Asphalt Weekly Monitor
- East Coast retail prices ease in Florida markets – flux retail prices lower in many areas.
- Wholesale prices on the East Coast are steady.
- Midwest retail markets mostly steady– with limited adjustments to selling ranges this week.
- Midwest wholesale barge and rail prices ease lower this week for paving grade.
- Gulf Coast wholesale asphalt prices in a narrower range – flux wholesale steady.
- Rockies wholesale prices are steady this last week of November.
- West Coast prices are mostly unchanged, but a few selling assessments are adjusted.
- Western Canada markets remain quiet and wintry temperatures prevail in inland provinces
- In Quebec and Ontario, retail prices unchanged this week.
- January NYMEX WTI crude ends the week at $88.91 per barrel—up $0.63 this week.
- Western Canadian Select (WCS) discount to WTI crude oil is about $28-29 per bbl.
- Brent-to-WTI crude premiums are almost $22 per bbl for January.
- Kirby signs agreement to acquire Penn Maritime. (see Industry News).
