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August 7, 2012
Refinery energy systems and efficiency
Oil refineries manufacture a wide range of petroleum products, mainly transport fuels (gasoline, diesel, jet fuel, marine fuels), heating and industrial fuels, and chemical feedstocks.
All must...
August 7, 2012
Petroleum products: looking back over the past 50 years
The field of petroleum products in CONCAWE has historically been concerned with product stewardship and chemicals control legislation relating to the production, marketing and use of petroleum subs...
August 7, 2012
REACH: petroleum industry support to registration and compliance
The petroleum industry successfully met the first REACH deadline in December 2010 with the registration of all petroleum substances and sulphur....
August 7, 2012
Europe’s oil pipelines: 40 years of results
The Oil Pipelines Management Group (OPMG) is one of CONCAWE’s oldest, having been in existence since the early 1970s. OPMG is open to all European oil pipeline operators and provides a unique fo...
August 7, 2012
CONCAWE’s market fuel survey: assessing progress in biofuel blending
The use of bio-derived blending components in transport fuels is increasing around the world as a result of legislative initiatives to reduce transport greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, improve energ...
July 21, 2012
European downstream oil industry safety performance – Statistical summary of reported incidents – 2011
Report no. 5/12: In this eighteenth annual report on European downstream oil industry safety performance, 2011 statistics are presented on work-related personal injuries for the industry’s own emplo...
June 21, 2012
Gasoline ether oxygenate occurrence in Europe, and a review of their fate and transport characteristics in the environment
Report no. 4/12: Ether oxygenates are added to certain gasoline (petrol) formulations to improve combustion efficiency and to increase the octane rating. In this report the term gasoline ether oxygena...
May 23, 2012
A global and historical perspective on traditional and new technology gasoline engines and aftertreatment systems
This report reviews the technologies available to meet the exhaust emissions regulations for gasoline-fuelled passenger cars, light-duty and heavy-duty vehicles, non-road mobile machinery and motorc...
May 7, 2012
A global and historical perspective on the exposure characteristics of traditional and new technology diesel exhaust
This report reviews the global and historical development of exhaust emissions regulations for diesel-fuelled heavy-duty vehicles, passenger cars, and related vehicles as well as the engine, aftertr...
March 21, 2012
EU refinery energy systems and efficiency
Report no. 3/12: The consumption of energy within EU refineries plays a crucial role in determining refinery operating costs and emissions and has therefore long been a focus of attention by refinery...
February 21, 2012
Gasoline volatility and vehicle performance
Report no. 2/12: A six vehicle study has been completed to investigate the impact of changes in the volatility characteristics of unleaded gasoline containing 10% v/v ethanol on regulated exhaust and...
January 21, 2012
Assessment of refinery effluents and receiving waters using biologically-based effect methods
Report no. 1/12: Within the EU it is apparent that the regulatory focus on the use of biologically-based effects methods in the assessment of refinery effluents and receiving waters have increased in...
December 21, 2011
Acute aquatic toxicity of heavy fuel oils summary of relevant test data
Report no. 9/11: This report describes the experimental procedures and results obtained in acuteecotoxicity tests on several heavy fuel oil (HFO) samples. Water accommodated fractions (WAFs) of these...
November 1, 2011
Using biological methods to assess and monitor refinery effluents
Rapidly increasing global population and climate change are raising concerns about the sustainability of long-term supplies of high quality water resources for consumption, farming, industry and co...
November 1, 2011
Downstream oil industry safety statistics for 2010
The 2010 safety statistics report analyses personal injury and process safety statistics. Most importantly, CONCAWE’s annual safety data report enables companies to evaluate the efficacy of their ow...
November 1, 2011
The potential for CO2 capture and storage in EU refineries
CO2 capture and storage (CCS) are seen as one of the most promising routes to a major reduction in CO2 emissions to the atmosphere. Its deployment on a large scale would make it possible to continue u...
October 23, 2011
CONCAWE Review – Autumn 2011
Volume 20, Number 2: In 2011, CONCAWE, with the support of its member companies, successfully completed its best year ever in terms of research project expenditures (excluding REACH).
We are also o...
October 21, 2011
The potential for application of CO2 capture and storage in EU oil refineries
Report no. 7/11: CO2 Capture and Storage (CCS) is a potential route to large scale reduction of CO2 emissions to the atmosphere from large power generation and manufacturing facilities. It does, howev...
October 1, 2011
Gasoline volatility and vehicle performance
Passenger cars in many parts of the world are now routinely operating on blends of oxygenated molecules and gasoline. Both ethanol and ethers, such as ethyl tertiary-butyl ether (ETBE), are being u...
October 1, 2011
EN 16214: A new European standard for sustainable biofuels
Over the past decade, biofuels have become part of the road fuel supply, driven by legislation aimed at reducing the carbon footprint of road transport.
The EU has led the way, first with an ind...
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