Asphalt Weekly Monitor
- East Coast retail asphalt prices mostly steady – slips lower in some mid-Atlantic areas.
- Wholesale asphalt prices go lower on East Coast.
- Midwest retail prices mostly flat, with little rack activity– more terminals close for winter.
- Midwest wholesale barge and rail prices weaken again—and assessments are lowered.
- Gulf Coast retail asphalt and flux prices steadfast – wholesale prices status quo as well.
- Rockies wholesale prices weaker and assessed in a narrower range this week.
- West Coast retail markets are steady and mostly quiet.
- Western Canada asphalt prices are static.
- In Quebec and Ontario, retail prices status quo this week – limited demand noted.
- Some Quebec marketers cease posting prices for the winter, until the spring of 2013.
- February NYMEX WTI crude ends at $87.25/bbl–up $1.32 from last week’s January close.
- Western Canadian Select (WCS) crude prices drop–discount to WTI soars to over $40/bbl.
- January Brent-to-WTI crude premiums stay above $21/bbl.
