Asphalt Weekly Monitor
19 May 2017
- East Coast retail asphalt prices firm in some areas, with flux markets steadfast.
- East Coast wholesale asphalt prices slip, with flux barge pricing flat for the week.
- Midwest wholesale and retail prices were mostly steady this week. Assessed ranges are static for asphalt cement and flux. Buyer terminals are nearly full in most areas.
- Gulf Coast retail asphalt prices rise in some markets, with flux status quo for this week.
- The wholesale asphalt range widened modestly, with Gulf Coast flux barge pricing stable.
- Rocky Mountain retail prices are steady, with late snowstorms stalling paving in Colorado.
- Rockies wholesale markets were unchanged. Supply varies considerably between refiners.
- West Coast retail selling ranges were unchanged, with paving activity improving.
- Western Canada selling and posted prices are status quo this week.
- Selling and posted prices declined again in Quebec. Price ranges are steady in Ontario.
- Crude prices head higher–June WTI reaches $50.33/bbl–up $2.45/bbl this week.
- June West. Can. Select crude (WCS) climbs to $40/bbl FOB Alberta—$10 under WTI.
- July North Sea Brent oil rises again, to $53.61a bbl, or $2.71/bbl this week.
