Oil & Gas Industry

When used in the Oil & Gas industry, Asphaltite (Natural Asphalt) is a unique multi-purpose additive in drilling mud fluids and oil well cementing providing benefits such as:

• Enhanced performance in oil and water-based mud drilling
• Superior shale stabilization
• Superior wellborn strengthening matrix
• Controlled fluid loss and seepage
• Reduced slurry weigh
• Prevent lost circulation
• Increased flexibility of the cement
• Reduced environmental impact

Roofing Industry

When used in the Roofing Industry, Asphaltite (Natural Asphalt) is considered the best material to mix with bitumen to make composite roof insulation sheets. Providing benefits such as:

• Superior adherence
• Longer durability
• Higher impermeability
• Light weight and high insulation characteristics
• Increased shear strength of the membrane
• Ability to bond very well with any bituminous material

Pavement Industry

Asphaltite (Natural Asphalt) is a naturally solid hydrocarbon that can be used as asphalt binder or aggregates modifier to improve pavement performance. Providing benefits such as:

• Modifying agent in a binder
• Acting additive used to improve the performance of hot mix asphalt (Module and rutting)
• Improve the adhesion between the binder and the aggregates
• Increase the SP of the bitumen
• Increase the hardness of the bitumen
• Improve Polymer modified formulations
• Reduced the required thickness of the pavement
• Decrease in bitumen’s penetration rate and increase in resistance to water stripping

Foundry Industry

When used in the Foundry Industry, Asphaltite (Natural Asphalt) is as carbonate additive. Its naturally superior properties provide the following benefits:

• Increased gas generation comparing to sea Coal
• Provide high lustrous carbon for a better finish
• Reduced imperfections due to the rapid reaction, casting losses, and scrap
• Improved sand peel from casting at shakeout
• Produced a smoother and cleaner casting surface
• Minimize imperfections, casting losses, and scrap

Ink Industry

Asphaltite (Natural Asphalt) is used in the Ink Industry for premium performance as :

• Superior binding properties for rub-resistant high-performance inks
• Ability to maintain and print uniform black color with high quality
• Cost-effective alternative ink additive to hydrocarbon resins, phenolic resins, and metal resonates
• Higher viscosity inks ideal for newspaper, magazines and periodicals
• Unique properties that make it an excellent agent for carbon black dispersion