Europe Gasoline/Naphtha-Gasoline cracks hold steady

LONDON, Nov 3 (Reuters) - Northwest European gasoline profit margins were down just 2 cents a barrel at $16.49 on Monday.

• A total of 8,000 metric tons of Eurobob E5 gasoline barges were traded as Varo and Equinor sold to TotalEnergies, Exxon and MB Energy.

• Another 3,000 tons of Eurobob E10 gasoline barges changed hands with Trafigura selling to Varo.

• Ukraine's military said on Monday it hit an oil refinery in Russia's Saratov region overnight, adding that a successful strike and resulting fire had been recorded on one of the refining facilities.

• Turkey's largest oil refineries are buying more non-Russian oil in response to the latest Western sanctions on Russia, two people with direct knowledge of the matter and several industry sources told Reuters.

• Nigeria's Dangote Petroleum Refinery, Africa's largest oil refinery, is ramping up output to meet national petrol and diesel demand, after the government approved a new import tariff on fuel aimed at protecting domestic production.​

• EU and UK gasoline and blending component exports to other regions averaged 923,000 bpd in October, according to Kpler data, compared with 948,000 bpd in September.

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