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April 20, 2018
European Air Quality Trends for NO2 and PM
Background to European Air Quality Trends for NO2 and PM Air quality is a complex issue as it is influenced by a variety of factors. The term air quality refers to the degree to which the air in a par...
April 17, 2018
The Low Carbon Pathways Project. A holistic framework to explore the role of liquid fuels in future EU low-emission mobility (2050) – Working Plan
This working plan is the first publication in a series planned to assess the technology developments across different transport sectors that will contribute to the EU decarbonisation goals and defines...
April 3, 2018
Expectations for Actual Euro 6 Vehicle Emissions
Report Objectives:
To summarise the steps in Euro 6 legislation;
To show the expected actual tailpipe emissions under Euro 6, focusing on NOx emissions from diesel passenger cars;
To provid...
March 27, 2018
Sulphur dioxide emissions from oil refineries in Europe (2015)
Report no. 5/18: This report describes the results of the 2015 survey into the sulphur pathways in European refineries. This includes the distribution of sulphur in products, the capture and recovery...
March 12, 2018
The low-dose benzene debate needs a sharp blade
The health effects of benzene have been a major concern for regulators and health experts for many years. This has led to significantly lower regulatory threshold limits (such as occupational exposure...
March 12, 2018
The EU refining industry and the challenge of the IMO global sulphur limit for bunker fuels
As refineries face the prospect of a 0.5% m/m global sulphur limit in marine fuel oil by 2020, a number of studies have been carried out to assess the challenges they will face in meeting the demand f...
March 12, 2018
New Concawe web-based water use/effluent quality survey
A new survey aims to address EU initiatives on the sustainable use of water resources. In recent years the development and implementation of EU legislation, including the Water Framework Directive, th...
March 12, 2018
Concawe Safety Management Group: strategy review
Improvement in European downstream oil refining industry safety performance is evident over the years since the first Concawe safety report in 1993. However, the Safety Management Group (SMG) recognis...
March 12, 2018
Recent studies on real driving emissions of diesel passenger cars
Real driving emissions (RDE) from passenger cars has come under close scrutiny in recent times due to a perceived divergence between stated certification and measured on-road performance. This has bee...
February 27, 2018
Addendum to “Gasoline ether oxygenate occurrence in Europe, and a review of their fate and transport characteristics in the environment”
Report no. 3/18: Ether oxygenates are added to certain gasoline (petrol) formulations to improve combustion efficiency and to increase the octane rating. In 2012 Concawe published the findings of rese...
February 27, 2018
A review of toxicity testing conducted on European refinery effluents in 2010 and 2013
Report no. 2/18: This report provides an initial assessment of the extent to which toxicity testing is carried on European refinery effluents, and the types of test being used. The analysis is based o...
February 21, 2018
Air emissions from the refining sector. Analysis of E-PRTR data 2007-2014
Report no. 4/18: This report is an updated version of the Concawe Report No 2/15 providing a review of the air pollutant emissions data submitted by national authorities for oil refineries in the Euro...
February 6, 2018
Environmental Impacts of Marine SO2 Emissions
Report no. 1/18: This report details work that was carried out to study the impact of emissions from international shipping on air quality, with a focus on sulphur dioxide (SO2) emissions. Emission in...
January 29, 2018
Determining biodegradation kinetics of hydrocarbons at low concentrations: Covering 5 and 9 orders of magnitude of K ow and K aw
A partitioning-based experimental platform was developed and applied to determine primary biodegradation kinetics of 53 hydrocarbons at ng/L to μg/L concentrations covering C8−C20, 11 estructural c...
January 23, 2018
Concawe Review 26.2
Three of the five articles in this edition of the Review once again illustrate the prescience of the founders of an Association working on the ‘Conservation of Clean Air and Water in Europe’ back...
November 30, 2017
Concawe Market Fuels Survey: 2015 – 2016
Report no. 10/17: Concawe conducted a market fuel survey on petrol and diesel qualities, taking samples from seventeen European countries during mid-2015 – early 2016. A total of 244 samples (100 pe...
November 24, 2017
2013 survey of waste production and management at European refiners
Report no. 12/17: This report provides a statistical analysis of waste production by Concawe member company refineries in 2013, based on survey data returned from 74 member company refineries (71% res...
November 23, 2017
Transcription of Concawe chemical safety assessments into Chesar: summary of a pilot project & current status
Report no. 11/17: A pilot study was conducted to assess the suitability of transcribing the Concawe CSAs into Chesar version 2.2. The aim was to identify areas that could affect the effective use of t...
September 26, 2017
Using forest carbon credits to offset emissions in the downstream business
Report no. 9/17: This report examines if and how forest carbon credits can potentially be used to offset emissions from the EU refining and road transport sectors. Forest carbon projects involve eithe...
September 18, 2017
European cross-country oil pipelines
The Concawe Oil Pipelines Management Group (OPMG) has collected data on the safety and environmental performance of oil pipelines in Europe since 1971. Information on annual throughput and traffic, sp...
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