Tuesday, Dec 09, 2025

The World of Petroleum and Bitumen

The November Issue (part 2) of WPB Journal

The November Issue (part 2) of WPB Journal

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Global Market Adjustments Following Oil Stability Signals: Emerging Implications for Bitumen Demand Across Key Export Regions

According to WPB, recent developments in the international energy landscape indicate that oil markets have entered a phase of controlled stabilizatio...

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Reshaping the Politics of Bitumen Across Continents: Europe Tightens Standards as Africa Confronts Structural Instability

According to WPB, European institutions rarely make dramatic announcements regarding construction materials, yet recent policy shifts surrounding bit...

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Comprehensive Review of Europe’s Bitumen and Tar Binder Shifts: New Structural Trends Emerging from Berlin, Germany

According to WPB, the recent restructuring of Europe’s bitumen and tar binder landscape has moved into a new phase that industry observers in Berli...

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Quantum Insights into Asphalt Aging: Dibenzothiophene Simulations Set New Standards in Kazakhstan

According to WPB, in recent days, a groundbreaking research paper emerged from the global quantum chemistry community, detailing the application of a...

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Regional Crossroads: A Forward-Looking Assessment of Asia’s Bitumen Landscape

According to WPB, the report begins with the acknowledgment that bitumen markets across Asia have entered a period defined by structural tension, inc...

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Maritime Sanctions and Black Sea Drone Strikes Reshape Global Asphalt Supply Lines

Recent developments in the Black Sea and sweeping policy proposals from European capitals are combining to rewrite the rules of global oil and asphal...

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ASTM & EN standards for bitumen

According to WPB, Bitumen is regulated worldwide by multiple standards that define grades, test methods, sampling, performance parameters and accepta...

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New Delhi-Russia Strategic Oil Accord Reshapes Global Bitumen Supply and Infrastructure Planning

According to WPB, On December 5, 2025, a high-level summit between Russia and India in New Delhi culminated in a far-reaching energy and trade agreem...

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Drone attack on Novorossiysk, Russia, overshadows oil pipeline route and bitumen supply in Kazakhstan!

According to WPB, Operational reports circulating within several technical circles indicate that evaluations of newly engineered bitumen suspensions ...

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Rising Rubber Demand in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Drives New Momentum in Rubber-Enhanced Bitumen Development

According to WPB, in late 2025, a series of industrial updates in Kuala Lumpur signaled a transition that had been forming quietly across several cou...

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Perm Researchers Unveil a Novel Bitumen-Based Material with Global Strategic Implications

According to WPB, a new material developed at the Perm National Research Polytechnic University in Russia has become a subject of attention among spe...

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New Shifts in Bitumen Suspension Technology Draw Industry Attention

According to WPB, Operational reports circulating within several technical circles indicate that evaluations of newly engineered bitumen suspensions ...

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Global Implications of African Self‑Propelled Barges for Bitumen Trade

According to WPB, the ongoing expansion of self‑propelled transport barges in West and Central Africa is creating significant ripple effects in the...

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Bitumen Expansion in Africa: Kribi Facility in Cameroon Signals Shifts in Global Asphalt Supply

According to WPB, the inauguration of the Kribi bitumen production facility in Cameroon represents a landmark achievement in the industrial landscape...

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Shanghai asphalt inventory dynamics in China and its implications for global bitumen supply chains

According to WPB, in recent days, the Shanghai Asphalt Futures Exchange reported stable inventory levels of bitumen, registering a total of 4,690 ton...

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Impact of Venezuela’s Oil Export Adjustment on Bitumen Supply Chains in Caracas and Regional Asphalt Markets

According to WPB, When Venezuela announced reductions in crude oil export prices recently, the move immediately reverberated through the bitumen and ...

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Malaysia’s VTTI Bitumen Expansion Alters Regional Infrastructure Logistics and Repositions Southeast Asia in Global Asphalt Supply Networks

According to WPB, the commissioning of VTTI’s expanded bitumen-handling and storage operations in Malaysia marks a significant technical and logist...

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Iran’s Bitumen Network Faces Sharp Sanctions Blow

According to WPB, it was not the scale of the announcement that redirected observers’ attention, but the unusually precise timing: on November 2025...

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The Bitumen Horizon Reimagined: How Chennai’s New Derivatives Plant Quietly Reshapes a Global Industry

According to WPB, the first indications that the world’s bitumen landscape was shifting did not arrive with fanfare, nor with the ceremonious decla...

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Russia Invests in Kirov’s New Bitumen Facilities to Strengthen Eurasian Roads

According to WPB, the recent turbulence in Russia’s bitumen landscape—highlighted most visibly through the contrasting situations of Kirov’s ex...

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