The Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control (IPPC) Directive

May 1, 2008

In the Autumn of 2005, during the preparatory work by DG Environment to revise the current Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control (IPPC) Directive, CONCAWE published the results of a small but important study examining the consequences of a departure from the...

The European Pollutant Release and Transfer Register

Nov 1, 2007

The European Pollutant Release and Transfer Register Regulation (E-PRTR) came into force on 24 February 2006, replacing the European Pollutant Emission Register (EPER) Decision.

Sulphur dioxide emissions from oil refineries and combustion of oil products in Western Europe and Hungary (2002)

Mar 13, 2007

Report no. 2/07: This report examines the sulphur balances of European oil refineries and the sulphur contents of oil products based on a CONCAWE survey of 2002 actual data. Comparisons are made with data from the previous CONCAWE survey of 1998 and also in some cases...

Techno-economic analysis of the impact of the reduction of sulphur content of residual marine fuels in Europe

Jun 21, 2006

Report no. 2/06: Annex VI of the IMO’s MARPOL convention is coming into force in 2006 for the Baltic Sea and 2007 for the North Sea, imposing a 1.5% m/m sulphur cap on residual marine fuel (RMF) burned in these areas. At the same time EU Directive2005/33/EC will...

The impact of reducing sulphur to 10 ppm max in european automotive fuels an update

Dec 20, 2005

Report no. 8/05: The cost and CO2 emissions associated with the reduction of sulphur in EU road fuels have been evaluated using the CONCAWE EU refining model. The results are compared to those of a similar study carried out in 2000. In order to reduce sulphur in road...