Why bitumen is travelling further

摘要

Attendees at the Argus Europe Bitumen Conference, held in Rome on 11th and 12th June heard how the global bitumen market is changing. More refineries are expected to close in Europe; the US, with its shale oil, is dominating bitumen supply to some regions; and there is a big question mark hanging over Europe's relationship with Russia. One of the outcomes of these changes is that bitumen is travelling further, a trend which is likely to increase in the future. And that means new ways of transporting it over long distances are emerging. "There is going to be a change in the marketing, logistics and consumption of bitumen," Poerner's head of international sales Albert Troxler, told World Highways at the conference.