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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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ADNOC Is Rewriting the Gulf Trading Playbook: Should Bitumen Exporters Do the Same?

According to WPB, ADNOC is changing the way Gulf crude oil reaches the market, moving beyond the traditional model in which a producer sells a cargo at a fixed loading point and leaves much of the shipping challenge to the buyer. In recent...

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America Is Pulling Residue From Malaysia: A New Threat to Asian Bitumen Supply?

According to WPB, a shipment of more than 540,000 barrels of low-sulfur straight-run fuel oil from Malaysia is crossing the Pacific toward a U.S. Wes...

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Global Bitumen Price _ Week 2 of August 2026

As of 11 August 2026, the global bitumen market remains highly sensitive to freight availability, insurance conditions, port basis, and regional supp...

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Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd Expand Their Return to Suez: What It Means for Containerized Bitumen Trade

According to WPB, the return of major container shipping lines to the Red Sea and Suez Canal has moved another step from testing the route toward put...

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Kyrgyzstan Turns to In-Place Recycling: Central Asia’s Asphalt Market Takes a Circular Turn

According to WPB, Kyrgyzstan has introduced in-place pavement recycling on the Kant–ABZ road, marking what authorities have described as the countr...

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The Red Sea Bypass Is Under Attack: Jazan Refinery and Mocha Port Strikes Raise New Risks for Bitumen Shipping

According to WPB, the Red Sea is becoming a more difficult answer to the Strait of Hormuz problem. Attacks reported on August 9 against Saudi Arabia�...

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