Concawe Reports

Additional human exposure information for gasoline substance risk assessment (period 2002-2007)

Report no. 5/09: This report provides an update on human exposure information for gasoline-related activities for which previous assessments had suggested that exposure was either elevated or highly v...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

Advanced combustion for low emissions and high efficiency: a literature review of HCCI combustion concepts

Report no. 4/08: This report reviews an extensive published literature covering a class of advanced combustion concepts for low emissions and high efficiency in internal combustion engines. For diesel...

Guidelines for blending and handling motor gasoline containing up to 10% v/v ethanol

Report no. 3/08: This report provides guidance on handling and blending ethanol at up to 10% v/v concentrations in motor gasoline. The major challenges associated with ethanol containing gasolines are...

European downstream oil industry safety performanceStatistical summary of reported incidents – 2006

Report no. 2/08: The thirteenth such report by CONCAWE, this issue includes statistics on work-related personal injuries for the European downstream oil industry’s own employees as well as contracto...

Impact on the EU of SOx, NOx and primary PM2.5 emissions from shipping in the Mediterranean Sea: Summary of the findings of the Euro Delta Project

Report no. 1/08: This report discusses the outcome of modelling scenarios comparing the impact of emissions from ships in different areas of the Mediterranean with those from land-based emissions. The...

Human exposure information for EU substance risk assessment of kerosine

Report no. 6/07: Information is presented on inhalation and dermal exposures to kerosine for workers in European manufacturing, distribution and aviation refuelling operations, for use in substance ri...

Report of a Workshop on Environment and Health: Air Quality Research Needs in the EU 7th Framework Programme of Research

An open international workshop was convened to debate research needs for the EU in the field of health effects of ambient air pollution in the wider context of environmental factors and public health....

Sulphur dioxide emissions from oil refineries and combustion of oil products in Western Europe and Hungary (2002)

Report no. 2/07: This report examines the sulphur balances of European oil refineries and the sulphur contents of oil products based on a CONCAWE survey of 2002 actual data. Comparisons are made with...

Oil Refining in the EU in 2015

Report no. 1/07: In the next decade, the EU refining industry will be facing significant changes in demand both in absolute terms and with regard to the relative calls for its main products. Notably,...

European downstream oil industry safety performanceStatistical summary of reported incidents – 2005

Report no. 7/06: The twelfth such report by CONCAWE, this issue includes statistics on work-related personal injuries for the European downstream oil industry’s own employees as well as contractors...

Motor vehicle emission regulations and fuel specifications – part 2 historic review (1996 – 2005)

Report no. 6/06: This report details the development of world-wide legalisation and regulations governing motor vehicle emissions, fuel specifications and fuel consupmtion from 1996 to 2005....

Motor vehicle emission regulations and fuel specifications: Part 1 – 2004/2005 update

Report no. 5/06: This report summarises changes in worldwide legislation and regulations governing motor vehicle emissions, fuel specifications and fuel consumption. Specifically it details current an...

Appendix to Report no. 5/06

Motor vehicle emission regulations and fuel specifications appendix to part 1 2004/2005 update

Analysis of the CAFE cost benefit analysis

Report no. 4/06: This report discusses a few aspects of the Cost Benefits Analysis that was developed within the context of the Clean Air For Europe (CAFE) programme of the European Commission. The...

Techno-economic analysis of the impact of the reduction of sulphur content of residual marine fuels in Europe

Report no. 2/06: Annex VI of the IMO's MARPOL convention is coming into force in 2006 for the Baltic Sea and 2007 for the North Sea, imposing a 1.5% m/m sulphur cap on residual marine fuel (RMF) burne...

Human exposure information for EU substance risk assessment of gas oils

Report no. 1/06: Information is presented on inhalation and dermal exposures to gas oils for workers in European manufacturing and distribution operations and for consumers, for use in substance risk...