Asphalt Weekly Monitor
12 Feb 2016
- East Coast retail asphalt mostly steady, but some locations ease lower.
- East Coast wholesale asphalt prices are quiet and steady, but roofing flux is reported lower.
- Midwest retail prices are mostly steady this week.
- Midwest wholesale asphalt prices are or February product, with limited new activity.
- Gulf Coast retail asphalt prices are mostly flat, with a few lower price assessments.
- Asphalt and flux barge prices are generally steady on the Gulf Coast.
- Rockies area selling prices ease in a few locations, but most areas are quiet and steady.
- Rockies wholesale prices are flat this week.
- West Coast selling ranges were mostly steady, but Alaska assessed range is lower.
- Frigid Canada markets were steady and quiet, with no price moves noted and ranges flat.
- Oil markets prices fell, but then surged late in the week. March WTI ended at $29.44 a bbl, down by $1.45 this week. April WTI closed at $31.91 a bbl.
- April Brent ended the week at $33.36 a bbl, down $0.70 vs. last week’s close.
- March WCS ended up for the week, at over $17 a bbl FOB Alberta ($12.20 below WTI).
