Europe Distillates-Diesel profit margins firm

LONDON, Nov 13 (Reuters) - Northwest European diesel refining margins rose over 4% on Friday on a tight market outlook.

• Low-sulphur gasoil futures traded at a premium of $69.29 a barrel to Brent crude futures by 1645 GMT, up about $3 from the previous close

• The International Energy Agency's member countries will release around 71 million barrels of emergency oil and products stocks through end-February 2027, roughly doubling the pace of the releases in September and October, the agency said on Friday

• Included in the release will be around 15 million barrels of diesel, which are scheduled to be released by end-February, almost entirely from government stocks in France and Germany, at a pace of 4 million to 5 million barrels in January before easing in February, the IEA said in a monthly report

• Gasoil stocks independently held in the Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp (ARA) refining and storage hub were little changed, edging up 0.2% from the previous week to 1.79 million tons, while standing nearly 22% lower year-on-year, data from Dutch consultancy Insights Global showed on Thursday

• US distillate stockpiles USOILD=ECI, which include diesel and heating oil, rose by 4.1 million barrels last week to 103.3 million barrels, versus expectations in a Reuters poll for a 1 million-barrel drop, the Energy Information Administration said EIA/S