Asphalt Weekly Monitor
- Prices for paving asphalt eased lower in some mid-Atlantic retail locations.
- East Coast wholesale asphalt and flux prices were steady.
- Most Midwest retail prices are flat—but assessments reduced in upper Midwest.
- Midwest wholesale prices mixed, with limited activity, but firmer Great Lakes barge prices.
- Gulf Coast retail and wholesale asphalt market prices unchanged for the week.
- Gulf Coast retail and wholesale flux prices remain unchanged.
- Rocky Mountain area retail prices status quo, while wholesale prices hold at previous range.
- West Coast retail markets mostly steady, but selling ranges narrowed in southern California.
- Quebec retail prices steady, while Ontario price range narrows slightly.
- December NYMEX for WTI crude declines to $90.44 per bbl—down $1.84 for the week.
- Western Canadian Select (WCS) discount to WTI increases to $18 per bbl or more.
- Brent-to-WTI crude premiums at about $21 per bbl this week—highlighting coastal refiner feedstock disadvantage in the US and Canada.
- TransCanada shuts down Keystone Pipeline for three days (See Crude Oil Highlights).
