Asphalt Weekly Monitor
- The US had a shortened paving week, with the Thanksgiving Holiday on Thursday.
- This week’s report is abbreviated, with only tables (no text) for most areas.
- Retail prices for paving asphalt and flux were assessed unchanged across the US.
- East Coast wholesale prices for paving asphalt and flux are lower this week.
- Midwest wholesale barges go lower on paving grade—rail paving grade and flux are steady.
- Gulf Coast wholesale asphalt prices in a narrower range- flux wholesale steady.
- Rockies wholesale prices are reported in a lower range this week.
- In Quebec and Ontario, retail prices steady again this week, with good liftings noted.
- January NYMEX WTI crude firms to $88.28 per barrel—up $1.36 this week.
- Western Canadian Select (WCS) discount to WTI ranges between $27-30 per bbl.
- Brent-to-WTI crude premiums are in the low-to-mid $20’s per bbl.
