UC Santa Barbara geochemist David Valentine is among the authors of a new report about accidental spills of diluted bitumen from pipelines. The report was prepared for the National Academies of ...

Many people in the industry know of people burned by asphalt oil. There is no excuse for it. Burner and Material Handling Interlocks sometimes fail.

The American Board of Industrial Hygiene is reminding safety professionals and managers to limit worker exposure to asphalt fumes. More than 500,000 workers are exposed to asphalt fumes, according to ...

Signs relating to the 2010 Kalamazoo River oil spill are seen here at Morrow Pond in Galesburg, Michigan on July 15, 2015. Morrow Pond was the oil spill cleanup spot furthest downstream. The spill ...

Researchers propose a figurative and literal green solution to improve the durability of roads and sidewalks: an algae-derived asphalt binder.

Snow and ice can damage paved surfaces, leading to frost heaves and potholes. These become potential hazards for drivers and pedestrians and are expensive to fix. Now, researchers propose in ACS ...

Whether you call it Ondo bitumen, Loda-Agbabu-Yegbata bitumen or whatever name you want, the ultimate goal should be to have an exploration for bitumen that does not plunge the people in the producing ...