The bulk of gasoline imports head to USAC Texas refiners returning from February outages RBOB crack spread weakens on stock build US gasoline inventories climbed 4.04 million barrels to 234.59 million barrels last week, as imports jumped and refinery runs edged higher, US Energy Information Administration data showed April 7. Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & personalize your experience. Register Now Gasoline imports climbed 678,000 b/d to 1.3 million b/d, with the bulk of that increase – 635,000 b/d – heading to the US Atlantic Coast, home of the New York delivery point for NYMEX RBOB futures. NYMEX RBOB futures fell following the EIA data, with the front-month crack spread against ICE Brent crude ending at around $18.82/b April 7, down from $19.70/b April 6. Still, that’s up from minus $1.85/b the same time last year, when RBOB crack spreads were sent into negative territory by the global […]