LONDON, March 15 (Reuters) - Northwest European diesel barge cracks rose by about 60 cents to just above $28 a barrel on Friday after Ukraine launched a new attack on a Russian refinery, a move that could tighten global supplies of the fuel.
- Around 15,000 metric tons of diesel barges traded in the Platts window, down from 22,000 tons in the previous session.
- Ukraine attacked a small oil refinery in Russia's Kaluga region with drones early on Friday, a Ukrainian intelligence source told Reuters.
- Kyiv has conducted a string of drone attacks on major Russian oil facilities in the last week, trying to target the lifeblood of the Russian economy more than two years after Moscow launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
- Meanwhile, diesel imports into Europe are set to reach around 760,000 barrels per day (bpd) so far this month, Kpler data shows, down from 991,000 bpd in February.
- Gasoil stocks held in independent storage in the Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp (ARA) refining and storage hub rose by 3.6% in the week to March 14, according to data from Dutch consultancy Insights Global.
- Gasoil stocks rose to 2.11 million metric tons, their highest since August 2023, amid weak demand, Insights Global's Lars van Wageningen said.
Trades Bids Offers Previous Seller Buyer Session 0.1 GO Bargediffs fob ARA per tonne
GO-ED-ARA 0.1 GO Cargo diffs cif NWE per tonne
GO-CND-NWE 0.1 GO Cargo diffs cif Med per tonne
GO-CND-MED 50ppm barge April diffs fob ARA -$25 per tonne
Diesel Trades Bids Offers Previous Seller Buyer Session Diesel barge April April Belgom Vitol, diffs fob ARA +$4.5- +$5-$6 ine, Totalper tonne $6 (22KT) BP,A> Diesel cargo April Cif NWE diffs cif NWE +$25 +$10.50 per tonne (Dunkirk
NWE +$10 (Le Havre) Diesel cargo Aprildiffs cif Med +$14.5 per tonne
DL-CIFD-MED Jet fuel Trades Bids Offers Previous Seller Buyer
Session Jet fuel Aprilbarge +$30 diffs fob FARAG per tonne
JET-BD-ARA Jet fuel FBH cargo +$6 cif NWE per tonne
JET-CD-NWE
Fuel Oil Trades Bids Offers Previous Seller Buyer Session 0.5% barge $583 $584-$58 Glenco Peninfob ARA per 5 re sula, tonne United Bunke ring 3.5% barge $459-$460 $458-$46 Vitol, Peninfob ARA per 0 Gunvor sula, tonne ShellHFO-ARA , BP ICE Low Sulphur Gasoil LGOc1 Previous
Diesel ARA Barge $28.172 $27.498 Cracks vs Brentfutures (per barrel) Diesel spread LGOc1-LGOc2
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