HOUSTON, March 20 (Reuters) - Ethanol-blend, unleaded
CARBOB gasoline gained 2.5 cents in the Los Angeles market on
Friday as several refineries continued with planned and
unplanned work and time ran out on the March contract, traders
said.
March CARBOB sold at 15.5 cents per gallon over April NYMEX RBOB gasoline, which rose 1.97 cents to $1.4570 per gallon.
ConocoPhillips was seen buying this week after flaring at its 139,000 barrel per day (bpd) Los Angeles-area refinery in Wilmington, California, the company also does planned work at its 76,000 bpd Rodeo, California, refinery in the San Francisco Bay area.
Chevron Corp had a Tuesday upset at its 260,000 bpd L.A.-area refinery in El Segundo, California.
A Chevron representative has not replied to requests for information about refinery operations.
BP Plc shut a hydrotreater to replace a pump on Friday at its 265,000 bpd Carson, California refinery, according to sources familiar with refinery operations. BP is also performing planned maintenance at the refinery.
Exxon Mobil Corp was restarting a hydrogen unit at its 149,000 bpd Torrance, California, refinery. The restart was not expected to affect production as the refinery has another hydrogen unit already in operation. The unit was shut for planned work.
Tesoro Corp is performing planned work on a coker and a reformer at its 100,000 bpd Los Angeles refinery. The work is expected to last between two and three weeks.
March San Francisco Bay market CARBOB was seen 3 and 5 cents under L.A.
March L.A. ultra low sulfur diesel was in a notional bid-offer spread at 3 cents/1 cent under April NYMEX heating oil, which gained 2.71 cents to $1.3834 a gallon.
CARB diesel in the Los Angeles market was even to NYMEX heating oil.
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March CARBOB sold at 15.5 cents per gallon over April NYMEX RBOB gasoline, which rose 1.97 cents to $1.4570 per gallon.
ConocoPhillips was seen buying this week after flaring at its 139,000 barrel per day (bpd) Los Angeles-area refinery in Wilmington, California, the company also does planned work at its 76,000 bpd Rodeo, California, refinery in the San Francisco Bay area.
Chevron Corp had a Tuesday upset at its 260,000 bpd L.A.-area refinery in El Segundo, California.
A Chevron representative has not replied to requests for information about refinery operations.
BP Plc shut a hydrotreater to replace a pump on Friday at its 265,000 bpd Carson, California refinery, according to sources familiar with refinery operations. BP is also performing planned maintenance at the refinery.
Exxon Mobil Corp was restarting a hydrogen unit at its 149,000 bpd Torrance, California, refinery. The restart was not expected to affect production as the refinery has another hydrogen unit already in operation. The unit was shut for planned work.
Tesoro Corp is performing planned work on a coker and a reformer at its 100,000 bpd Los Angeles refinery. The work is expected to last between two and three weeks.
March San Francisco Bay market CARBOB was seen 3 and 5 cents under L.A.
March L.A. ultra low sulfur diesel was in a notional bid-offer spread at 3 cents/1 cent under April NYMEX heating oil, which gained 2.71 cents to $1.3834 a gallon.
CARB diesel in the Los Angeles market was even to NYMEX heating oil.
Jet fuel in Los Angeles sold at 4.5 cents over NYMEX heating oil. * * * * * For price chains double click on: * * * * * *
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(Reporting by Erwin Seba; Editing by David Gregorio)
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