Europe Gasoline/Naphtha-Gasoline refining profit margins gain

LONDON, Dec 23 (Reuters) - Northwest European gasoline refinery profit margins gained 56 cents to $9.18 a barrel on Tuesday.

• About 10,000 metric tons of Eurobob E5 gasoline traded on barges as ExxonMobil and BP sold to MB Energy.

• Another 11,000 tons of Eurobob E10 gasoline barges traded in the session, as TotalEnergies and BP were on the sell side, and Varo was the only buyer.

• In the Platts window, Gunvor sold E5 barges to Varo.

• The German government has extended job security for workers at the PCK Schwedt oil refinery until the end of June next year, the economy and finance ministries said on Tuesday.

• Meanwhile, EU-27 and UK gasoline exports to other regions have averaged 701,000 barrels per day so far this month, down from 897,000 bpd across the full month of November.