Europe Gasoline/Naphtha-Gasoline refining margins rise

LONDON, Oct 1 (Reuters) - Northwest European gasoline refining margins rose by over $4 to $47.6 a barrel on Thursday after Chinese refiners suspended oil product exports for the month, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.

• A total of 10,000 metric tons of gasoline E5 barges traded, with ExxonMobil, Glencore and Trafigura selling to TotalEnergies and MB Energy.

• Chinese refiners have suspended oil product exports for October, four people briefed on the matter said, as Beijing looks to preserve domestic stocks, a move that will further crimp war-constrained fuel markets.

• State oil major PetroChina cancelled a handful of gasoline and jet fuel shipments that were planned for October, three of the sources said, adding it had committed to most of these in the past two weeks.

• Asia's gasoline margin rose to a record high as various outages at regional refineries and reports that Chinese refiners have halted fuel exports for October tightened the supply outlook, traders said.

• Meanwhile gasoline inventories were down around 12.5% from a year earlier at 890,000 tons in the Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp (ARA) refining and storage hub. ARA/