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The World of Petroleum and Bitumen

The December Issue of WPB Journal

The December Issue of WPB Journal

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Parameters determining bitumen in hot climates

According to WPB, At the beginning of 2026, the performance of bitumen in hot regions has become a matter of global relevance rather than a localized...

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The Bitumen Industry at the Threshold of Redefinition: Who Will Lead in 2026?

According to WPB, as 2026 begins, bitumen occupies a defined and deliberate position within global industrial and infrastructure planning. Across reg...

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2025: The Year Bitumen Shifted from an Industrial Input to a Contractual Exposure

According to WPB, the closing months of 2025 revealed a fundamental change in how bitumen was perceived, negotiated, and managed across global infras...

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An Examination of Oil Market Developments in the Persian Gulf at the End of 2025

According to WPB, In the final days of December 2025, developments in Persian Gulf financial and energy markets sent a clear signal to global infrast...

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Bitumen Trade Under Trump’s Energy Policy

According to WPB, the final days of December 2025 marked a notable inflection point in global energy politics as statements and actions attributed to...

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The role of bitumen in stabilizing and increasing the value of infrastructure assets

According to WPB, in global infrastructure economics, the conversation around asset value has increasingly moved beyond financial modeling toward the...

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The Gradual Shift of Oil from Fuel to Infrastructure

According to WPB, Recent global trends indicate that oil is gradually losing its dominance as a fuel while maintaining, and in some areas strengtheni...

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Long-Term Demand Trends for Polymer-Modified Bitumen and Its Industrial Transformation Through 2045

According to WPB, the evolution of polymer-modified bitumen consumption between 2025 and 2045 is expected to exert a measurable influence on infrastr...

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Bitumen Density Prediction Using Artificial Neural Networks in Industrial Applications

According to WPB, Recent advances in predictive modeling of bitumen density are beginning to influence industrial practice far beyond laboratory sett...

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Analysis of North Sea Energy Policies at the Global Level

According to WPB, Developments in the North Sea hydrocarbon basin continue to exert a measurable influence on global energy-linked materials, includi...

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New EPA regulations against pollutants related to asphalt and bitumen

According to WPB, the regulatory framework introduced by the United States Environmental Protection Agency governing hazardous air pollutants from as...

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Review of National Asphalt Programs Across the Middle East in Late December 2025

According to WPB, In the final days of December 2025, national asphalt programs across the Middle East continued to progress through execution, alloc...

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India's Shipbuilding Development Program and Its Lesser-Seen Implications for Maritime Infrastructure

According to WPB, in late December 2025, India announced a large-scale national program to expand its domestic shipbuilding capacity, a policy decisi...

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U.S. Treasury Sanctions and the Strategic Repositioning of the Global Bitumen Supply Network

According to WPB, the latest enforcement action announced by the United States Department of the Treasury in late December 2025 carries consequences ...

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How China Keeps a Firm Hold on the Bitumen Market Without Export Dependence

According to WPB, the recent evolution of China’s bitumen sector has carried consequences well beyond its borders, particularly for supply continui...

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Why the Middle East’s Bitumen Decisions Are Increasingly Shaped in New Delhi

According to WPB, Between South Asia and the Middle East, decisions taken in New Delhi have begun to carry weight well beyond India’s borders, part...

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Examining the role of bitumen in new fire safety regulations in Italy

According to WPB, Regulatory decisions taken in Italy during the final weeks of 2025 have begun to shape expectations well beyond the country’s bor...

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Kazakhstan Oil Export Disruptions After Drone Attacks and Implications for the Bitumen Market

According to WPB, in recent days, disruptions affecting crude oil exports from Kazakhstan have drawn the attention of governments, refiners, and infr...

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Review of Countries’ Budget Allocations for Bitumen and Asphalt in 2025

According to WPB, Government spending on asphalt and road surfacing in 2025 has emerged as a quiet but decisive factor shaping the global bitumen eco...

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The Link Between China’s Environmental Policies and Industrial Developments in the Modified Bitumen Sector

According to WPB, recent industrial environmental policy developments in China during the second half of 2025 have had impacts beyond its borders, af...

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