Asphalt Weekly Monitor
16 Oct 2015
- Canada’s Monday Thanksgiving Holiday slowed roadwork there early in the week.
- East Coast retail asphalt cement and flxu prices eased in some areas, with others flat.
- East Coast wholesale asphalt and flux prices slipped lower for the week.
- Midwest retail selling ranges ease in a few locations, with others unchanged.
- Midwest wholesale markets are assessed modestly lower for October supply this week.
- Gulf Coast retail prices mostly steady, with some areas having lower or narrower ranges.
- Wholesale Gulf Coast asphalt and flux barge prices are assessed unchanged this week.
- Rockies retail prices are generally steady this week, with activity slowing in some areas.
- Wholesale prices in the Rockies hold at previously reported ranges for October supply.
- West Coast retail markets mostly steady, with only one selling range adjustment.
- Western Canada retail assessments are status quo–Alberta wholesale is steady.
- Eastern Canada selling price ranges are unchaged. Posted prices are reported flat.
- Oil prices decline this week, with November WTI closing at $47.26/bbl—down $2.37.
- December Brent dropped to $50.46 a bbl, down by $2.19 vs. last week’s November close.
- November West. Canada’s WCS was $15.15 below WTI—falling to ~$32/bbl FOB Alberta.
