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The World of Petroleum and Bitumen

The July 2026 Issue of WPB Journal

The July 2026 Issue of WPB Journal

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India’s Bitumen Demand Is Growing Again: July Consumption Rises 8.5% Despite Monsoon Pressure

According to WPB, India’s bitumen market has delivered its first clear positive year-on-year demand signal after several months of severe supply di...

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A 100% Tariff Threat Is Now on the Table: Could New U.S. Sanctions Reshape Russian Oil and Bitumen Trade?

According to WPB, the risk of a new and potentially powerful layer of U.S. pressure on Russian energy trade has moved into a much more serious legisl...

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Iran’s Main Oil Export Hub Has Gone Quiet: What a Week Without Tankers at Kharg Means for Bitumen

According to WPB, Iran’s main crude-export terminal has entered one of its longest periods of inactivity since the current regional conflict began....

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The Rhine Is Drying Up: Europe’s Next Bitumen Logistics Crisis Is Inland, Not at Sea

According to WPB, Europe’s next major bitumen transportation problem may develop far from the maritime routes that have dominated market attention....

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Iran Wants Control of Hormuz’s Inbound Lane. What Would a Managed Reopening Mean for Bitumen Shipping?

According to WPB, Iran’s proposal to control inbound traffic through the Strait of Hormuz while receiving advance information about outbound vessel...

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Iraq Is Discounting Crude by Nearly $30 to Get It Through Hormuz. What Happens to Bitumen?

According to WPB, Iraq’s decision to offer discounts approaching $30 per barrel on August-loading Basrah crude provides a direct measure of the com...

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Diesel Comes First: Why Record Refining Margins Could Keep Bitumen Supply Tight

According to WPB, the latest operating results from ExxonMobil and Chevron indicate that diesel and other high-margin transport fuels will remain the...

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The Risk Has Moved to Hormuz’s Doorstep: What Two Tanker Incidents off Oman Mean for Bitumen Shipping

According to WPB, two tanker incidents reported off northern Oman on August 1 have added a new layer of risk to commercial shipping at the entrance t...

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All Oil and Bitumen Export Routes from Iran and Iraq to Asia, Africa and Europe

According to WPB, Iran and Iraq are reviewing and expanding a wide range of maritime, pipeline, road, rail and multimodal export routes as disruption...

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Iraq’s Baniyas Corridor Is Open for Fuel Oil. Could Bitumen Be the Next Cargo?

According to WPB, Iraq’s new export corridor through Syria has moved from an emergency response into a functioning Mediterranean trade route. Iraqi...

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Australia’s First New Refinery in 60 Years Could Redraw the Regional Bitumen Map

According to WPB, Australia’s decision to fund an early-stage study into a new large-scale oil refinery marks a significant change in the country�...

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India’s Bitumen Supply Model Is Being Rewritten Under Pressure

According to WPB, India’s bitumen market is undergoing a structural adjustment that extends well beyond a temporary fall in imports. Road demand re...

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The Global Bitumen Market Enters a Regional Era

According to WPB, recent developments across the energy and logistics sectors suggest that the international bitumen trade is entering a new phase. T...

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After Hormuz, Is Bab el-Mandeb Next? What Happens to the Bitumen Market?

According to WPB, recent developments in the Middle East indicate that global energy logistics may be approaching a new period of structural uncertai...

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Global Bitumen Price _ Week 4 of July 2026

The analysis of bitumen price data across the twenty-two selected markets reveals a significant “operational decoupling” between macro-political ...

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Russian Industrial Expansion Extends Beyond Energy as Domestic Bitumen Supply and Chinese Quality Control Advance Together

According to WPB, recent developments in Russia's industrial sector indicate a broader strategy that reaches beyond crude oil production and traditio...

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No Ceasefire Yet: Three Conditional Paths for Global Bitumen Trade After a Verified Hormuz Ceasefire

According to WPB, active conflict and severe navigation restrictions around the Strait of Hormuz are continuing, and no complete ceasefire has been a...

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Could Mozambique’s $2.6 Billion Road Push Reshape Africa’s Bitumen Market as Kenya and Nigeria Face Rising Costs?

According to WPB, the African bitumen market entered the second half of July 2026 under simultaneous pressure from maritime security disruptions, cur...

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中国对非洲港口的物流锁钥:远非一座沥青搅拌站所能定义!

根据 WPB, 中国在莫桑比克贝拉(Beira)建设新的沥青混合中心,并同步交付一整套道路施工设备,其意义已超出单...

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The Rise of Cool Asphalt: How the Spain-Morocco Partnership is Disrupting the Bitumen Market?

According to WPB, A newly published Spanish report dated July 18, 2026 has placed Morocco’s urban pavement strategy within a wider international di...

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