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The World of Petroleum and Bitumen

The October Issue of WPB Journal

The October Issue of WPB Journal

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KS Runtu Launches R321 Water‑Based Bitumen Waterproof Coating, Setting New Benchmark in Roof Maintenance

According to WPB, with a view to meet the increasing challenge of roof leakages, especially on traditional asphalt‑sheet roofs in the ageing buildi...

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Middle East’s Rolled Bitumen Sector Poised for Sustainable Expansion Through 2035

According to WPB, Recent market analyses indicate that the rolled bitumen industry in the Middle East is set to exhibit steady and strong growth, wit...

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Infrastructure Projects as the Key Determinant of Bitumen Market Leaders

According to WPB, mass-scale infrastructure projects remain the largest determinative driver of worldwide bitumen demand. National highway overhauls,...

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Strategic Approaches to Strengthen Bitumen Sales During Market Slowdowns

According to WPB, during periods when the bitumen market is on the downslide, the most profitable firms are rarely those with lowest prices. Instead,...

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Asia-Pacific Drives Global Bitumen Demand: Trends, Opportunities, and Strategic Insights for 2025–26

According to WPB, Asia-Pacific continues to be the world's biggest consumer of bitumen due to massive public infrastructure schemes, urban expansion,...

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Aduro Clean Technologies Pushes Ahead Bitumen Upgrading in Demonstration Plant Program in London, Ontario, Canada

According to WPB, Aduro Clean Technologies has achieved a milestone in the Demonstration Plant project at London, Ontario, Canada, carrying out indus...

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India's Chandigarh Turns to Bitumen Cycle Paths for Enhanced Comfort, Durability, and Sustainability

Chandigarh Deputy Commissioner Nishant Kumar Yadav has taken a significant step towards constructing citywide bitumen cycle tracks instead of the tra...

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Innovative Solutions for Italian Road Infrastructure: Mapei to Present at Asphaltica 2025

According to WPB, Mapei, Italy’s leading construction chemicals group, will present its latest bitumen-based and high-performance materials at Asph...

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India's Increasing Dependence on Oil and the Domino Effect in the Bitumen Market

According to WPB, India's reliance on imported crude oil has reached a peak of nearly 88% in, one of the highest dependency ratios in recent history....

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Global Sanctions Intensify, Reshaping the Bitumen and Heavy Oil Market Dynamics

According to WPB, the closing period of October 2025 marked a turning point in international trade relations, as Western powers broadened and reinfor...

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China's Asphalt Production Remains Large-Scale with Apparent Regional Imbalances

WPB reports that China's asphalt industry has continued to experience a large-scale production in recent years, with an apparent "W-shaped" fluctuati...

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Biogenic Bitumen Discovered in Yakutia's Mir Pipe: Ancient Oil Migrated into Kimberlite Fractures

According to WPB, Russian researchers from Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry (GEOKHI RAS) of the Russian Academy of Scienc...

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Russia Jumps Ahead with Green Road Construction by Using Recycled Asphalt

State Company Avtodor has led the way with the use of recycled asphalt concrete (RAP) in Russian road construction, WPB states. Some 245,000 tons of ...

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Northeast China Bitumen Market Slows as Winter Storage Takes Top Priority

As October went on, WPB says the Northeast China bitumen market entered a sharp decline. Falling crude prices, the onset of hard winter weather, and ...

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Global Oil Market Drifting Toward Oversupply

According to WPB, the global oil market is heading toward a significant surplus as production outpaces consumption. Although there was a moderate rec...

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Putin Stands Firm as U.S. Sanctions Russian Oil Companies

WPB reports Russian President Vladimir Putin was sounding defiant when the United States sanctioned Russia's two biggest oil giants, Rosneft and Luko...

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全球沥青市场因供应过剩与炼油结构调整而走弱

据 WPB 报道,截至 2025 年 10 月 22 日,全球沥青市场进入了新的脆弱阶段。价格总体呈下降趋势,反映出建筑需求�...

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World Bitumen Market Slows Down on Over-Supply and Refinery Restructuring

As of October 22, 2025, the global bitumen market entered a new stage of exposure, writes WPB. Prices have gone down, signaling a convergence of weak...

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重塑道路:石墨烯如何终结“坑洞时代”

根据 WPB 的报道,被誉为“神奇材料”、强度是钢铁 200 倍的石墨烯增强型沥青,正通过新的试验与改进不断发展�...

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Reinventing the Road: How Graphene Could End the Pothole Era

According to WPB, the use of graphene-enhanced asphalt — often hailed as the “wonder material” for being 200 times stronger than steel — cont...

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