Asphalt Weekly Monitor
- Prices for paving asphalt were unchanged in East and Gulf Coast markets.
- East Coast wholesale asphalt and flux prices were unchanged.
- Midwest retail prices are unchanged for retail markets.
- Midwest wholesale prices steady for barges and firmer for rail.
- Gulf Coast wholesale asphalt market price range is narrower for the week.
- Gulf Coast retail and wholesale flux prices hold steady.
- Rocky Mountain area retail prices unchanged, except some Idaho ranges narrowed.
- West Coast retail markets mostly steady, with a few ranges narrowed this week.
- Quebec and Ontario retail prices steadfast for this week.
- In Quebec, the MTQ held a tender on October 25.
- December NYMEX for WTI crude declines to $86.28 per bbl—down $4.16 for the week.
- Western Canadian Select (WCS) discount to WTI goes up to over $25 per bbl.
- Brent-to-WTI crude premiums are at almost $23 per bbl this week.
- Keystone Pipeline returns to service this week.
