Concawe Reports

Survey of natural attenuation of petroleum hydrocarbon plumes in groundwater in Europe

Report no. 10/18: This report presents a study conducted in Europe to characterize the typical size and plume stability condition for groundwater sites impacted by the petroleum hydrocarbons benzene,...

Impact Analysis of Mass EV Adoption and Low Carbon Intensity Fuels Scenarios

The impacts of three scenarios in the European light duty vehicle market to 2050 have been analysed, versus a European Commission Business As Usual (BAU) scenario, as follows : – High EV scenario...

Review of options for refinery effluent assessment using effect-based tools in combination with passive samplers

Report no. 14/18: The European Commission (EC) is considering the use of “effect-based tools” (EBTs) for environmental monitoring as an alternative to, or in combination with, chemical analysis. I...

Impact Analysis of Mass EV Adoption and Low Carbon Intensity Fuels Scenarios – Full Report

The impacts of three scenarios in the European light duty vehicle market to 2050 have been analysed, versus a European Commission Business As Usual (BAU) scenario, as follows:– High EV scenario repr...

Review of Tier 1 Workplace Exposure Estimates for Petroleum Substances in REACH dossiers

Report no. 13/18: For the exposure assessment in the 2010 REACH dossiers of petroleum substances, Concawe has used the Tier 1 exposure model ECETOC TRA v.2. In order to account for the heavier, less v...

2013 survey of effluent quality and water use at European refineries

Report no. 12/18: Since 1969, Concawe has been gathering and compiling data on aqueous effluents from European oil refinery installations. Surveys have been completed at 3-5 yearly intervals and the s...

European downstream oil industry safety performance

Report no. 11/18: The twenty-fourth annual report on European downstream oil industry safety performance presents work-related personal injuries for the industry’s own employees and contractors and...

Regular short-term peak exposure to benzene in the supply chain of petroleum products – Review of exposure and existing industry practices for targeted risk management

Report no. 9/18: Exposures to benzene and benzene-containing products are generally well controlled within industry. However, given the recent findings of a possible association of myelodysplastic syn...

A comparison of real driving emissions from Euro 6 diesel passenger cars with zero emission vehicles and their impact on urban air quality compliance – Urban air quality study: extension I

Report no. 8/18: This report describes an extension to the Urban Air Quality Study commissioned by Concawe that explored how urban air quality is affected by emissions from road transport and domestic...

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

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...

Expectations for Actual Euro 6 Vehicle Emissions

Report Objectives: To summarise the steps in Euro 6 legislation; To show the expected actual tailpipe emissions under Euro 6, focusing on NOx emissions from diesel passenger cars; To provid...

Sulphur dioxide emissions from oil refineries in Europe (2015)

Report no. 5/18: This report describes the results of the 2015 survey into the sulphur pathways in European refineries. This includes the distribution of sulphur in products, the capture and recovery...

Addendum to “Gasoline ether oxygenate occurrence in Europe, and a review of their fate and transport characteristics in the environment”

Report no. 3/18: Ether oxygenates are added to certain gasoline (petrol) formulations to improve combustion efficiency and to increase the octane rating. In 2012 Concawe published the findings of rese...

A review of toxicity testing conducted on European refinery effluents in 2010 and 2013

Report no. 2/18: This report provides an initial assessment of the extent to which toxicity testing is carried on European refinery effluents, and the types of test being used. The analysis is based o...

Air emissions from the refining sector. Analysis of E-PRTR data 2007-2014

Report no. 4/18: This report is an updated version of the Concawe Report No 2/15 providing a review of the air pollutant emissions data submitted by national authorities for oil refineries in the Euro...

Environmental Impacts of Marine SO2 Emissions

Report no. 1/18: This report details work that was carried out to study the impact of emissions from international shipping on air quality, with a focus on sulphur dioxide (SO2) emissions. Emission in...

Concawe Market Fuels Survey: 2015 – 2016

Report no. 10/17: Concawe conducted a market fuel survey on petrol and diesel qualities, taking samples from seventeen European countries during mid-2015 – early 2016. A total of 244 samples (100 pe...

2013 survey of waste production and management at European refiners

Report no. 12/17: This report provides a statistical analysis of waste production by Concawe member company refineries in 2013, based on survey data returned from 74 member company refineries (71% res...

Transcription of Concawe chemical safety assessments into Chesar: summary of a pilot project & current status

Report no. 11/17: A pilot study was conducted to assess the suitability of transcribing the Concawe CSAs into Chesar version 2.2. The aim was to identify areas that could affect the effective use of t...

Using forest carbon credits to offset emissions in the downstream business

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 eithe...

Concawe workshop report “PAH integrated exposure modelling”

Report no. 8/17: This report summarises the discussions held during the “Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) integrated exposure modelling” 2-day workshop organized by the Flemish Institute fo...

European downstream oil industry safety performance. Statistical summary of reported incidents – 2016

Report no. 6/17: The twenty-third annual report on European downstream oil industry safety performance presents work-related personal injuries for the industry’s own employees and contractors and pr...

Compilation of Concawe market fuel surveys: 2008-2012

Report no. 5/17: This is a compilation of Concawe market fuel surveys between 2008-2012....

Air pollutant emission estimation methods for E-PRTR reporting by refineries

Report no. 4/17: This report is an update of the Concawe publication “Air Pollutant Emission Estimation Methods for EPER and PRTR Reporting by Refineries”....