Northwest European gasoline refining margins ended the week higher, supported by lower crude oil prices while exports from the region ebbed. Gasoline exports to the US East Coast slowed over the past week. Total exports and planned loadings on the transatlantic route in September were currently set at 949,000 tonnes, according to Refinitiv Eikon data.

Exports to West Africa were seen at 413,000 tonnes in September so far, according to the data. Gasoline stocks in the Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp (ARA) refining and storage hub rose by more than 14% in the week to Thursday to 1.079 million tonnes, data from Dutch consultancy Insights Global showed.

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