Life Cycle Inventory: Bitumen 2011

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1 Juillet, 2011

Eurobitume has published a 'cradle to gate' Life Cycle Inventory (LCI) of bitumen - from oil well, through transportation and manufacture, to the refinery gate.

Published in March 2011, this newly revised LCI provides data for the paving grade bitumens, polymer modified bitumen and bitumen emulsions most widely used in Europe. This study has been carried out in accordance with European and ISO standards and covers bitumen from “cradle to gate”: from the oil well, through transport and manufacture, to the refinery gate. 

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