Asphalt Weekly Monitor
- Paving activity wound down going into the long US Memorial Day Holiday weekend.
- East Coast retail prices are mostly unchanged, with some assessments adjusted higher.
- East Coast asphalt and flux wholesale prices remain unchanged for the week.
- Midwest retail prices were steady in most areas, and slightly higher in a few locations.
- Wholesale prices held at previously reported levels for May product. Supply remains tight.
- Retail Gulf Coast asphalt and flux prices are mostly unchanged this week.
- Wholesale Gulf Coast asphalt and flux price assessments are status quo.
- Rockies wholesale prices are unchanged, with tight supply and strong demand.
- Most retail markets were steady this week in the Rockies.
- West Coast markets were mostly steady, but a late-week price increase noted in Oregon.
- Western Canada was mostly steady this week for wholesale and retail product.
- Quebec and Ontario, Canada price ranges assessed steadfast, with liftings fair.
- July West Texas Int. (WTI) crude rises to $104.35/bbl—up more than $2/bbl this week.
- July Brent oil climbs to $110.54/bbl, or just over $6 above WTI as that spread narrows.
- July WCS surged to almost $86/bbl. The discount to WTI is now under $18/bbl.
