Asphalt Weekly Monitor

14 Feb 2020

  • The rack activity on the East Coast is limited. Retail prices were mostly steady this week.   
  • East Coast asphalt barge prices eased slightly–ranges narrowed. Flux barge prices are flat.   
  • Midwest asphalt/flux prices were status quo, except for one location.    
  • Midwest wholesale asphalt prices are assessed in narrower bands for barges and rail supply. Flux prices were mostly steady.          
  • Gulf Coast retail asphalt prices slip in many areas, with retail flux prices unmoved.      
  • Barge prices on the Gulf Coast eased slightly for asphalt, but were steady for flux.
  • There were few Rocky Mountain retail assessment changes. Racks were mostly quiet.      
  • Wholesale asphalt prices were steady for February material in the Rockies.    
  • West Coast retail markets were status quo, with limited rack action.            
  • Western Canada retail asphalt markets were static, as were those for wholesale asphalt.
  • Quebec prices are assessed higher, but eastern Canada markets were mostly quiet.
  • Crude oil prices reversed course and headed higher for WTI, WCS and Brent grades.
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