Although the history of bitumen dates back to the third millennium BC, only little is known about its surface structure. Researchers are now shedding light on the nature of the bitumen surface using ...

It can be termed as the building block of the pavements without which all the pavement materials would behave independently and thus will be deemed useless. Almost ninety percent of bitumen is used in ...

Increased pipeline movement of raw bitumen production from Canada to the US could mitigate North America's vulnerability to crude supply disruptions and require expansion of existing pipelines or ...

The extracted bitumen has the consistency of peanut butter and requires extra processing before it can be delivered to a refinery. There are two ways to process the bitumen. Some tar sands producers ...

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Over the past decade, production of “unconventional” oil in North America has surged as technological improvements and cost reductions have made these crudes competitive in the North American market.

Union Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday (August 7, 2024) said the government will allow mixing of lignin up to 35% in petroleum-based bitumen, a large part of which is imported from ...

On Sunday, July 25, 2010, Enbridge Line 6B ruptured near Marshall, Mich. and released more than one million gallons of Canadian diluted bitumen into Talmadge Creek and the Kalamazoo River.