Asphalt Weekly Monitor
- Wholesale asphalt prices in the US continue declining following Labor Day Holiday.
- Asphalt prices have been at or above coker alternative values for weeks in most markets.(3)
- Major East Coast supplier reduces rack prices by $50/ST in Northeast.
- Gulf Coast weathers through Hurricane Gustov and prepares for Hurricane Ike.
- BP and Enbridge plant pipeline to Gulf Coast.
- California retail prices firm in most markets.
- WTI crude oil prices decline to five month lows, ending the week at $106.23 per barrel.