Asphalt Weekly Monitor
- East Coast asphalt retail and wholesale prices were stable for the week.
- East Coast wholesale flux price ranges move lower, retail remains steady.
- Steady Midwest retail and wholesale prices this week.
- Gulf Coast retail asphalt and flux prices are status quo for the week.
- Gulf Coast wholesale asphalt prices jump, flux wholesale remains flat.
- Rockies retail price assessments slip in Wyoming—steady elsewhere.
- Wholesale markets were steady in the Rockies at January reported levels.
- West Coast markets ease lower in California—steady in other areas.
- Western Canada stayed cold and quiet, with no retail or wholesale price changes noted.
- Quebec and Ontario prices ranges remain unchanged, with very limited activity.
- February NYMEX West Texas Int. crude (WTI) rises this week to $94.37, up $1.65 a bbl.
- March Western Canadian Select (WCS) firms to $76 a bbl—some $18.50 below March WTI.
- However, March North Sea Brent crude slips to $106.46 a bbl—about $12 over March WTI.
- CorEnergy to Acquire Portland Oregon Terminal Facility for $40 Million (See Industry News).
