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The World of Petroleum and Bitumen

The June Issue of WPB Journal

The June Issue of WPB Journal

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Why Is the U.S. Focusing Its Strikes on Southern Iran?

According to WPB, the renewed United States blockade of Iranian ports and the latest air raids across Iran’s southern coast immediately raise the risk of a wider energy and shipping crisis. Before the war, roughly one-fifth of global oil...

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Iraq’s $17 billion megaproject takes off as the Faw Highway opens to link the Persian Gulf with Europe!

According to WPB, the completion of a 62-kilometre highway between Al Faw Grand Port and Umm Qasr gives Iraq’s $17 billion Development Road program...

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Drone Strike on Salavat; Is Russia’s Bitumen Market Entering a Crisis Phase?

According to WPB, The July 14 drone strike on the Gazprom Neftekhim Salavat complex is unlikely, on its own, to alter global crude benchmarks, but it...

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Pine Resin Enters Road Construction; France’s Trial Could Change the Rules of Paving!

According to WPB, France’s trial of a pine-pitch road binder on the RD 427 carries implications beyond a single rural road in southwestern Europe. ...

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Collapse of the Traditional Model: How Biochar Disrupts Oil Monopoly in the Bitumen Market

According to WPB, A ten-year commercial program between Verde Renewables and Ergon Asphalt & Emulsions has introduced a new business case for biochar...

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The Hormuz Paradox: Why Political Reopening Cannot Restore Commercial Viability for Bitumen Exports

According to WPB, the latest confrontation around the Strait of Hormuz has immediate consequences for the Middle East, Asia and the wider global econ...

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