At least six tankers were booked in recent days to take gasoline from Europe on transatlantic journeys, according to shipping data.

Traders said the bookings were related to a major fire last week that completely destroyed the alkylation unit at the Philadelphia Energy Solutions refinery.

Italy's Milazzo oil refinery expects a crude unit (topping 3) which has been shut down since June 21 to return online on June 30, according to a spokesman for the plant.

Exxon Mobil Corp began restarting on Tuesday the large crude distillation unit (CDU) at its 369,024 barrel-per-day (bpd) Beaumont, Texas, refinery following a Monday power disruption, said sources familiar with plant operations

Valero Energy Corp is restarting the gasoline-producing unit at its 180,000 barrel-per-day (bpd) Memphis, Tennessee, refinery after completing a two-month overhaul on the unit, sources familiar with plant operations said on Tuesday.