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May 1, 2005
Automotive PAH emissions
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) emissions have been of concern for many years due to potential carcinogenic effects, with several individual PAHs having been classified by IARC as either 'probab...
May 1, 2005
ERTRAC—European Road Transport Research Advisory Council
Road transport is one of the greatest conundrums challenging the sustainability of our lifestyles today. Mobility is essential—for the individual, for commerce and for industry. Indeed, the incre...
April 23, 2005
CONCAWE Review – Spring 2005
Volume 14, issue 1: ERTRAC was established in 2002 as an ‘Advisory Council’ with a view to improving European research in the road transport sector. Its first objectives were to develop a shared V...
February 6, 2005
Performance of European cross-country oil pipelines: Detailed description of reported spillages 1994 – 2004
This report has been published yearly by CONCAWE since 1971. Until 2004, the yearly report only dealt with detailed information on the spillages having occurred during the year. Every so often an over...
January 23, 2005
Fuel effects on emissions from advanced diesel engines and vehicles
Report no. 2/05: To update understanding on emissions from road transport, CONCAWE is continuing to assess fuel effects on emissions from new engine/vehicle technologies as they approach the market. I...
December 21, 2004
Method for monitoring exposure to LPG containing small amounts of 1,3- butadiene
Report no. 12/04: The validation of a sampling and analytical methodology is described for occupational exposure monitoring of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and its components including trace amounts...
November 22, 2004
European downstream oil industry safety performance: Statistical summary of reported incidents – 2003
Report no. 11/04: The tenth such report by CONCAWE, this issue includes statistical work accident data for the downstream oil industry’s own employees as well as contractors for the year 2003. Data...
November 1, 2004
The cost-effectiveness of NOx abatement in European refineries
In 2001, the UN-ECE set up the ‘Expert Group on Techno-Economic Issues’ (EGTEI) tasked with providing a comprehensive review of the European cost and effectiveness database for the abatement of...
November 1, 2004
Cost Benefit Analysis
As our society becomes more sophisticated, complex and integrated, societal issues are increasingly interlinked and these relationships are also better recognised.
Legislation has to follow suit...
November 1, 2004
The City Delta project
As part of the Clean Air For Europe (CAFE) programme, the so-called ‘City Delta project’ commenced in early 2002. The programme, as the name suggests, is designed to develop relationships betwe...
November 1, 2004
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 compiling stat...
November 1, 2004
Monitoring and reporting of CO2 emissions from oil refineries
The ‘Greenhouse gas emissions trading Directive’ (2003/87/EC), due to take effect in 2005, will require oil refineries to obtain permits for emitting CO2 and, more generally, greenhouse gases (GHG...
October 23, 2004
CONCAWE Review – Autumn 2004
Volume 13, issue no. 2: At the end of this year, Jean Castelein will leave CONCAWE as he reaches his well earned retirement from formal business life. Jean joined CONCAWE in December 2000 and has pres...
October 1, 2004
Chemicals control legislation
The future of chemicals control in the EU (under which petroleum substances are regulated) has been under discussion for several years. Following the EU Commission’s White Paper on a Strategy for...
October 1, 2004
Emissions regulations and fuel specifications
For many years, CONCAWE has produced a regular update to their report on ‘motor vehicle emission regulations and fuel specifications’. Over the years, this has become a key compilation and read...
October 1, 2004
Understanding gasoline volatility and ethanol effects
Although well researched in the past, there has been little recent work on fuel effects on driveability performance or evaporative emissions from European gasoline vehicles.
Recently, the Biofue...
September 21, 2004
Guidance document for application of the EU Commission’s guidelines for monitoring and reporting of GHG emissions
Report no. 10/04: This document was prepared by a CONCAWE ad hoc group to address concerns from a number of member companies with regards to the level of uncertainty implied by the EU Commission’s G...
May 17, 2004
European epidemiology studies of asphalt workers a review of the cohort study and its results
Report no. 8/04: An overview is provided of the first set of results of an epidemiology study programme on asphalt workers in selected European countries. This report contains a brief description of t...
April 23, 2004
CONCAWE Review • Spring 2004
Volume 13, issue no. 1: CONservation of Clean Air and Water in Europe was CONCAWE’s original ‘raison d’être’ and gave the association its name. Water quality issues have been less in focus in...
April 21, 2004
European downstream oil industry safety performance statistical summary of reported incidents – 2002
Report no. 6/04: The ninth such report by CONCAWE, this issue includes statistical work accident data for the downstream oil industry’s own employees as well as contractors for the year 2002.
Dat...
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