* Oil prices climbed on Friday after better-than-expected U.S. employment data though both benchmarks remained on course to fall more than 3% on the week amid U.S. interest rate hike jitters.
* Garbage piled up in Paris streets and fuel deliveries were blocked from refineries as workers continued rolling strikes against pension reform, but President Emmanuel Macron refused to meet with unions and said the changes must go ahead.
* Workers blocked fuel deliveries from leaving TotalEnergies and Esso refineries on Friday, while power supply was disrupted and maintenance at some EDF nuclear reactors was delayed.
* Gasoline stocks held in independent storage in the Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp (ARA) refining and storage area fell by 2% to 1.39 million tonnes in the week to Thursday, data from Dutch consultancy Insights Global showed.
* European gasoline stocks reached 108 million barrels in February, unchanged from January but down by 4.4% on the year, Euroilstock data showed on Thursday.
* Across the Atlantic, U.S. crude oil stockpiles fell last week, breaking a 10-week streak of builds, according to the Energy Information Administration. Trades Bids Offers Prev. Sellers Buyers (vol.) Trades
Ebob
Barges
MOC
Platts
E5
(fob
ARA)
<EUROBOB
-ARA>
Ebob
Barges
E10
Platts(f
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Ebob $772.50 $809.24 Total Trafigur Barges (3KT) (4KT) a Argus
E5(fob
AR)
Ebob $804.25
Barges (3KT as
E10 sessed)
Argus
(fob AR)
April $826.75 $836.75
swap fob
ARA
Premium $808 (7 $833 (5 Trafigu Shell Unleaded barges) barges) ra
(fob
ARA)
<PU-10PP
-ARA>
Cargoes
(fob
MED)
Cargoes
(cif
NWE)
Naphtha March March
(cif +$6 +$2,
NWE) +$5,
<NAF-C-N +$8
WE>
Ebob crack (per barrel) $9.66 Prev. $15.12
Brent futures Rbob Rbob crack (Reporting by Noah Browning; Editing by Josie Kao)
