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August 27, 2019
Joint Industry Guidance on the supply and use of 0.50%-sulphur marine fuel
In October 2016, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) confirmed a global limit for sulphur in fuel oil used on board ships of 0.50% m/m (mass by mass) to become effective on 1 January 2020. T...
August 20, 2019
Concawe Review Special Symposium 2019
This special review includes the synopses of the presentations from the Concawe Symposium. The event, which took place in March 2019, focused on the long-term evolution of the refining industry and th...
August 10, 2019
Biodegradation testing of volatile hydrophobic chemicals in water-sediment systems – Experimental developments and challenges
Degradation data are crucial for the persistence assessment of chemicals and they are generated using standard OECD guidelines. The OECD 308 describes a simulation biodegradation test of chemicals i...
August 9, 2019
Q&A on Directive 2004/37/EC
Four amendments to the Carcinogens and Mutagens Directive (CMD) of the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of workers from the risks related to exposure to carcinogens or mutagens...
August 6, 2019
Phase 2: Effect of Fuel Octane on the Performance of Four Euro 5 and Euro 6 Gasoline Passenger Cars
Report no. 7/19: Research Octane Number (RON) and Motor Octane Number (MON) are used to describe gasoline combustion antiknock performance under different conditions. Recent literature suggests that M...
July 31, 2019
Air pollutant emission estimation methods for E-PRTR reporting by refineries
Report no. 4/19: This report is an update of the Concawe publication “Air Pollutant Emission Estimation Methods for EPER and PRTR Reporting by Refineries”. It provides algorithms to permit emissio...
July 25, 2019
European downstream oil industry safety performance Statistical summary of reported incidents
Report no. 6/19: The 2018 annual report on European downstream oil industry safety performance presents work-related personal injuries for the industry’s own employees and contractors and process sa...
July 16, 2019
CO2 reduction technologies. Opportunities within the EU refining system (2030/2050). Qualitative & Quantitative assessment for the production of conventional fossil fuels (Scope 1 & 2)
Report no. 8/19: This report describes the work being conducted by Concawe with the objective to explore a range of Low Carbon Pathways with the potential to reduce the CO2 emissions associated with t...
July 8, 2019
Low Carbon Pathways Until 2050 – Deep Dive on Heavy Duty Transportation (FEV report)
The European Commission calls for a climate-neutral Europe by 2050, which is in-line with the goals of the Paris Agreement. One element of reaching a carbon-neutral economy is to reduce greenhouse gas...
July 8, 2019
Concawe Substance Identification Group – Analytical Program Report (Abridged Version)
Report no. 5/19: This report describes the work undertaken and results obtained from the Concawe 2015 Analytical Program, which involved the chemical characterisation of 189 petroleum substances from...
April 23, 2019
Life-cycle analysis—a look into the key parameters affecting life-cycle CO2 emissions of passenger cars (Concawe Review 27.1)
This article presents the basis of a Concawe analysis comparing the life-cycle CO2 missions of battery-electric vehicles (BEVs) and internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles, and investigates the impa...
April 23, 2019
Impact Analysis of Mass EV Adoption and Low Carbon Intensity Fuels Scenarios – Summary Report
The impact of two scenarios of mass EV adoption versus significant low carbon fuel use show similar GHG emissions reductions and costs....
April 8, 2019
Effect of Diesel Fuel Properties on Fuel Economy and Emissions of Three Passenger Cars
Report no. 2/19: The objective of this project was to assess the effects of varying diesel fuel properties associated with increasing FAME content on pollutant emissions and fuel consumption of light-...
March 30, 2019
A look into the maximum potential availability and demand for low-carbon feedstocks/fuels in Europe (2020–2050) (literature review) (Concawe Review 27.2)
In light of the EU’s ambitious targets for achieving a low-carbon economy by 2030, Concawe has completed a study of the long-term availability of low-carbon feedstocks and fuels, and the associated...
March 22, 2019
Benzene Monitoring: Technical aspects of the OEL proposal of 0.05ppm
If the benzene OEL is lowered as recommended by RAC, the petroleum industry would need to consider:
1. Monitoring methods should target a lower OEL and therefore must be updated accordingly.
2....
March 11, 2019
Successfully limiting product theft from European oil pipelines
Oil pipelines typically run over long distances across farmland and open countryside. They are therefore vulnerable to both accidental and malicious interference by third parties. For many years, ille...
March 11, 2019
Impact analysis of mass EV adoption and low-carbon intensity fuels scenarios (Review Article)
A Concawe study examined several options for achieving a low-carbon transport system in the EU by 2050. Significantly, a mass EV adoption scenario and a low-carbon fuels scenario both achieve similar...
March 11, 2019
A look into the maximum potential availability and demand for low-carbon feedstocks/fuels in Europe (2020–2050) (literature review)
In light of the EU’s ambitious targets for achieving a low-carbon economy by 2030, Concawe has completed a study of the long-term availability of low-carbon feedstocks and fuels, and the associated...
March 11, 2019
Concawe Review 27.2
We are very pleased to introduce the three articles in this edition of the Concawe Review. The first two emanate from Concawe’s Low Carbon Pathways programme. The first article is a literature revie...
February 25, 2019
Mixture effects on biodegradation kinetics of hydrocarbons in surface water: Increasing concentrations inhibited degradation whereas multiple substrates did not
Most biodegradation tests are conducted using single chemicals at high concentrations, although these chemicals are present in the environment as mixtures at low concentrations. A partitioning-based p...
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