Study on the potential evolution of Refining and Liquid Fuels production in Europe

Mar 14, 2025

Concawe engaged S&P Global Commodity Insights (SPGCI) to analyse the potential impact of the EU’s target to achieve net-zero emission by 2050 on the region’s refining industry and security of supply under two scenarios. The focus of this study, which was...

A Review of Particulate Matter Emission Factors for Gas Firing in Combustion Units at Refineries

Jan 29, 2025

Report no. 2/25: Particulate matter is defined as either filterable (FPM) or condensable (CPM) and by size: FPM2.5 refers to filterable particles with aerodynamic diameters ≤2.5 μm and FPM10 those ≤10 μm. Total filterable PM is referred to as total suspended...

Reflections on technical issues related to derivation of PFAS Environmental Quality Standards

Jan 27, 2025

In 2022, the European Commission (EC) published a proposal for amending the Water Framework Directive (2000/60/EC), the Groundwater Directive (2006/118/EC) and the Environmental Quality Standards Directive (2008/105/EC). The proposal includes an environmental quality...

Measurements of emissions of Particulate Matter (PM) and Semi-Volatile and Intermediate-Volatility Organic Compounds (S/IVOC) from refinery sources – Phase 1: A refinery fuel gas-fired heater

Jan 22, 2025

Report no. 1/25: This report provides the results from two measurement campaigns carried out on a gas-fired heater at a refinery in north-west Europe. The main purposes of the campaigns were i) to measure the emissions of primary particulate matter (PM) and also the...

Hazard classification and labelling of petroleum substances in the European Economic Area – 2024

Jan 20, 2025

Report no. 15/24: This report updates Concawe’s classification and labelling recommendations of report No. 9/23 to address the latest updates to Concawe dossiers and changes to CLP regulation. Furthermore, this report introduces to new hazard introduced by Delegated...