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Europe Gasoline/Naphtha-Cracks slip, overseas demand supports
LONDON, Nov 28 (Reuters) - Gasoline refining margins fell on Monday, together with a jump in crude oil prices, but the cracks held at healthy levels for the season on refinery maintenance and overseas demand.
* Global oil markets have been dominated by news emerging from the shuttle diplomacy conducted ahead of OPEC's formal meeting in Vienna on Wednesday that aims to strike a deal on an oil output cut.
* BP restarted the second-largest CDU at the 413,500 bpd Whiting, Indiana, refinery overnight, a source said on Monday. Crude oil was being fed into the 90,000 bpd 11C CDU, which has been shut for an overhaul since Oct (HKSE: 3366-OL.HK - news) . 10.
* Kenya's oil importers are seeking more than 410,000 tonnes of oil products for January to early February delivery, including 149,093 tonnes of gasoline, in a tender closing Dec. 1, trade sources said.
* Colombia's Ecopetrol (NYSE: EC - news) seeks a 195,000-200,000 barrel cargo of gasoline RON 92 for December delivery. Bids will be accepted until Nov. 30, indexed to unleaded 87 gasoline prices at the U.S. Gulf Coast.
* Oman Oil Refineries and Petroleum Industries Co (ORPIC) has shut down its 116,000 bpd Sohar oil refinery because of technical issues and the closure may last up to a few days, officials said.
* U.S. oil refiners are expected to have 368,000 barrels per day (bpd) of capacity offline in the week to Dec. 2, increasing available refining capacity by 435,000 bpd from the previous week, data from research company IIR showed on Monday.
GASOLINE
* Gunvor sold to Vitol a barge of benchmark Eurobob gasoline at $459 a tonne in the afternoon window.
* No trades were seen elsewhere during the day.
* There were no trades of premium unleaded gasoline barges but bid and offer discussions emerged at $471-472 a tonne fob ARA compared to $466-$477 on Friday.
* The December swap stood at $468 a tonne fob ARA compared to $459 a tonne at the close of the previous session.
* Gasoline barge refining margins fell to $7.720 a barrel from $8.875 a barrel previously.
* U.S. December RBOB gasoline futures were trading 2.8 percent higher at #1.4109 a gallon at 1730 GMT.
* The U.S. gasoline crack (RBC1-CLC1) traded at $12.23 a barrel, up from $11.67 a barrel.
NAPHTHA (NAF-C-NWE)
* There were no naphtha cargo trades.
(Reporting by Sabina Zawadzki)
