Asphalt Weekly Monitor
27 Mar 2015
- East Coast retail asphalt prices decline in many markets, with flux prices unchanged.
- Wholesale asphalt and flux prices on the East Coast remain unchanged.
- Midwest wholesale markets were flat—retail prices mostly steady, with only a few easing.
- Gulf Coast retail assessments slip in some areas, with flux prices static.
- Gulf Coast area barge asphalt and fulx ranges are unchanged for this week.
- Prices reported lower in Arizona and New Mexico—most other Rockies areas were steady.
- Rockies wholesale prices were unchanged.
- A few California selling ranges ease lower, other West Coast markets are flat.
- Western Canada markets are status quo—wholesale is assessed stable as well.
- Quebec and Ontario asphalt selling prices are assessed flat, with limited activity noted.
- Crude oil soars on Yemen fighting, then sells off on Friday. May WTI crude ends the week, at $48.87, up $2.30 a bbl. US oil production rises and inventories hit record highs again.
- May Western Can. Select (WCS) rises to $36 a bbl FOB Alberta–$12.75 under May WTI.
