arrivals into North West Europe and the Mediterranean in June are set to drop from the previous month, LSEG data shows.
- Arrivals are projected to reach 8.46 million metric tons in June, down from 10.3 million tons in May.
- China's May exports of kerosene and diesel surged from the same month lkast year, customs data showed on Tuesday, buoyed by strong jet fuel output, international flight demand and high diesel inventories.
Trades Bids Offers Previou Seller Buyer s Session 0.1 GO Barge Julydiffs fob ARA -$10 per tonne
GO-ED-ARA 0.1 GO Cargo diffs cif NEW per tonne
GO-CND-NWE 0.1 GO Cargo +$3.00 diffs cif Med per tonne
GO-CND-MED
50ppm barge July July Total P66 diffs fob ARA -$8 +$2per tonne
Diesel Trades Bids Offers Previou Seller Buyer s Session Diesel barge July July July Vitol Gunvor diffs fob ARA $4 +$2 +$5 per tonne
Diesel cargo July July July diffs cif NEW +$13.7 +$17.5 $14.50 per tonne 5 0NWE> Diesel cargo Aug diffs cif Med +$19 per tonne
DL-CIFD-MED Jet fuel Trades Bids Offers Previou Seller Buyer
s Session Jet fuel Julybarge +$49 diffs fob FARAG per tonne
JET-BD-ARA Jet fuel July cargo +$57 cif NEW per tonne
JET-CD-NWE
Fuel Oil Trades Bids Offers Previous Seller Buyer
Session 0.5% barge $551 $553 Total Mercuri fob ARA per atonne 3.5% barge $491-$4 $488-$48 Total, Aramco,
fob ARA per 91.50 9 Gunvor Vitol tonneHFO-ARA ICE Low Sulphur Gasoil LGOc1 Previous
Diesel ARA Barge $20.82 $19.58 Cracks vs Brentfutures (per barrel) Diesel spread LGOc1-LGOc2
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