bitumen
Example Sentences
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To produce oil there, the industry separates heavy oil, or bitumen, from the sands through an underground process that uses steam.
From Barron's ● Mar. 24, 2026
Raac is often coated with another material, such as bitumen on roofing panels.
From BBC ● Jun. 9, 2025
Volatile dilutants added to the heavy bitumen from Alberta enable it to flow through the pipeline.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 4, 2024
Veniamin Kondratyev, the head of the regional government, said the Ukrainians drones had targeted two oil refineries, a bitumen plant, and a military airfield in Kuban.
From New York Times ● Apr. 27, 2024
Khasisatra enters a vessel, properly so called; it is launched, undergoes a trial trip, all its seams are caulked with bitumen, it is entrusted to a pilot.
From The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, November 1879 by Various
