INDUSTRY ISSUES FOR THE 21ST CENTURY: AN INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE ON ASPHALT (BITUMEN) SUPPLY

In most of the world, the bitumen industry is set to undergo some substantial changes because of increasing pressures coming from within the oil industry, from governments and from the road industry. There is little doubt that the oil and bitumen industries will be able to respond effectively to ensure that the needs of governments and the roads industry for a wide range of competititvely priced bitumens are met. Some of the research and development necessary to achieve this has already been successfully carried out but much remains to be done and continued efforts will be needed over the next five years to generate the most efficient solutions for the next century. It is important to remember that a large majority of the bitumen used in the world is produced in refineries where bitumen represents less than 10% of the total product output. This is unlikely to change substantially in the future as it normally represents the lowest cost method of producing quality bitumen feedstocks.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • This conference was arranged by the International Society for Asphalt Pavements. The ninth conference will be held in Copenhagen, Denmark in August 2002.
• Corporate Authors:

  University of Washington, Seattle

  Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, P.O. Box 352700
  Seattle, WA  United States  98195-2700
• Authors:
  • Gilmour, A W
• Conference:
  • Eighth International Conference on Asphalt Pavements
  • Location: Seattle, Washington
  • Date: 1997-8-10 to 1997-8-14
• Publication Date: 1997

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 49-51

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bitumen; Production; Supply
• Subject Areas: Highways; Materials; I31: Bituminous Binders and Materials;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00764757
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: Volume III
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 18 1999 12:00AM