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Plant resins released aromatic compounds and sesquiterpenoids, while bitumen produced naphthenic compounds.

From Science Daily • Mar. 16, 2026

A slurry of sand, clay, residual bitumen and water containing naphthenic acids and metals, tailings ponds can kill birds that land on them and are costly and complicated to clean up.

From Reuters • Apr. 27, 2023

That naphthenic acids are a valuable soap material is now recognized, but except in Russia the soap is not manufactured to any extent at the present time.

From Soap-Making Manual A Practical Handbook on the Raw Materials, Their Manipulation, Analysis and Control in the Modern Soap Plant. by Thomssen, E. G.