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February 27, 2018
Addendum to “Gasoline ether oxygenate occurrence in Europe, and a review of their fate and transport characteristics in the environment”
Report no. 3/18: Ether oxygenates are added to certain gasoline (petrol) formulations to improve combustion efficiency and to increase the octane rating. In 2012 Concawe published the findings of rese...
February 27, 2018
A review of toxicity testing conducted on European refinery effluents in 2010 and 2013
Report no. 2/18: This report provides an initial assessment of the extent to which toxicity testing is carried on European refinery effluents, and the types of test being used. The analysis is based o...
February 21, 2018
Air emissions from the refining sector. Analysis of E-PRTR data 2007-2014
Report no. 4/18: This report is an updated version of the Concawe Report No 2/15 providing a review of the air pollutant emissions data submitted by national authorities for oil refineries in the Euro...
February 6, 2018
Environmental Impacts of Marine SO2 Emissions
Report no. 1/18: This report details work that was carried out to study the impact of emissions from international shipping on air quality, with a focus on sulphur dioxide (SO2) emissions. Emission in...
January 23, 2018
Concawe Review 26.2
Three of the five articles in this edition of the Review once again illustrate the prescience of the founders of an Association working on the ‘Conservation of Clean Air and Water in Europe’ back...
November 30, 2017
Concawe Market Fuels Survey: 2015 – 2016
Report no. 10/17: Concawe conducted a market fuel survey on petrol and diesel qualities, taking samples from seventeen European countries during mid-2015 – early 2016. A total of 244 samples (100 pe...
November 24, 2017
2013 survey of waste production and management at European refiners
Report no. 12/17: This report provides a statistical analysis of waste production by Concawe member company refineries in 2013, based on survey data returned from 74 member company refineries (71% res...
November 23, 2017
Transcription of Concawe chemical safety assessments into Chesar: summary of a pilot project & current status
Report no. 11/17: A pilot study was conducted to assess the suitability of transcribing the Concawe CSAs into Chesar version 2.2. The aim was to identify areas that could affect the effective use of t...
September 26, 2017
Using forest carbon credits to offset emissions in the downstream business
Report no. 9/17: This report examines if and how forest carbon credits can potentially be used to offset emissions from the EU refining and road transport sectors. Forest carbon projects involve eithe...
September 18, 2017
European cross-country oil pipelines
The Concawe Oil Pipelines Management Group (OPMG) has collected data on the safety and environmental performance of oil pipelines in Europe since 1971. Information on annual throughput and traffic, sp...
September 18, 2017
Real-world emissions measurements of a GDI passenger car with and without a gasoline particulate filter
A new study aims to evaluate the effects of a gasoline particulate filter on NOx and PN emissions from GDI passenger vehicles under real driving conditions. Emissions have been the focus of worldwide...
September 18, 2017
Validation of a simulation model for the assessment of CO2 emissions of passenger cars under real-world conditions
The gap between real-world fuel consumption and manufacturers’ figures has been increasing since 2001. Could the use of generic simulation models making use of on-road test data provide a more accurate approach to measuring fuel consumption and CO2 emissions?
September 18, 2017
Using forest carbon credits to offset emissions in the downstream business
Current policy conditions are not generally conducive to the use of voluntary carbon credits in the refining sector. Could the development of ‘carbon neutral’ petrol and/or diesel fuel using forest carbon credits provide a solution?
September 18, 2017
Concawe Review 26.1
Find out the articles of this Concawe Review:
Using forest carbon credits to offset emissions in the downstream business. Could forest carbon credits become a viable trading option for the EU ref...
September 11, 2017
An Introduction to Passenger Car Emissions and Test Cycles
Concawe fact sheet on Passenger Car Emissions and Test Cycles. Background to Passenger Car Emissions and Test Cycles Transportation, amongst other sectors and including road and non-road vehicles, avi...
September 11, 2017
An Introduction to Air Quality
Concawe factsheet on Air Quality. Background to Air Quality Air quality is influenced by a variety of factors and is a complex issue. The term air quality refers to the degree to which the air in a pa...
September 11, 2017
An Introduction to Urban Air Quality
Concawe factsheet on Urban Air Quality. Background to Urban Air Quality: Urban air quality is a label used to describe air quality in cities and large towns where there is a particular concern about t...
July 10, 2017
Concawe workshop report “PAH integrated exposure modelling”
Report no. 8/17: This report summarises the discussions held during the “Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) integrated exposure modelling” 2-day workshop organized by the Flemish Institute fo...
June 29, 2017
European downstream oil industry safety performance. Statistical summary of reported incidents – 2016
Report no. 6/17: The twenty-third annual report on European downstream oil industry safety performance presents work-related personal injuries for the industry’s own employees and contractors and pr...
May 31, 2017
Concawe Review Special Symposium Edition
The future of the transport system
Drive trains and fuels for road transport, Neville Jackson (Ricardo)
Challenges for hybridisation and electrification of vehicles as a route to decarbonisati...
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