News: Europe Gasoline/Naphtha-Gasoline margins edge higher

LONDON, Aug 19 (Reuters) - Northwest European gasoline refining margins gained a marginal 26 cents to about $12.17 a barrel on Monday, as U.S. stocks were expected to have fallen last week according to a Reuters poll.

• A total of 16,000 metric tons of Eurobob E10 barges traded in the Argus window on Monday, after no barges had changed hands on Friday.
• A further 12,000 tons of Eurobob E5 traded on Monday, which Trafigura and Gunvor sold to ExxonMobil, BP, and Mabanaft.
• U.S. crude and gasoline stockpiles were expected to have fallen while distillate inventories likely rose last week, a preliminary Reuters poll showed on Monday.
• Gasoline stocks were forecast to have dropped by 400,000 barrels, the survey showed.
• European exports in August are still on track to slow month-on-month.
• "Exports from Northwest Europe and the West Mediterranean at 1.53 million tons so far in August are unlikely to match July volumes of 3.39 million tons amid generally weaker-than-expected summer demand, despite lower weekly inventories in the US," LSEG analyst Abdul Hadhi said on Friday.
• ARA gasoline stocks fell by 1% to 995,000 metric tons in the week to Aug. 15, according to data from Dutch consultancy Insights Global.
• Shell Singapore has shut one crude distillation unit (CDU) and other facilities at its refinery on Bukom island for a scheduled overhaul, three sources close to the matter said on Monday.
• Russian oil companies have boosted oil refining volumes this month as Gazprom plants ramped up output, daily newspaper Kommersant reported on Monday citing unnamed sources.

			Trade	 Bid	  Offer	Prev.	Seller   Buyer 
 Ebob													  

Barges MOC Platts E5 (fob ARA) Ebob Barges E10 Platts(fo b ARA)

 Ebob	   $764						$770.25  Trafigu  Exxon, 
 Barges	 (12KT)					  (4KT)	ra,	  BP, 
 Argus										   Gunvor   Mabana 

E5(fob ft AR)

 Ebob	   $758						3KT	  Vitol,   Mabana 
 Barges	 (16KT)					  assesse  Gunvor,  ft, 
 E10 Argus							  d at	 Shell	BP, 
 (fob AR)							   $769.25		   Varo, 
														  Trafig 
														  ura 
 Sept swap  $759						$766.25			

(fob ARA)

 Premium			  $764	 $786						
 Unleaded												  

(fob ARA) Cargoes (fob MED) Cargoes $811 (cif NW E)

 Naphtha			  Sep +$3  Sep	  Aug +$1			
 (cif NW					   +$10						

E)

Ebob crack (per barrel) $12.17 Prev. $11.91 Brent futures LCOc1 Rbob RBc1 Rbob crack RBc1-CLc1