Asphalt Weekly Monitor
- East Coast retail asphalt price ranges hold steady across the region.
- East Coast wholesale asphalt and flux prices remain unchanged for the week.
- Midwest retail selling prices assessments adjusted lower in some locations.
- Midwest wholesale barge prices unchanged—rail assessment is lower this week.
- Gulf Coast retail and wholesale asphalt and flux prices are status quo across the region.
- Rocky Mountain wholesale prices ease lower–retail markets unchanged in the region.
- Southern California reports higher prices—other West Coast areas hold steady.
- Western Canada prices firm in Saskatchewan and Manitoba—ease in British Columbia.
- Quebec prices move lower for the week, strong market competition noted.
- Ontario prices jump higher for the week, with liftings noted as good.
- Crude prices retreat, with November NYMEX WTI closing at $107.54 a barrel, down $2.99 a barrel this week.
- Western Canadian Select (WCS) crude prices drop to about $82 a bbl–$26 below WTI.
- North Sea Brent crude drops $4-5 , to $112 a bbl—some $4 per bbl over WTI.
- Ergon to Start Marketing in NuStar’s Pittsburg, California Terminal.
