US Cash Products-Gasoline firm on refinery issues

NEW YORK, April 13 (Reuters) - Cash gasoline in the U.S. Gulf Coast and other hubs east of the Rockies rose on Monday on refinery issues and a weaker NYMEX benchmark as activity picked up following Easter holiday, traders said.

ConocoPhillips reported a fire in the coking unit at its 247,000 barrel-per-day refinery in Sweeny, Texas late Thursday, according to a filing with state environmental regulators. [ID:nN13368492]

Meanwhile, the fire-damaged crude distillation unit at Conoco's 232,000-bpd Bayway refinery in Linden, New Jersey, is expected to restart sometime this week, source said. [ID:nN13369057].

U.S. crude oil futures fell $2 at $50.24 per barrel on Monday after the International Energy Agency lowered its 2009 global demand forecast on Friday and as Wall Street slumped. RBOB and heating oil futures posted smaller declines.

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Prompt cycle 22 M2 gasoline traded at 8.25 cents under May RBOB futures screen, up almost 2 cents from Thursday's level.

Prompt cycle 21 61-grade ultra-low sulfur diesel traded early at 2.00 cents over the May heating oil screen, in line with recent levels, before falling back to trade at 1.75, 1.50 and 1.25 cents over the screen.

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