The collection and analysis of incident data is an essential element of a modern safety management system, and its importance is recognised throughout the oil industry. CONCAWE has been compiling statistical data for the European downstream oil industry since 1993 and...
Since 1979 CONCAWE has conducted a regular fouryearly survey of its member companies to determine how the fate of sulphur through the refining process changes over time. The last sulphur survey was for the year ending 2006. The main results are presented in the report...
Within the REACH registration process, registrants of a substance must submit a Chemicals Safety Report that includes a Chemical Safety Assessment (CSA). If the CSA indicates that the substance should be classified as ‘hazardous’ then the Report must include a Risk...
Volume 18 • Number 2 • Autumn 2009: At the end of May this year, I took over from Alain Heilbrunn as the Secretary General of CONCAWE. As I had hoped and expected, I have inherited an organisation in good shape, with many strengths. We have a talented staff,...
The EU Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) foresees a number of mechanisms for distributing emission allowances amongst market players. In the first and second emission trading periods under the original ETS Directive, the majority of allowances were...
