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September 1, 2026
Decarbonising Europe’s Refining and Liquid Fuel Production — Insights from the Concawe-S&P Global Study
Concawe Review 34.1 - Article 4: This article provides a technical synthesis of an S&P Global Commodity Insights study commissioned by Concawe to assess the potential evolution of Europe’s refin...
September 1, 2026
Overview of non-CO2 Emissions from Aircraft and Fuel Composition Effects
Concawe Review 34.1 - Article 3: Aviation affects climate not only through CO2 emissions, but also through a range of short-lived non-CO2 effects. This article provides an overview of the main non-CO2...
September 1, 2026
Algae-to-Liquid Biofuel Pathways—a Literature Review of Technology, Techno-Economics and Sustainability
Concawe Review 34.1 - Article 2: Decarbonising transport is crucial for Europe’s greenhouse gas reduction goals, with biofuels expected to play a key role, particularly in the aviation and maritime...
September 1, 2026
Sustainable Biofeedstock Supply Chains for Advanced Biofuels in Europe towards 2050
Concawe Review 34.1 - Article 1: Advanced biofuels are expected to play an important role in decarbonising the EU transport sector, particularly in hard-to-abate segments such as aviation, maritime...
September 1, 2026
Concawe Review 34.1
The oil supply crisis and closure of the Strait of Hormuz due to the US-Iran war, and the summer heatwaves and wildfires are prompting European leaders to accelerate the energy transition, to reduce d...
August 24, 2026
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...
July 28, 2026
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...
July 27, 2026
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...
July 13, 2026
Evaluation of Bioaccumulation Thresholds for Hyalella Azteca and Fish Relative to Different Environmental Protection Goals
Bioaccumulation assessment is a key component of chemical regulations, with fish-based bioconcentration factors (BCFs) serving as the standard metric. Because conventional fish BCF tests (OECD TG 305)...
July 3, 2026
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...
June 26, 2026
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...
June 17, 2026
Handbook of Identified Uses of Hydrocarbon Substances – 2026 Dossier Update (handbook no. 2026/01)
The 2026 edition of the Concawe Handbook of Identified Uses has been released, continuing to support REACH registration activities for hydrocarbon substances across the Concawe portfolio.
The Handb...
June 17, 2026
Investigating PFAS use and emissions to air in the refining sector – a literature review
This report, commissioned by Concawe and prepared by Logika Group, presents the findings of a literature review to investigate and characterise the use and resultant potential emissions to air of per-...
June 4, 2026
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...
May 21, 2026
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...
May 19, 2026
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...
March 16, 2026
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...
March 9, 2026
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...
March 3, 2026
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...
February 27, 2026
Critical Review of In Vitro Dosing Methods for difficult-to-test Substances and Hydrocarbon UVCBs
Alternative approaches to traditional animal testing are being promoted to support regulatory chemical risk assessments for environment and human health. The Organisation for Economic Development (OEC...
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