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Europe Distillates-Diesel profit margins fall

Europe Distillates-Diesel profit margins fall

- Northwest European diesel refining margins dropped 4.5% on Thursday as oil prices reversed losses from the previous session.

  • Low-sulphur gasoil futures LGOc1 traded at a premium of $69.55 a barrel to Brent crude futures LCOc1 by 1745 GMT, down more than $3 from the previous close

  • Jet fuel stocks held independently in the Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp (ARA) refining and storage hub rose nearly 29% on the week, data from Dutch consultancy Insights Global showed. Gasoil stocks were up 3.5% ARA/

  • Ukraine's renewed attacks on Russian oil refineries add to Moscow's difficulty in addressing domestic fuel shortages while it ships diesel to international markets under an export deal with US President Donald Trump

  • Brazil's state-run oil company Petrobras will import diesel in November at levels above its average for the year as it rebuilds inventories

  • Chinese refiners have sold only about 500,000 metric tons of November-loading diesel so far, according to traders and Reuters calculations based on trade data, after a surge in exports since July sent domestic stockpiles to multi-year lows

Trades

Bids

Offers

Previous Session

Seller

Buyer

0.1 GO Barge

diffs fob ARA per ton

0.1 GO Cargo

diffs cif NWE per ton

0.1 GO Cargo

diffs cif Med per ton

50ppm barge diffs fob ARA per ton

Diesel

Trades

Bids

Offers

Previous Session

Seller

Buyer

Diesel barge

diffs fob ARA

per ton

Diesel cargo

diffs cif NWE

per ton

Dec + $52.50

Nov - $11

Diesel cargo

diffs cif Med

per ton

Med + $27

Jet fuel

Trades

Bids

Offers

Previous Session

Seller

Buyer

Jet fuel barge

diffs fob FARAG

per ton

Jet fuel cargo

cif NWE per ton

CCM+$49

Fuel Oil

Trades

Bids

Offers

Previous Session

Seller

Buyer

0.5% barge fob ARA per ton

3.5% barge

fob ARA per ton

ICE Low Sulphur Gasoil

LGOc1

Previous Close

ICE Low Sulphur Gasoil futures vs Brent futures (per barrel)

$69.55

$72.86

Diesel spread


(Reporting by Seher Dareen
Editing by David Goodman
)

((seher.dareen@thomsonreuters.com))

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