LONDON, Aug 5 (Reuters) - Gasoline refining margins innorthwest Europe rose above $11 a barrel on Friday to theirhighest since late June as stronger U.S. prices and lowerinventories encouraged export economics from Europe.
* At least three new tanker bookings to the U.S. emerged inshipping data on Friday for loading in Europe in the first halfof August.
* Lower inventories the ARA hub and on the U.S. East Coasthave spurred interest in transatlantic exports from Europe.
* With gasoline prices switching in recent days intobackwardation until November, traders have been releasingvolumes from storage and opting to export them to the U.S. EastCoast, Latin America and Canada, traders said.
* Norway's Statoil plans a turnaround throughoutSept. at its 205,000 barrels-per-day Mongstad refinery that willinclude a CDU and an FCC.
* Hungary's MOL plans a major maintenanceturnaround involving several units at its 165,000 bpd Dunarefinery from August to October. The refiner is also planning asmaller shutdown at the 110,000 bpd Bratislava refinery inOctober and November.
* Poland's PKN Orlen plans maintenance at its330,000 bpd Plock refinery starting in August, that includeswork on two CDU.
GASOLINE
* No barges traded in the afternoon window.
* Some 8,000 tonnes traded throughout the day at around$435-$441 a tonne fob Amsterdam-Rotterdam, up from $423-$430 atonne on Thursday.
* Eight barges of premium unleaded gasoline traded at $448 atonne fob ARA, up from $437-$439 a tonne on Thursday. Rolympusand Litasco sold to Total.
* Gasoline barge refining margins rose to $11.54 a barrel,from $8.25, their highest since late June.
* The September swap stood at around $436.50 a tonne at theclose, up from $427.15 a tonne.
* Brent crude oil futures fell by 39 cents to $43.90a barrel by 1548 GMT.
* U.S. August RBOB gasoline futures were up 0.22 percent at 1.3710 a gallon.
* The U.S. gasoline crack
NAPHTHA
* No naphtha cargoes traded. (Reporting by Ahmad Ghaddar)