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May 1, 2009
Best Available Techniques (BAT) for the mineral oil and gas refineries
Industrial sites in Europe are required to have an operating permit issued under the national implementation of the IPPC Directive. The permit conditions require that the emissions to air and to wa...
May 1, 2009
Impact of marine fuels quality legislation on EU refineries at the 2020 horizon
Over the years the oil refining system in the EU has developed and adapted to meet the evolving demand, in both qualitative and quantitative terms, while coping with an ever-changing supply of crude o...
May 1, 2009
The footprint of petroleum fuels
There are various circumstances, in particular in the context of life cycle analyses (LCA) where it may be desirable to establish the footprint of fossil fuels in terms of cost, energy or greenhous...
May 1, 2009
Substance Information Exchange Fora (SIEFs) for petroleum substances
Like all other chemical substances that are manufacture in, or imported into, the European Economic Area (EEA), either as such or in preparations or, under certain circumstances, in articles, petr...
April 23, 2009
CONCAWE Review – Spring 2009
Volume 18 • Number 1: When Concawe's director joined CONCAWE in late 2004, he took the helm of an organisation which had already proved its value to the oil industry through more than 40 years of te...
March 13, 2009
Refining BREF review – air emissions
Report no. 4/09: A review of emission and abatement technologies has been carried out to inform the review of the Reference Document for Best Available Techniques for the Mineral Oil and Gas Refining...
February 21, 2009
Impact of marine fuels quality legislation on EU refineries at the 2020 horizon
Report no. 3/09: Legislative measures recently adopted by the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) pave the way for a dramatic reduction of the sulphur content of international marine fuels.
B...
February 21, 2009
Comparison of particle emissions from advanced vehicles using DG TREN and PMP measurement protocols
Report no. 02/09: CONCAWE has developed extensive data on particle emissions from light-duty and heavy-duty vehicles through its previous experimental programmes. In this study,four light-duty vehicle...
February 13, 2009
Impact of marine fuels quality legislation on EU refineries at the 2020 horizon
Report no. 3/09: Legislative measures recently adopted by the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) pave the way for a dramatic reduction of the sulphur content of international marine fuels. Base...
January 13, 2009
Air pollutant emission estimation methods for E-PRTR reporting by refineries
Report no. 1/09: This report is the first revision of CONCAWE Report 3/07, which itself replaced Report No. 9/05R Air Pollutant Emission Estimation Methods for EPER and PRTR Reporting by Refineries....
December 13, 2008
Impact of product quality and demand evolution on EU refineries at the 2020 horizon: CO2 emissions trend and mitigation options
Report no. 8/08: This report presents an integrated assessment of the impact of product quality and demand changes on EU refineries between 2000 and 2020 in terms of investment requirements, energy co...
November 1, 2008
Reducing the sulphur content of marine fuels
IMO’s MARPOL Annex VI legislation has so far been based on the concept of SECAs, i.e. it seeks targeted sulphur reductions in those specific areas where emission density is high and sulphur impac...
November 1, 2008
Downstream oil industry safety statistics
The collection and analysis of accident data is an essential element of a modern safety management system, and its importance is recognised throughout the oil industry.
CONCAWE has been compilin...
November 1, 2008
Performance of European cross-country oil pipelines
Since 1971, CONCAWE has been collecting data on spillages from cross-country oil pipelines in Europe. The information is collated in an annual report which includes an analysis of the human and enviro...
October 23, 2008
CONCAWE Review – Autumn 2008
Volume 17 • Number 2: The implementation process of the REACH legislation is fast approaching the registration phase. CONCAWE is working hard with its members to prepare the registration dossiers, a...
October 1, 2008
Particle emissions from modern vehicles
Ultra-low sulphur fuels have enabled the introduction of modern engine and after-treatment technologies in order to meet increasingly stringent exhaust emissions limits. Through these improvements,...
October 1, 2008
Advanced combustion engines for low emissions and high efficiency
Air pollutant emissions from motor vehicles have fallen dramatically over the past two decades as a result of continuing improvements in engine and after treatment technologies to meet lower regulated...
August 13, 2008
Optical methods for remote measurement of diffuse VOCs: their role in the quantification of annual refinery emissions
Report no. 6/08: This report provides a review of the techniques which are currently commercially available for remotely monitoring VOCs from both point and area diffuse emission sources. The use of r...
July 13, 2008
Report of a toxicology forum symposium on air quality and cardiovascular health effects: what’s the impact
Report no. 5/08: CONCAWE sponsored a special session at the ToxForum meeting (October 2007) on Air Quality and Cardiovascular health effects.
The session provided an opportunity to bring together l...
May 1, 2008
Cost-benefit analysis and air quality policy
Air quality policy measures implemented in the past decades have successfully reduced national pollutant emissions in all European countries. Not surprisingly, it now becomes more difficult to identif...
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