Concawe Reports
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Post Combustion Carbon Capture for EU Refineries: Optimal Integration Strategies and Techno-Economic Performance
Report no. 15/26: This report presents a techno-economic feasibility study on the optimal integration of post-combustion carbon capture in two anonymised EU refineries representing a medium-conversion...
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Shipfuels Matrix – Merit Mapping of Maritime Alternative Fuels
Report no. 13/26: The decarbonisation of the maritime sector represents a challenge in the global transition to a low-carbon energy system. As a key enabler of international trade, maritime shipping u...
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Aviation Fuel Composition Changes to Reduce Non-CO₂ Emissions: European Refinery Impacts & Effects on Fuel Quality
Report no. 14/26: This eagerly anticipated study was launched in response to ongoing activities under the ‘European Aviation Fuel Standards Project’. The discussions here suggest that the composit...
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European Downstream Oil Industry Safety Performance. Statistical Summary of Reported Incidents – 2025
Report no. 12/26: For 2025, information was received from 40 Concawe Member Companies and two Joint Ventures (comprised of Member Companies) reported separately, together accounting for greater than 9...
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Performance of European Cross-Country Oil Pipelines – Statistical Summary of Reported Spillages in 2024 and since 1971
Report no. 11/26: Concawe has collected 54 years of spillage data on European cross-country oil pipelines. At around 35,000 km the current inventory covered by the Concawe survey includes the majority...
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Guideline for the Technical Assessment of the Suitability of a New Material in the Production of Marine Fuels
Report no. 10/26: Guideline for the technical assessment of the suitability of a new material in the production of marine fuels.
This Concawe guideline provides a structured, two-level assessment p...
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Heavy-Duty Truck Emissions Performance with Low-Carbon Fuels under Euro 7 Conditions
Report no 9/26: The scope of this experimental study was to examine low-carbon fuel effects on a current commercially available state-of-the-art Euro VI step E HDV, tested under the proposed Euro 7 co...
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Impact of Sea Shipping Emissions on Future Urban Air Quality in Major European Ports: A 2030 Scenario Analysis
Report no. 8/26: As land-based air pollutant emissions are projected to decline due to sectoral air quality and climate policies, sea shipping emissions under a “business-as-usual” scenario become...
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A life-cycle assessment tool for heavy-duty vehicles
Report no.7/26: This report is the supporting document to the life-cycle assessment tool for heavy-duty vehicles (HDVs) developed by IFP Energies nouvelles and commissioned by Concawe that was publish...
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Impact of the Fit for 55 package on energy demand of the EU transport sector up to 2050
Report no. 5/26:This report assesses the implications of the EU Fit for 55 (FF55) legislative package for transport energy demand and fuel mix to 2050, with a focus on compliance with the Renewable En...
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Socio-Economic Analysis for a Reach Restriction Proposal on PFAS in the Upstream Oil & Gas, Oil Refining and Fuel Distribution Sectors, and in Carbon Capture and Storage
Concawe and the International Association of Oil & Gas Producers (IOGP) commissioned Ricardo AEA Ltd (Ricardo) to produce an independent Socio-Economic Analysis (SEA) for the potential EU REACH re...
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Availability Potential of Intermediate Crops in the EU to 2050
Report no. 6/26: Advanced biofuels are expected to play a key role in decarbonising EU transport, particularly sectors that are difficult to electrify. The 2024 revision of Annex IX of the Renewable E...
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Guidance to Registrants on Methods for the Identification of Petroleum UVCB Substances for REACH
Report no. 4/26: EU REACH Regulation No. 1907/2006 covering the production and use of chemical substances and their potential impacts on human health and the environment came into force in 2007. Annex...
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EU Methane Emissions Regulation – Analysis of Market Impacts
Wood Mackenzie conducted a scenario-based analysis to assess the potential impact of the EU Methane Emissions Regulation (MER) on natural gas/LNG and crude oil supply and costs. The analysis began wit...
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Future-Proofing the Mixing Zone Concept
Report no.3/26: This report describes an assessment of the evolving role of mixing zones in European water protection management, including the potential impacts on regulated industry such as fuel man...
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REFHYNE II Project: assessing the evolution of renewable hydrogen demand for EU27 + 3 fuel manufacturing up to 2050 under net-zero scenarios
Report no.2/26: REFHYNE II is a Horizon 2020 sponsored investment project to install a 100 MW PEM electrolyser to produce renewable hydrogen from 2027 at the Shell Rheinland refinery in Germany. At th...
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Hazard classification and labelling of UVCB hydrocarbon substances in the European Economic Area – 2025
Report no. 1/26: This report provides a comprehensive list of Concawe’s recommended classifications and labelling for substances within its inventory. It reflects the most recent updates to Concawe...
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Review of carbon capture technologies and their commercial implementation
Report no.11/25: Carbon capture technologies are expected to play a key role in the decarbonisation of hard-to-abate industries such as oil refineries. Given the rapid evolution and diversification of...
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Sustainable biofeedstock supply chains for advanced biofuels in Europe towards 2050
Report no. 10/25: Advanced biofuels are expected to play a key role in the decarbonisation of the European transport sector, particularly in hard-to-abate segments such as aviation, maritime transport...
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Impact of the Belgian ‘Net-Zero’ Carbon Energy Projections on Air Quality and Climate
VITO/EnergyVille was commissioned by Concawe to conduct a comprehensive study on the effects of potential ‘Net-Zero’ pathways in Belgium on air pollutant emissions covered under National Emission...
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Framework on Exposure-Based Adaptation of (human health) REACH hazard information requirements
Report no. 7/25: This report presents a framework for Exposure-Based Adaptation (EBA) of human health hazard information requirements under REACH, developed by Concawe’s Special Task Force on Human...
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European downstream oil industry safety performance: Statistical summary of reported incidents – 2024
Report no. 9/25: The 2024 annual report on European downstream oil industry safety performance presents work-related personal injuries for the industry’s own employees and contractors and process sa...
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Innovative Techniques for Effluent Treatment for Specific Pollutants
Report no. 6/25: This report identifies twenty-seven (27) innovative techniques to treat a selected list of organics substances, inorganic substances and heavy metals, based on a literature review, co...
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Practical guidance to determine NMVOC emissions from refinery wastewater collection and treatment facilities
Report no. 5/25: Wastewater from refinery operation contains various pollutants that shall be purified prior to wastewater emitted to sea. A major pollutant is hydrocarbon remains. Wastewater collecti...