LONDON, Jan 2 (Reuters) - Northwest European gasoline refining profit fell by about $1.20 to $6.27 per barrel on Thursday as a rise in inventories of the motor fuel on both sides of the Atlantic weighed.
* About 4,000 metric tons of Eurobob E5 barges traded, which BP sold Trafigura and TotalEnergies.
* In the Platts window, BP also sold an E5 barge to Varo.
* A further 5,000 tons of Eurobob E10 traded, as Shell sold to Varo.
* Gasoline stocks independently held in the Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp $(ARA)$ refining and storage hub rose by 4% to 1.41 million metric tons on slow trading activity, data from Dutch consultancy Insights Global showed.
* U.S. gasoline stocks also rose, gaining 7.7 million barrels on the week to 231.4 million barrels, the Energy Information Administration said, compared with analysts' expectations in a Reuters poll for a 0.3 million-barrel build.
Trade Bid Offer Prev. Seller Buyer
Ebob Barges $714 BP Varo
MOC Platts
E5
(fob ARA)
<EUROBOB-AR
A>
Ebob Barges
E10 Platts
(fob ARA)
Ebob Barges $694.75 $684 BP Trafig
Argus E5 on 4KT (4KT) ura,
(fob AR) Totsa
Ebob Barges $695.25 $686 Shell Varo
E10 Argus on 5KT (8KT)
(fob AR)
Feb. swap $710.50 $686.25
(fob ARA)
Premium
Unleaded
(fob ARA)
<PU-10PP-AR
A>
Cargoes
(fob MED)
Cargoes
(cif NWE)
Naphtha Jan
(cif NWE) +$6
Ebob crack (per barrel) $6.27 Prev. $7.47
Brent futures
Rbob
Rbob crack
(Reporting by Ahmad Ghaddar)
((Ahmad.Ghaddar@thomsonreuters.com; +442075424435; Reuters Messaging: ahmad.ghaddar.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net))
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