* The Kremlin on Friday said an EU embargo on Russia's refined oil products that will come into force on Sunday would further unbalance global energy markets.
* Lyondell Basell Industries plans to operate its Houston crude oil refinery at about 85% of its 263,776 barrel-per-day (bpd) capacity during the first quarter of 2023, the company said on Friday.
* Pemex is nearing a full restart on Thursday of its 312,500-barrel-per-day (bpd) Deer Park, Texas, refinery following an unplanned shutdown because of severe storms on Jan. 24, said people familiar with plant operations.
* Gasoline stocks held in independent storage in the
Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp
(ARA) refining and storage area fell by almost 1% to 1.4 million tonnes in the
week to Thursday, data from Dutch consultancy Insights Global showed.
* The fall came as a result of rising exports to the United States, it
added.
* But northwestern European gasoline exports to the United States are
expected to
fall this week to 185,000 tonnes, down from 325,000 tonnes the previous week,
according to Refinitiv analysis.
* U.S. gasoline stocks rose by 2.6 million barrels in the week
ended
Jan. 27 to 234.6 million barrels, the Energy Information Administration said on
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