Europe Gasoline/Naphtha-Gasoline crack spreads rise

LONDON, Oct 9 (Reuters) - Northwest European gasoline profit margins rose by about $2.12 to $17.83 a barrel on Thursday, as inventories privately held in Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp (ARA) fell on the week.

• A total of 1,200 metric tons of Eurobob E5 barges traded, which Equinor sold to Gunvor.

• No Eurobob E10 barges traded on Thursday.

• A 95 Ron gasoline cargo traded in North West Europe, with Gunvor selling Equinor a 9,000 ton cargo with October 19-23 dates at $768 per ton CIF Tees.

• ARA gasoline stocks fell by 2.6% to 1.19 million tons over the week to Thursday, according to data from Dutch consultancy Insights Global.

• The drop came as large export cargoes to the Americas and West Africa removed storage from ARA tanks, van Wageningen added. ARA/

• The gasoline-producing fluid catalytic cracking unit (FCCU) remained shut on Wednesday night at Exxon Mobil's 612,000 barrel-per-day (bpd) Beaumont, Texas refinery, said people familiar with the plant's operations.

• The gasoline unit at Nigeria's Dangote oil refinery is tentatively expected to restart on October 14 following maintenance, industry monitor IIR said on Thursday.

• EU and UK gasoline exports to other regions averaged 720,000 barrels per day (bpd) in October so far, according to Kpler data, compared with 927,000 bpd in September.

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