As the July 2018 edition of the Concawe Review is about to be published, the news and weather channels are reporting the record high temperatures of summer 2018, providing further evidence of climate change. Following COP 21, Concawe initiated several new programmes...
The health effects of benzene have been a major concern for regulators and health experts for many years. This has led to significantly lower regulatory threshold limits (such as occupational exposure limits, OELs) and the implementation of corresponding risk...
As refineries face the prospect of a 0.5% m/m global sulphur limit in marine fuel oil by 2020, a number of studies have been carried out to assess the challenges they will face in meeting the demand for lower-sulphur marine fuels. The bunker residual fuel oil market...
A new survey aims to address EU initiatives on the sustainable use of water resources. In recent years the development and implementation of EU legislation, including the Water Framework Directive, the Industrial Emissions Directive, the European Pollutant Release and...
Improvement in European downstream oil refining industry safety performance is evident over the years since the first Concawe safety report in 1993. However, the Safety Management Group (SMG) recognised in the 2016 strategy review that further improvement is...
