ARA gasoline stocks increase 15%
Gasoline stocks independently held in the Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp (ARA) refining and storage hub rose by 15% on the week to their highest in eight months, data from Dutch consultancy Insights Global showed.
- Gasoline inventories climbed to 1.26 MM metric tons (t), as export loadings slowed during the holiday period, Insights Global's Lars van Wageningen said.
- Gasoil stocks, which include diesel, fell by 1% to 1.96 MMt.
- Naphtha stocks fell by 15% to 514,000 t on firmer demand from gasoline blenders, Wageningen said.
- Fuel oil stocks rose more than 5% to 1.11 MMt, as imports rose.
The following table shows volumes in thousands of tons:
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02/01/2026 |
27/12/2025 |
02/01/2025 |
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Gasoline |
1,260 |
1,095 |
1,411 |
<STK-GL-ARA> |
|
Naphtha |
514 |
606 |
474 |
<STK-NAF-ARA> |
|
Gasoil |
1,959 |
1,975 |
2,507 |
<STK-GO-ARA> |
|
Fuel oil |
1,112 |
1,053 |
1,479 |
<STK-FO-ARA> |
|
Jet fuel |
992 |
1,038 |
853 |
<STK-JET-ARA> |
|
Product |
Incoming cargoes |
Outgoing cargoes |
|
Gasoline |
Baltics, Finland, France, Spain |
Ireland, Caribbean, France, Saudi Arabia, U.K., W. Africa |
|
Naphtha |
France, Italy, Mediterranean, Spain |
|
|
Gasoil |
Finland, Sweden, U.S. |
France, Germany, Portugal, Sweden, U.K. |
|
Fuel Oil |
Finland, France, Poland, Sweden, U.K., W. Africa |
Denmark, Germany, U.K. |
|
Jet-kero |
U.K. |
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