Evaluation of health impacts in an environmental cost benefit analysis

Evaluation of health impacts in an environmental cost benefit analysis

In CONCAWE Review Vol. 14 No. 2, Autumn 2004, a general introduction was given to the cost benefit analysis methodology (CBA) in which the net economic cost of certain decisions is evaluated by expressing all costs and benefits in monetary terms. This methodology was...
The Thematic Strategy on Air Pollution— under the microscope

The Thematic Strategy on Air Pollution— under the microscope

The European Commission adopted its ‘Thematic Strategy on Air Pollution’ (TSAP) in September 2005. This was the culmination of more than three years’ work undertaken in the Clean Air For Europe (CAFE) Programme. Since that time the other European Institutions have...
Pipeline integrity

Pipeline integrity

In the spring issue of the CONCAWE Review we reported on COPEX 2006, the CONCAWE Oil Pipelines Operators Experience Exchange seminar that took place in Brussels at the end March of this year. This article focuses on the two main topics discussed at the Seminar and...
French service station study of ambient benzene levels (2005)

French service station study of ambient benzene levels (2005)

In 2005 a study programme was initiated by a group of French operators of service stations, including oil companies (represented by UFIP), supermarkets and independent retailers, to study levels of benzene in theair around service stations. The principal motivation...
CONCAWE Review – Autumn 2006

CONCAWE Review – Autumn 2006

Volume 15 • Number 2: In the past two years, a number of European refiners have joined CONCAWE, their principal motivation being to benefit from the work undertaken to prepare for the REACH legislation and to participate in the ongoing activities that will lead to...