Asphalt Weekly Monitor
- Prices move down in some East Coast retail locations.
- East Coast wholesale asphalt and flux prices hold steady.
- Midwest retail prices mostly steady to start October—wet conditions noted in many areas.
- Midwest wholesale prices are generally unchanged, with few exceptions.
- Some Gulf Coast retail asphalt market prices mixed.
- Gulf Coast asphalt wholesale market active – prices unchanged.
- Gulf Coast retail and wholesale flux prices slip lower this week.
- Rocky Mountain area retail prices mostly flat to start October.
- Some Rocky Mountain suppliers raise wholesale prices, as several cokers return to service.
- West Coast asphalt prices steady in the Pacific Northwest and mixed in California.
- Quebec and Ontario retail prices slightly lower.
- Western Canada retail markets mostly unchanged, with a supplier increase noted in B.C.
- November NYMEX WTI crude decline again, to $89.88 per bbl—off $2.22 per bbl this week.
- Western Canadian Select (WCS) discount to November WTI jumps to near $14.50 per bbl.
- Brent-to-WTI crude premiums go towards $22 per bbl this week for November barrels.
- On Oct 8, the US will celebrate Columbus day & CAN will celebrate its Thanksgiving Day, with many of those markets expected to be closed.
