Asphalt Weekly Monitor
- US asphalt prices slip lower in a number of retail markets–some wholesale prices decline.
- East Coast retail asphalt and flux price ranges move lower in many areas this week.
- East Coast wholesale asphalt prices decline – wholesale flux prices are steady.
- Midwest asphalt prices moved lower in some states.
- Midwest wholesale barge prices decline on limited interest–rail prices are mostly flat.
- Gulf Coast retail asphalt and flux prices remain unchanged this week.(2)
- Gulf Coast wholesale asphalt prices and flux wholesale are steadfast.
- Rocky Mountain wholesale prices hold steady, but some retail area markets slip lower.
- West Coast asphalt prices ease lower in the inland Pacific Northwest—steady elsewhere.
- Western Canada retail prices lower in British Columbia, but hold steady in other Provinces.
- Quebec and Ontario prices are flat for the week, with activity noted as fair.
- Oil prices drop–December NYMEX West Texas Intermediate (WTI) closes at $97.85 a bbl, down $3.26 a bbl this week.
- Western Canadian Select (WCS) crude slumps to $34.25 below WTI—as Canadian heavies weaken more than light, sweet crude benchmark WTI.
- December North Sea Brent crude declines to just under $107 a bbl—$9 per bbl above WTI.
