bitumen

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Similar to Canadian diluted bitumen, it’s poorly suited for long-term storage because it can separate in salt caverns over time, Toronto-based oil market researcher Rory Johnston told Barron’s.

From Barron's • Jan. 7, 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

Its interior was pitched with six šar of bitumen, and its outside with three šar of pitch, or bitumen of a different kind.

From The Old Testament In the Light of The Historical Records and Legends of Assyria and Babylonia by Pinches, Theophilus Goldridge