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LONDON, Aug 31 (Reuters) - Gasoline refining margins edgedhigher following a fall in oil futures while a draw in U.S.gasoline stocks failed to boost cracks further as the remainingvolume in storage was still considered high.
* Even with upcoming refinery maintenance on the U.S. eastcoast, traders were still bearish owing to significantstockpiles in PADD 1 and the end of summer driving season.
* U.S. gasoline stocks fell 691,000 barrels,compared with analysts' expectations in a Reuters poll for a 1.2million-barrel drop, according to government data.
* French oil major Total and Italian renewableenergy group Erg have tapped banks to sell one ofItaly's biggest petrol station networks, known as TotalErg,sources familiar with the matter said.
GASOLINE
* There were no trades of benchmark Eurobob gasoline barge.In the previous session one barge traded at $474 a tonne fobARA.
* Some 16,000 tonnes traded throughout the day at $463-$472a tonne fob ARA, down from $474-$490 a tonne fob ARA on Tuesday.Total and Gunvor sold to Shell, BP, Rolympus and Varo.
* There were no trades of premium unleaded gasoline barges.The bid/offer range was $477-$478 a tonne fob ARA, down from adeal on Tuesday at $495 a tonne.
* The September swap stood at around $467.50 a tonne, downfrom $480 a tonne at the close.
* Gasoline barge refining margins rose to $9.21 a barrel, upfrom $8.93 a barrel on Tuesday.
* Brent crude oil futures were down $1.18 cents at$47.19 a barrel by 1555 GMT.
* U.S. August RBOB gasoline futures were down 1.76percent at 1.4228 a gallon.
* The U.S. gasoline crack
NAPHTHA
* Glencore sold a cargo to BASF at $371 a tonne cifNorthwest Europe for Sept. 21-25 delivery.
* BP sold a cargo to Gunvor at $371.50 a tonne cif NorthwestEurope for Sept. 15-19 delivery.
(Reporting by Julia Payne, editing by Ahmad Ghaddar)
