OREANDA-NEWS. "Rosneft Bitumen" together with its official distributor "Synergy Oil Group" held a client seminar for road construction organisations and regional road administrations in Siberia and the Far East.

The seminar "Bitumen Materials - Present and Future" took place on December 2, 2021 in Irkutsk. According to the organizers, the aim of the event was to develop a professional dialogue with customers and consumers in order to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of joint work. The seminar discussed the issues of providing road organizations with high-quality bitumen materials. The event featured presentations of high-tech bitumen binders specially designed for road builders to take into account the climatic characteristics of Siberia and the Far East. Such products include modified binders Alfabit, a range of PG grades produced in accordance with new national standards.

In addition, ongoing road construction projects throughout the country were presented.

"Rosneft Bitumen is actively developing the production and product offering of bitumen for the Russian market. Over the past five years, production and shipment of bitumen materials have increased by more than 15%, and shipments of modified binders have increased many times over,"- said Alexei Kornilayev, General Director of RN Bitumen, at the seminar. - "Rosneft Bitumen is expanding the geography of its material supplies to new standards by offering modified binders, including PG grades from production sites in the Central, Volga, Southern and Siberian Federal Districts. The company is well positioned to meet the growing demand in the Russian market for new high-tech binders to meet the increased requirements of the road construction industry.