Europe Gasoline/Naphtha-Gasoline cracks slip on oil futures rally

LONDON, Oct (Shenzhen: 000069.SZ - news) 10 (Reuters) - Northwest European gasoline cracks slid on Monday as the rally in crude oil futures outpaced gains on physical trading. Both dated Brent and U.S. WTI made strong gains as Russian President Vladimir Putin said an output freeze or even a production cut were likely the only right decisions to maintain energy sector stability.

* Hurricane Matthew's damage to oil and gasoline storage infrastructure in the U.S. Southeast was limited, and work was underway to get fuel to the areas impacted, according to terminals and trade associations contacted by Reuters.

* Saudi Aramco informed the Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation, Egypt's state oil company, in early October that it would halt the supply of refined oil products to Egypt, a government official told Reuters on Monday.

* EGPC plans to allocate more than $500 million to purchase petroleum products via tenders and is already seeking up to 132,000 tonnes of gasoline for delivery in November, traders say.

* Iraq's State Oil Marketing Company is seeking 4.284 million tonnes of gasoil and gasoline for delivery in 2017, according to a tender document seen by Reuters on Monday.

* Bulgaria's anti-monopoly commission said Lukoil Bulgaria, Shell Bulgaria, OMV (EUREX: 430021.EX - news) , Eco Bulgaria, a unit of Hellenic Petroleum (Athens: ELPE.AT - news) , Petrol and Nis Petrol, which is controlled by Russia's Gazprom Neft, collaborated in breach of law to fix retail prices of diesel and gasoline.

GASOLINE

* Barges of benchmark Eurobob gasoline traded at $516-$520 a tonne fob ARA during the afternoon window. Gunvor sold to Shell (LSE: RDSB.L - news) and Finco.

* Elsewhere during the day, around 6,000 tonnes traded at $518-$528 a tonne fob Amsterdam-Rotterdam, up from $515-$521 a tonne on Friday.

* Gunvor and Rolympus sold to Shell a total of four barges of premium unleaded gasoline at $531 a tonne fob ARA, up from $523-$524 a tonne on Friday.

* The November swap stood at $505 a tonne at the close, up from $499 a tonne.

* Gasoline barge refining margins fell to $10.36 a barrel, down from $11.72 a barrel on Friday.

* Brent crude oil futures for December delivery were up $1.16 a barrel at $53.09 by 1613 GMT.

* U.S. November RBOB gasoline futures were 0.74 percent higher at $1.4927 a gallon.

* The U.S. gasoline crack (RB-CL1=R) was trading at $11.55 a barrel, down from $12.40 a barrel.

NAPHTHA (NAF-C-NWE)

* No cargoes traded.

(Reporting By Libby George; Editing by Ahmad Ghaddar)