Concawe Reports

European downstream oil industry safety performance statistical summary of reported incidents – 2002

Report no. 6/04: The ninth 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 2002. Dat...

Occupational health auditing

Report no. 5/04: This document describes an approach to occupational health auditing, intended to meet the needs of CONCAWE member companies. It includes examples of typical questions and model answer...

Gasoline volatility and ethanol effects on hot and cold weather driveability of modern European vehicles

Report no. 3/04: A joint test programme has been carried out by CONCAWE and GFC to evaluate the impact of gasoline volatility and ethanol on the driveability performance of modern European vehicles. E...

Fuel effects on emissions from modern gasoline vehicles part 2 – aromatics, olefins and volatility effects

Report no. 2/04: The influence of gasoline quality on exhaust emissions has been evaluated using four modern European gasoline cars with advanced engine technologies/after treatment systems. Part 1 of...

Chronic toxicity studies on white oils

Report no. 1/04: This report summarises the results of experimental studies undertaken to investigate the chronic toxicity and carcinogenic potential of two highly refined mineral white oils of medium...

Fuel effects on emissions from modern gasoline vehicles part 1 – sulphur effects

Report no. 5/03: The influence of gasoline quality on exhaust emissions has been evaluated using four modern European gasoline cars with advanced technologies designed to reduce fuel consumption and C...

The IPPC directive, refinery BREF and european refineries – a guidance manual

Report no. 4/03: This report has been prepared as a guidance manual for refining environmental and planning personnel who must prepare for the permitting and operational implications of the IPPC regul...

European downstream oil industry safety performance statistical summary of reported incidents – 2001

Report no. 2/03: The eighth such report by CONCAWE, this issue includes own employees as well as contractor data for the year 2001 from 19 companies (representing some 90% of the European refining cap...

A survey of european gasoline exposures for the period 1999-2001

Report no. 9/02: This report presents data on measured occupational exposures to gasoline vapour in European Union countries in the period 1999-2001. The exposure measurements were taken in order to c...

Method for monitoring exposure to gasoline vapour in air – revision 2002

Report no. 8/02: An overview is provided of practical issues in relation to the assessment of occupational exposure to gasoline vapour, determined via complete compositional analysis. A detailed sa...

Sulphur dioxide emissions from oil refineries and combustion of oil products in western Europe and Hungary (1998)

Report no. 10/02: This report examines the sulphur balances of European oil refineries and the sulphur contents of oil products based on a CONCAWE survey of 1998 actual data.Comparisons are made with...

Аssessment of personal inhalation exposure to bitumen fumeguidance for monitoring benzenesoluble inhalable particulate matter

Report no. 7/02: This report discusses practical issues in relation to the assessment of occupational exposure to bitumen fume as benzene-soluble inhalable particulate matter. A detailed sampling a...

Amended safety data sheet directive (2001/58/EC)

Report no. 5/02: This report outlines the requirements of the amended EU Safety Data SheetDirective and reviews the implications for the oil industry. A copy of the amended Safety Data Sheet Directive...

Energy and greenhouse gas balance of biofuels for Europe – an update

Report no. 2/02: Recent literature publications have been used to estimate the energy and greenhouse gas balance of the most relevant biofuels in Europe, i.e. ethanol and Rapeseed Methyl Ester (RME)....

Evaluation of diesel fuel cetane and aromatics effects on emissions from Euro 3 engines

Report no. 4/02: Following EPEFE, the influence of two important diesel fuel quality parameters one missions remained under debate. These were the difference (if any) between natural and additive-deri...

An assessment of occupational exposure to noise in the European oil industry (1989-1999)

Report no. 01/56: Daily personal noise exposure data available from member companies for European oil industry work environments (refinery, product distribution and others) were collected and analysed...

Environmental classification of petroleum substances – summary data and rationale

Report no. 01/54: Environmental data on the fate and effects of petroleum substances are summarised. Technical issues relating to the choice of test methodology for the evaluation of environmental imp...

European downstream oil industry safety performance statistical summary of reported incidents – 2000

Report no. 3/01: The seventh such report by CONCAWE, this issue includes own employees as well as contractor data for the year 2000 from 20 companies (representing some 90% of the European refining ca...

A noise exposure threshold value for hearing conservation

Report no. 01/52: As part of a proposed EU directive for health and safety at work, a noise exposure threshold level of 75 decibels (A-weighted) over an 8-hour working day has been specified. This is...

Measurement of the number and mass weighted size distributions of exhaust particles emitted from European heavy duty engines

Report no. 01/51: This study investigates the measurement of the mass and the number of heavy duty automotive particle emissions and their related size distributions. Limited additional test work has...