LONDON, May 3 (Reuters) - Northwest European gasoline refining margins rose slightly to $23.2 a barrel on Friday after ARA stocks dropped with exports to North America gaining pace.
* A total of 10,000 metric tons of Eurobob E10 traded, with Shell, Exxon and Musket selling to Gunvor, Exxon and Mabanaft.
* Another 8,000 tons of E5 gasoline traded. Litasco, Shell and Glencore sold to ExxonMobil, Gunvor and Varo.
* ARA gasoline stocks slipped by over 3% to 1.02 million tons on rising exports to the United States and West Africa, according to Dutch consultancy Insights Global.
* Oil prices steadied on Friday after weaker-than-expected U.S. jobs data, but kept on course for their steepest weekly loss in three months, weighed by concerns about demand and high interest rates.
* Fire broke out at a primary oil refining unit of the Ryazan refinery operated by Russia's Rosneft on May 1, according to industry sources.
* U.S. gasoline stocks rose by 0.3 million barrels in the week to 227.1 million barrels, the EIA said, compared with analysts' expectations in a Reuters poll for a 1.1 million-barrel draw.
Trade Bid Offer Prev. Buyer Seller
Ebob $915
Barges
MOC
Platts E5
(fob ARA)
<EUROBOB-
ARA>
Ebob
Barges
E10
Platts(fo
b ARA)
Ebob $896-$8 $896-$8 BP, Gunvor
Barges 96.25 99 Litasco
Argus (8KT)
E5(fob
AR)
Ebob $882-$8 $883-$8 P66, BP Varo,
Barges 82.25 84 Total
E10 Argus (10KT)
(fob AR)
June swap $862.50 $865.25
(fob ARA)
Premium $876 885.00- Vitol Trafigu
Unleaded $888.50 ra,
(fob ARA) (21 Litasco
<PU-10PP- barges)
ARA>
Cargoes May
(fob MED) +$15
Cargoes $908
(cif NEW) (Thames
)
Naphtha May +$6
(cif NEW)
<NAF-C-NW
E>
Ebob crack (per barrel) $23.15 Prev. $22.81
Brent futures
Rbob
Rbob crack
(Reporting by Ron Bousso; Editing by Kirsten Donovan)
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