Asphalt Weekly Monitor
- East Coast retail asphalt price ranges mostly unchanged – some wider or narrower ranges.
- Some East Coast wholesale asphalt price assessments in a wider range – others steady.
- Midwest retail prices mixed—some steady while others assessed modestly higher.
- Midwest barge and rail paving prices go higher.
- Gulf Coast retail markets mostly steady, with some narrowed price ranges.
- Gulf Coast wholesale market active, with asphalt price assessments widened.
- Rocky Mountain wholesale prices unchanged.
- Retail prices assessed higher in a number of Rocky Mountain locations.
- West Coast mixed, Pacific Northwest and No. California firm, So California weakens.
- Eastern Canada areas have steady retail and posted prices this week.
- Quebec MTQ held a tender on May 10.
- June NYMEX WTI crude drops to $96.13 per barrel (bbl), down $2.46 this week.
- Western Canadian Select (WCS) discount to WTI rises to about $18 per bbl for June.
- Brent crude’s premium to WTI increases to about $16.50-17.050 per bbl for June bbls.
