Asphalt Weekly Monitor
- East Coast retail prices are mostly flat, with some assessments adjusted lower.
- East Coast asphalt and flux wholesale prices steady for the week.
- Midwest retail assessments firm in a number of locations. A few suppliers raise prices.
- Wholesale markets are slightly higher in the Midwest, with supply remaining tight.
- Retail Gulf Coast asphalt and flux prices are flat or slightly higher.
- Wholesale Gulf Coast asphalt and flux price assessments remain at previous levels.
- Rockies wholesale prices are steady at reported May levels.
- Idaho markets assessed higher this week, most other areas are unchanged.
- Pacific Northwest markets rise. Suppliers seek higher prices to counter rising resupply costs. California markets are mostly unchanged.
- Western Canada market assessments mixed—falling in BC and Alberta, rising in Saskatchewan and Manitoba. Wholesale prices steady at May levels.
- Quebec and Ontario, Canada price ranges assessed unchanged, with liftings still slow.
- June West Texas Int. (WTI) crude prices rise several dollars, going above $102/barrel.
- June Brent prices also climb higher, to $109.75 a bbl, or just under $8 above WTI.
- June WCS prices climb to $82 a barrel. Discount to WTI was $20 for June, $18.50 for July.
- Plains West Coast Pipeline Ruptures Spilling Crude Oil in Los Angeles (See Industry News)
