LONDON, Jan 7 (Reuters) - Northwest European gasoline refining profit margins fell by 62 cents to $6.74 a barrel as underlying crude prices rose and slowing export demand weighed.
* About 4,000 metric tons of Eurobob E5 barges traded, which Shell and BP sold to Mabanaft and Trafigura.
* A further 4,000 tons of E10 traded as Shell sold to Varo.
* In the Platts window, BP and Vitol sought Mediterranean gasoline cargoes for a second consecutive session, while Trafigura offered one. No trades were agreed.
* BP also offered a cif Thames cargo in the window without attracting any buyers.
* EU-27 and UK gasoline exports reached 908,000 barrels per day in December, Kpler data showed, down from 1.2 million bpd in November.
* EU-27 and UK gasoline exports to the U.S. dropped to 152,000 bpd in December, from 210,000 bpd in November, according to Kpler. Exports to West Africa fell nearly 40% to 246,000 bpd.
* Sales gasoline in India were up 10.8% in December from a year earlier at 3.3 million metric tons, data from the Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell (PPAC) of the oil ministry showed on Tuesday.
Trade Bid Offer Prev. Seller Buyer
Ebob Barges
MOC Platts
E5
(fob ARA)
<EUROBOB-AR
A>
Ebob Barges
E10 Platts
(fob ARA)
Ebob Barges $698.50 $703 Shell, Mabana
Argus E5 (6KT) (2KT) BP ft,
(fob AR) Trafig
ura
Ebob Barges $697.50 $704 Shell Varo
E10 Argus (4KT) (6KT)
(fob AR)
Feb. swap $705.50 $711.25
(fob ARA)
Premium
Unleaded
(fob ARA)
<PU-10PP-AR
A>
Cargoes Feb Jan
(fob MED) -$1.50 +$3
; Feb
-$2
Cargoes $746
(cif NWE) (Thame
s)
Naphtha Jan +
(cif NWE) $3
Ebob crack (per barrel) $6.74 Prev. $7.36
Brent futures
Rbob
Rbob crack
(Reporting by Ahmad Ghaddar; Editing by David Goodman and Shailesh Kuber)
((Ahmad.Ghaddar@thomsonreuters.com; +442075424435; Reuters Messaging: ahmad.ghaddar.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net))
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