The Federal Government, Monday, disclosed concessioning of bitumen blocks to prospective local and international companies in order to reduce importation of the commodity. This was made known by the ...

Syncrude Canada Ltd. is investing in various bitumen-upgrading research and development (R&D) programs to expand its market share and meet challenges related to bitumen upgrading. Syncrude is focusing ...

Finished carbon fibers derived from bitumen. Photo Credit, all images: UBC Applied Science/Paul Joseph A new process developed at the University of British Columbia (UBC, Canada) has the potential to ...

Today's bitumen industry is having to come to terms with more stringent environmental standards that impact demand. For different reasons, manufacturers, local communities, legislators and end users ...

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 ...

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 Federal Government, on Monday, disclosed concessioning of bitumen blocks to prospective local and international companies in order to reduce importation of the commodity. This was made known by ...

India has taken a major step toward greener infrastructure with the development of a new technology that turns crop waste into bio-bitumen, a key material used in road construction, a report has said.

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on September 12, 2024, commissioned the largest bitumen processing plant in Ghana, located in Tema, Accra. The $40 million state-of-the-art facility is the result ...

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 ...