Asphalt Weekly Monitor
- East Coast retail asphalt price ranges are lower in some markets – flux steady.
- East Coast wholesale asphalt and flux wholesale pricing remains unchanged this week.
- Midwest prices are steady for retail and wholesale–racks grow quiet on winter storm activity.
- Gulf Coast retail asphalt prices are weaker in some locations – flux remains flat.
- Gulf Coast wholesale asphalt and flux assessment is unchanged for the week.
- Rocky Mountain region mostly quiet—wholesale markets hold at December reported levels.
- West Coast selling ranges ease in parts of the Pacific Northwest—steady elsewhere.
- Western Canada goes quiet, with winter conditions prevailing. Wholesale prices steady.
- Quebec and Ontario prices are steadfast for the week, with cold weather deterring demand.
- Quebec marketers ceased posted prices for the season this week – expected to begin posting again in March.
- January NYMEX West Texas Int. crude (WTI) slips $1.05, to $96.60 a bbl.
- Western Canadian Select (WCS) is $29.25 below WTI for January, and $26.50 for February.
- January North Sea Brent crude declines $2.97, to $108.83 a bbl—about $12 over WTI.
