Europe Gasoline/Naphtha — Gasoline refining margins recover

LONDON, Oct 15 (Reuters) — Northwest European gasoline refining margins rose by about $9 to $42.03 a barrel on Thursday, recovering from their lowest level in a month in the previous session. In the Argus window, 12,000 metric tons of Eurobob E5 barges traded, with ExxonMobil and ATL selling to BP and TotalEnergies. Shell, Total and Exxon sold 12,000 tons of Eurobob E10 barges to Varo and BP. Gasoline stocks independently held in the Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp (ARA) refining and storage hub declined by 1.5% to 826,000 tons as export cargoes departed for West Africa and the US, data from Dutch consultancy Insights Global showed on Thursday. Switzerland authorized withdrawals from mandatory jet fuel reserves to address a looming supply shortage at Zurich Airport, the government said on Thursday. US gasoline stocks rose by 3.5 million barrels in the week to 208.3 million barrels, the Energy Information Administration said, compared with analysts' expectations in a Reuters poll for a 0.5 million-barrel draw.​ Trade Bid Offer Prev. Seller Buyer Ebob $1191 Vit Trafi $1200 Barges ol gura MOC Platts E5 (fob ARA) Ebob Barges E10 Platts (fob ARA) Ebob $1153.75 $1168.7 ATL, TOTSA, Barges (12