Concawe Reports

Analysis of N-, O-, and S- heterocyclics in petroleum products using GCxGC with specific detection

Report no. 2/16: REACH dossiers on all p etroleum productcategories were compiled and submitted by Concawe in 2010. ECHA subsequently raised co ncerns regarding the tech nical justification of the ass...

The Natural Attenuation of Fatty Acid Methyl Esters in Soil and Groundwater (report no. 5/16)

Report no. 5/16: With the increasing use of fatty acid methyl esters (FAME) in automotive fuels there is growing interest in the fate and effects of biodiesel, and biodiesel/ petroleum distillate blen...

Review of recent health effect studies with sulphur dioxide

Report no. 4/16: This report focuses on published toxicology and epidemiology studies that have examined the relationship between sulphur dioxide exposures and the occurrence of acute and chronic heal...

Sulphur dioxide emissions from oil refineries in Europe (2010)

Report no. 1/16: This report describes the results of the 2010 year survey into the sulphur pathways in European refining. This includes the distribution of sulphur in products, the capture and recove...

Monitoring method for inhalation exposure to gas oil vapour and aerosol

Report no. 8/15: A study was conducted to characterize sampling and analysis methods for the measurement of the personal workplace exposure concentration of gas oil vapours and aerosols and in particu...

Evaluation of Whole Effluent Bioassays for Assessment of Hydrocarbon Ecotoxicity – Phase III Stream Study

Report no. 7/15: Toxicity predictions based on laboratory- based Whole Effluent Toxicity (WET) tests have been assessed by dosing outdoor stream mesocosms with unmodified and fortified refinery efflue...

Techniques for detecting and quantifying fugitive emissions – results of comparative field studies

Report no. 6/15: Sniffing and Optical Gas Imaging (OGI) methods for the detection of refinery fugitive VOC emissions were compared under field conditions. Both of these methods are described as Best A...

Statistical summary of reported incidents – 2014

Report no. 5/15: In this twenty-first annual report on European downstream oil industry safety performance, 2014 statistics are presented on work-related personal injuries for the industry’s own emp...

Performance of European cross-country oil pipelines (1971-1983)

Detailed description of reported spillages 1971-1983. Twenty-one spillages were reported during 1972 and these are itemised in detail in Appendix I, and further tabulated in categories and volumetric...

Air pollutant emission estimation methods for E-PRTR reporting by refineries

Report no. 3/15: This report is an update of the Concawe publication “Air Pollutant Emission Estimation Methods for EPER and PRTR Reporting by Refineries”. It provides algorithms to permit emi...

Air emissions from the refining sector. Analysis of E-PRTR data 2007-2011

Report no. 2/15: This report provides a review of the air pollutant emissions data submitted by national authorities for oil refineries in the E-PRTR from 2007 to 2011. Detailed analyses are given...

Risk assessment for emissions from hot heavy fuel oil during barge loading

Report no. 1/15R: A series of emissions, occupational exposures, and mutagenic hazard studies were conducted to assess the risk associated with the loading of commercial Heavy Fuel Oils onto barges on...

Specific Consumer Exposure Determinants (SCEDs) for key uses of fuels and lubricants

Report no. 15/14: Under the REACH regulation, registrants are required to demonstrate the absence of significant risk when consumers are exposed to their registered substances. To do this, the Europea...

Dermal exposures associated with service station refuelling activities: preliminary evaluation

Report no. 14/14: This study investigates dermal exposure to petrol and diesel fuel in service station attendants responsible for the refuelling of automobiles. In phase 1 of the study, six attendants...

Exploring a Gasoline Compression Ignition (GCI) engine concept

Report no. 13/14: This report describes initial engineering and experimental steps to assess the potential to improve efficiency and reduce both regulated and CO2 emissions, and maintain acceptable no...

Towards the establishment of a protocol for the quantification of VOC diffuse emissions using open-path remote monitoring techniques: DIAL monitoring of a VOC source of known emission flux

Report no. 12/14: This report provides the results of a programme of work undertaken to compare the controlled rate of release of propane from a simulated floating roof tank with the flux determined u...

The estimated forward cost of EU legislation for the EU refining industry

Report no. 11/14: This Concawe report provides an estimation of the cost burden imposed on EU refineries over the period from 2010 to 2020 by a number of EU legislative and implementing acts. It is...

JEC Biofuels Study: 2014 Update

This report is the result of the JEC Biofuels Programme, a joint study carried out by JRC (the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission), EUCAR (the European Council for Automotive R&D) an...

Review of recent health effect studies with nitrogen dioxide

Report no. 9/14: This report focuses on published studies that have examined the epidemiologic associations of ambient air exposures to nitrogen dioxide and the occurrence of acute and chronic health...

European downstream oil industry safety performance Statistical summary of reported incidents – 2013

Report no. 8/14: In this twentieth annual report on European downstream oil industry safety performance, 2013 statistics are presented on work-related personal injuries for the industry’s own employ...

Impact of FAME on the performance of three Euro 4 light-duty diesel vehicles – Part 2: Unregulated emissions

Report no. 7/14: In 2009, EU legislation mandated that 10% renewable energy must be used in road transportation by 2020, primarily through the use of bio-blending components. Fordiesel fuel blending,...

Impact of FAME on the performance of three Euro 4 light-duty diesel vehicles – Part 1: Fuel consumption and regulated emissions

Report no. 6/14: By 2020, EU legislation will require that 10% of the total transport fuel energy demand is met by the use of renewable energy, primarily by blending bio-components. Although many type...

Methods for estimating VOC emissions from primary oil-water separator systems in refineries

Report no. 5/14: This report reviews the different methods available to estimate annual Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) emissions from primary oil-water separator systems in refineries and discusses t...

Use of motor fuels and lubricants: habits and practices of consumers in Europe

Report no. 4/14: A structured survey of European consumers was carried out across 250 participants to better understand their habits and practices concerning their use of vehicle fuels and lubricants....