LONDON, Dec 2 (Reuters) - Northwest European gasoline refining profits rose by about 66 cents to $6.40 a barrel on Monday, supported by a rise in export activity.
* About 10,000 metric ton of Eurobob E10 traded in the Argus window as Shell sold to Varo, BP, and TotalEnergies.
* Another 4,000 tons of Eurobob E5 barges traded, with Shell selling to ExxonMobil and Mabanaft.
* EU and UK gasoline exports reached 1.08 million barrels per day (bpd) in November, up 30% from October levels and their highest since August, Kpler data showed.
* Exports to West Africa reached 340,000 bpd, up from 243,000 bpd in October, the data showed.
* Gasoline stocks independently held in the Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp $(ARA)$ refining and storage hub fell by 8.5% in the week to Nov. 28, data from Dutch consultancy Insights Global showed.
Trade Bid Offer Prev. Seller Buyer
Ebob
Barges MOC
Platts E5
(fob ARA)
<EUROBOB-A
RA>
Ebob
Barges E10
Platts
(fob ARA)
Ebob $659 on $662.2 Shell, Exxon,
Barges 4KT 5 Musket Mabana
Argus E5 (16KT) ft
(fob AR)
Ebob $660.50 $668.2 Shell Varo,
Barges E10 on 10KT 5 on BP,
Argus (fob 3KT Total
AR) (1KT
assess
ed)
Jan swap $653 $662.7
(fob ARA) 5
(Dec.)
Premium
Unleaded
(fob ARA)
<PU-10PP-A
RA>
Cargoes
(fob MED)
Cargoes
(cif NWE)
Naphtha Dec
(cif NWE) -$4
<NAF-C-NWE
>
Ebob crack (per barrel) $6.40 Prev. $5.74
Brent futures
Rbob
Rbob crack
(Reporting by Ahmad Ghaddar, Editing by Louise Heavens and Shreya Biswas)
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