The Low Carbon Pathways Project. A holistic framework to explore the role of liquid fuels in future EU low-emission mobility (2050) – Working Plan

Apr 17, 2018

This working plan is the first publication in a series planned to assess the technology developments across different transport sectors that will contribute to the EU decarbonisation goals and defines the basis for a new cross-cutting area of research in Concawe: the...

The EU refining industry and the challenge of the IMO global sulphur limit for bunker fuels

Mar 12, 2018

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...

Using forest carbon credits to offset emissions in the downstream business

Sep 26, 2017

Report no. 9/17: This report examines if and how forest carbon credits can potentially be used to offset emissions from the EU refining and road transport sectors. Forest carbon projects involve either forestation (capturing CO2 from the atmosphere during the growth...

JEC Biofuels Study: 2014 Update

Sep 25, 2014

This report is the result of the JEC Biofuels Programme, a joint study carried out by JRC (the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission), EUCAR (the European Council for Automotive R&D) and CONCAWE (the oil companies’ European association for environment,...

Developments in EU refining: looking ahead to 2020 and beyond

May 15, 2014

Developments in EU refining: looking ahead to 2020 and beyond Oil refineries are constantly adapting to changes in product quality legislation and market demand. This requires the industry to be aware of such changes and anticipate them. Awareness of product quality...