Concawe Reports

European downstream oil industry safety performanceStatistical summary of reported incidents – 2006

Report no. 2/08: The thirteenth such report by CONCAWE, this issue includes statistics on work-related personal injuries for the European downstream oil industry’s own employees as well as contracto...

Impact on the EU of SOx, NOx and primary PM2.5 emissions from shipping in the Mediterranean Sea: Summary of the findings of the Euro Delta Project

Report no. 1/08: This report discusses the outcome of modelling scenarios comparing the impact of emissions from ships in different areas of the Mediterranean with those from land-based emissions. The...

Human exposure information for EU substance risk assessment of kerosine

Report no. 6/07: Information is presented on inhalation and dermal exposures to kerosine for workers in European manufacturing, distribution and aviation refuelling operations, for use in substance ri...

Report of a Workshop on Environment and Health: Air Quality Research Needs in the EU 7th Framework Programme of Research

An open international workshop was convened to debate research needs for the EU in the field of health effects of ambient air pollution in the wider context of environmental factors and public health....

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

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...

Oil Refining in the EU in 2015

Report no. 1/07: In the next decade, the EU refining industry will be facing significant changes in demand both in absolute terms and with regard to the relative calls for its main products. Notably,...

European downstream oil industry safety performanceStatistical summary of reported incidents – 2005

Report no. 7/06: The twelfth such report by CONCAWE, this issue includes statistics on work-related personal injuries for the European downstream oil industry’s own employees as well as contractors...

Motor vehicle emission regulations and fuel specifications – part 2 historic review (1996 – 2005)

Report no. 6/06: This report details the development of world-wide legalisation and regulations governing motor vehicle emissions, fuel specifications and fuel consupmtion from 1996 to 2005....

Motor vehicle emission regulations and fuel specifications: Part 1 – 2004/2005 update

Report no. 5/06: This report summarises changes in worldwide legislation and regulations governing motor vehicle emissions, fuel specifications and fuel consumption. Specifically it details current an...

Appendix to Report no. 5/06

Motor vehicle emission regulations and fuel specifications appendix to part 1 2004/2005 update

Analysis of the CAFE cost benefit analysis

Report no. 4/06: This report discusses a few aspects of the Cost Benefits Analysis that was developed within the context of the Clean Air For Europe (CAFE) programme of the European Commission. The...

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

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) burne...

Human exposure information for EU substance risk assessment of gas oils

Report no. 1/06: Information is presented on inhalation and dermal exposures to gas oils for workers in European manufacturing and distribution operations and for consumers, for use in substance risk...

European downstream oil industry safety performance: Statistical summary of reported incidents – 2004

Report no. 10/05: The eleventh such report by CONCAWE, this issue includes statistics on work-related personal injuries for the downstream oil industry’s own employees as well as contractors for the...

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

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 si...

Impact of a potential reduction of the polyaromatics content of diesel fuel on the EU refining industry

Report no. 7/05: The cost and CO2 emissions associated with the reduction of poly-aromatics (PAH)in the EU diesel fuel have been evaluated using the CONCAWE EU refining model. A reduction of the di...

Evaluation of automotive polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon emissions

Report no. 4/05: CONCAWE has measured PAH emissions from a range of vehicles and fuels. For diesel vehicles, the relationship between fuel poly-aromatics content and PAH in exhaust emissions has been...

Factors potentially affecting the hearing of petroleum industry workers

Report no. 5/05: This report aims at giving an overview of the various factors that may influence thehearing of petroleum industry workers, including the issue of ‘ototoxic’ chemicalexposure. It a...

Performance of European cross-country oil pipelines: Detailed description of reported spillages 1994 – 2004

This report has been published yearly by CONCAWE since 1971. Until 2004, the yearly report only dealt with detailed information on the spillages having occurred during the year. Every so often an over...

Fuel effects on emissions from advanced diesel engines and vehicles

Report no. 2/05: To update understanding on emissions from road transport, CONCAWE is continuing to assess fuel effects on emissions from new engine/vehicle technologies as they approach the market. I...

Method for monitoring exposure to LPG containing small amounts of 1,3- butadiene

Report no. 12/04: The validation of a sampling and analytical methodology is described for occupational exposure monitoring of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and its components including trace amounts...

European downstream oil industry safety performance: Statistical summary of reported incidents – 2003

Report no. 11/04: The tenth such report by CONCAWE, this issue includes statistical work accident data for the downstream oil industry’s own employees as well as contractors for the year 2003. Data...

Guidance document for application of the EU Commission’s guidelines for monitoring and reporting of GHG emissions

Report no. 10/04: This document was prepared by a CONCAWE ad hoc group to address concerns from a number of member companies with regards to the level of uncertainty implied by the EU Commission’s G...

European epidemiology studies of asphalt workers a review of the cohort study and its results

Report no. 8/04: An overview is provided of the first set of results of an epidemiology study programme on asphalt workers in selected European countries. This report contains a brief description of t...