Abating fugitive VOC emissions more efficiently

Abating fugitive VOC emissions more efficiently

This article summarizes the Concawe study, ‘Techniques for detecting and quantifying fugitive emissions—results of comparative field studies’, that compares the two BAT (best available techniques) detection methods for refinery fugitive emissions (leaks) of...
Spark versus compression ignition in a new energy environment

Spark versus compression ignition in a new energy environment

Dieselisation of the fuel market is accelerating as commercial transport increases and as the fuel consumption of new passenger cars decreases. At the same time, the recent US revolution in shale gas and tight oil is putting new pressure on worldwide refining as more...
Concawe Review 24.1

Concawe Review 24.1

The articles in this Concawe Review describes on ongoing work by Concawe to further contribute to the safety of everyone working in our industry, to improve the environmental performance in the manufacture of fuels and other oil products and to develop the fuels for...
CONCAWE Review – Year of air 2014 (special issue)

CONCAWE Review – Year of air 2014 (special issue)

The Thematic Strategy on Air Pollution (2005) has been under review since 2011 with the first of five stakeholder meetings taking place in January 2012. The underpinning work is very complex and relies heavily on modelling studies. CONCAWE as an active stakeholder has...
CONCAWE Review – Spring 2014

CONCAWE Review – Spring 2014

As the world’s population moves towards 9 billion, societal expectation is that we find solutions to the fundamental problems of meeting increasing energy requirements whilst reducing the impact on the environment by using precious resources in the most efficient way....