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October 16, 2026
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...
October 6, 2026
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...
September 17, 2026
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...
September 15, 2026
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...
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...
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