Concawe Reports

Risk assessment for emissions from hot heavy fuel oil during barge loading

Report no. 1/15R: A series of emissions, occupational exposures, and mutagenic hazard studies were conducted to assess the risk associated with the loading of commercial Heavy Fuel Oils onto barges on...

Specific Consumer Exposure Determinants (SCEDs) for key uses of fuels and lubricants

Report no. 15/14: Under the REACH regulation, registrants are required to demonstrate the absence of significant risk when consumers are exposed to their registered substances. To do this, the Europea...

Dermal exposures associated with service station refuelling activities: preliminary evaluation

Report no. 14/14: This study investigates dermal exposure to petrol and diesel fuel in service station attendants responsible for the refuelling of automobiles. In phase 1 of the study, six attendants...

Exploring a Gasoline Compression Ignition (GCI) engine concept

Report no. 13/14: This report describes initial engineering and experimental steps to assess the potential to improve efficiency and reduce both regulated and CO2 emissions, and maintain acceptable no...

Towards the establishment of a protocol for the quantification of VOC diffuse emissions using open-path remote monitoring techniques: DIAL monitoring of a VOC source of known emission flux

Report no. 12/14: This report provides the results of a programme of work undertaken to compare the controlled rate of release of propane from a simulated floating roof tank with the flux determined u...

The estimated forward cost of EU legislation for the EU refining industry

Report no. 11/14: This Concawe report provides an estimation of the cost burden imposed on EU refineries over the period from 2010 to 2020 by a number of EU legislative and implementing acts. It is...

JEC Biofuels Study: 2014 Update

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) an...

Review of recent health effect studies with nitrogen dioxide

Report no. 9/14: This report focuses on published studies that have examined the epidemiologic associations of ambient air exposures to nitrogen dioxide and the occurrence of acute and chronic health...

European downstream oil industry safety performance Statistical summary of reported incidents – 2013

Report no. 8/14: In this twentieth annual report on European downstream oil industry safety performance, 2013 statistics are presented on work-related personal injuries for the industry’s own employ...

Impact of FAME on the performance of three Euro 4 light-duty diesel vehicles – Part 2: Unregulated emissions

Report no. 7/14: In 2009, EU legislation mandated that 10% renewable energy must be used in road transportation by 2020, primarily through the use of bio-blending components. Fordiesel fuel blending,...

Impact of FAME on the performance of three Euro 4 light-duty diesel vehicles – Part 1: Fuel consumption and regulated emissions

Report no. 6/14: By 2020, EU legislation will require that 10% of the total transport fuel energy demand is met by the use of renewable energy, primarily by blending bio-components. Although many type...

Methods for estimating VOC emissions from primary oil-water separator systems in refineries

Report no. 5/14: This report reviews the different methods available to estimate annual Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) emissions from primary oil-water separator systems in refineries and discusses t...

Use of motor fuels and lubricants: habits and practices of consumers in Europe

Report no. 4/14: A structured survey of European consumers was carried out across 250 participants to better understand their habits and practices concerning their use of vehicle fuels and lubricants....

Assessment of Recent Health Studies of Long-Term Exposure to Ozone

Report no. 3/14: This report summarises the assessment of the policy relevant long-term health studies published since the last update of the ozone Air Quality Limit Value (AQLV). This project was und...

Proceedings of the Mineral Oil CRoss Industry IssueS (MOCRINIS) Workshop September 2013

Report no. 2/14: CONCAWE organised a 2-day Mineral Oil Cross Industry Issues (MOCRINIS)Workshop in Bologna, Italy in September 2013. The objective of the Workshop was to address topics that have arise...

Application of the target lipid and equilibrium partitioning models to non-polar organic chemicals in soils and sediments

The Target Lipid Model (TLM) provides a framework for deriving predicted no effect concentrations (PNEC) for non polar organic chemicals to organisms in the environment. This approach has been used to...

Assessment of the impact of ethanol content in gasoline on fuel consumption, including a literature review up to 2006

Report no. 13/13: Ethanol, at low concentrations in motor gasoline, is known to impact both the fuel consumption and emissions from vehicles. Because ethanol has a lower energy content per litre compa...

Supplementary guidance for the investigation and risk-assessment of potentially contaminated sediments: a companion volume to Energy Institute

Report no. 11/13: This report provides guidance on the investigation and assessment of potentially contaminated sediments, focusing on the inland, estuarine and coastal environments. It is designed as...

Laboratory Oxidation Stability Study on B10 Biodiesel Blends

Report no. 10/13: A laboratory oxidation stability study has been completed jointly by CONCAWE and DGMK on three biodiesel blends containing 10% v/v (B10) Fatty Acid Methyl Ester (FAME). The results o...

Challenges in addressing phototoxicity and photodegradation in the environmental risk assessment of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in the aquatic compartment

Report no. 9/13: This report summarises how light might interact with Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) to alter both their environmental fate and their potential to cause adverse effects. The q...