Its viscosity is similar to that of cold molasses while the material obtained from the fractional distillation of crude oil boiling at  is sometimes referred to as "refined bitumen".
ɪts vɪskˈɔsᵻɾi ɪz sˈɪmɪlɚ tə ðæt ʌv kˈoʊld məlˈæsᵻz wˌaɪl ðə mətˈɪɹiəl əbtˈeɪnd fɹʌmðə fɹˈækʃənəl dɪstɪlˈeɪʃən ʌv kɹˈuːd ˈɔɪl bˈɔɪlɪŋ æɾ ɪz sˈʌmtaɪmz ɹᵻfˈɜːd tʊ æz "ɹᵻfˈaɪnd bɪtˈuːmɛn".