LONDON, June 18 (Reuters) - Northwest European gasoline refining margins rebounded on Tuesday, gaining $1.62 to $12.30 a barrel, while liquidity in the Argus barges market remained low.
- No barges of Eurobob E10 or Eurobob E5 traded on Tuesday. On Monday, just one E5 barge had traded.
- Shell SHEL.L closed a 56,300 barrel per day (bpd) hydrocracking unit at its Pernis oil refinery in the Netherlands on Tuesday June 18, consultancy Wood Mackenzie reported.
- The main factor supporting gasoline is "the opening of new arbitrage opportunities from Europe to the United States, which remains marginally open for European blenders for August deliveries," Sparta Commodities' Jorge Molinero said.
- A reduction in blending component costs has driven the rise in profitability of transatlantic sales from Europe, he added.
- But oil refiners are making less money selling gasoline as demand during the peak summer driving season has fallen short of expectations after many of them boosted production.
- Gasoline deliveries from Nigeria's huge and strategically important Dangote refinery are delayed until July, Aliko Dangote told Nigerian media last week.
Trade Bid Offer Prev. Buyer Seller EbobBarges MOC Platts E5 (fob ARA)
Ebob Barges E10 Platts(fo b ARA) Ebob $816.25 $793 Barges (assesseArgus d) E5(fob AR) Ebob $814 Barges (assesse E10 Argus d) (fob AR) July swap $822 $807.75 (fob ARA) Premium $822 Unleaded (fob ARA)
Cargoes July (fob MED) +$2 Cargoes (cif NEW) Naphtha July +$8 (cif NEW) Ebob crack (per barrel) $12.30 Prev. $10.68 Brent futures LCOc1 Rbob RBc1 Rbob crack RBc1-CLc1
