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October 21, 2013
Marine fuels and hydrogen sulphide
Report no. 8/13: The safe handling of petroleum cargoes and refined products that may contain hydrogen sulphide (H2S) is an important issue for the marine and inland fuel industries. Attention has ref...
October 21, 2013
Challenges in addressing phototoxicity and photodegradation in the environmental risk assessment of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in the aquatic compartment
Report no. 9/13: This report summarises how light might interact with Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) to alter both their environmental fate and their potential to cause adverse effects. The q...
September 21, 2013
Acute and chronic aquatic toxicity of aromatic extracts. Summary of relevant test data
Report no. 6/13: This report describes the experimental procedures and the results obtained in acute and chronic ecotoxicity tests on several aromatic extracts samples. The samples were tested for tox...
July 21, 2013
Aquatic ecotoxicity and biodegradability of cracked gas oils. Summary of relevant test data
Report no. 7/13: This report describes the experimental procedures and the results obtained in acute and chronic ecotoxicity tests as well as a biodegradation study on cracked gas oil samples.
In a...
July 20, 2013
European downstream oil industry safety performance. Statistical summary of reported incidents – 2012
Report no. 5/13: In this nineteenth annual report on European downstream oil industry safety performance, 2012 statistics are presented on work-related personal injuries for the industry’s own emplo...
June 22, 2013
Refinery effluent analysis methodologies for relevant parameters from EU-regulatory regimes
Report no. 4/13: This report provides guidance to CONCAWE members on the analytical methods that might be used to monitor oil refinery effluents for those refinery-specific parameters covered by relev...
April 30, 2013
Predicting refinery effluent toxicity on the basis of hydrocarbon composition determined by GCxGC analysis
Report no. 2/13: A high resolution analytical method for determining hydrocarbon blocks in petroleum products by comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography (GCxGC) was used for the analysis of p...
April 23, 2013
CONCAWE Review – Spring 2013
Fifty years ago—in October 1963—six international oil companies operating European refineries decided to form a new Study Group. The objective of this Study Group was to assist the oil companies...
April 21, 2013
Oil refining in the EU in 2020, with perspectives to 2030
Report no. 1/13: In the two decades to 2030, the EU refining industry will face significant changes in product demand, both in absolute terms and with regard to the relative demand for gasoline and di...
February 1, 2013
Fifty years of air quality conservation
Looking back over 50 years, it is clear why attention to air quality and its relationship with emissions has been, and still is, one of the leading activities carried out by CONCAWE for its members...
February 1, 2013
Providing information and guidance on water and soil management
When CONCAWE was formed in 1963, the conservation of Europe’s water resources was one of the main drivers, following the commitment made by the industry at the 6th World Petroleum Congress. Wate...
February 1, 2013
Supporting the oil industry’s commitment to safe operations
The refining industry values the safety of its employees and staff working in its installations, as well as those living in communities near to its installations. Personal safety and safe operation...
February 1, 2013
The evolution of oil refining in Europe
Back in 1963 when CONCAWE was founded, the world looked very different from what it is today, and so did the global and European refining industry. Oil product markets were expanding fast and new r...
February 1, 2013
Formation of ‘Stichting CONCAWE’ in 1963
Fifty years ago—in October 1963—six international oil companies operating European refineries decided to form a new Study Group.
The objective of this Study Group was to assist the oil compan...
February 1, 2013
European cross-country oil pipelines
CONCAWE first became involved with oil pipeline safety issues in the mid-1960s when it started collecting information and statistics on incidents and spills related to European cross-country oil pi...
February 1, 2013
Health research over 50 years
CONCAWE has been working on health issues since its formation in 1963. In the early years, the focus of this work was on occupational health hazards and risks in the refining industry.
Over the...
February 1, 2013
Fifty years of fuel quality and vehicle emissions
In the late 1970s, with growing emphasis on urban air quality in Europe, CONCAWE embarked on new research related to fuels and vehicles.
After only a few years, it became clear that fuel propert...
December 17, 2012
Use of the modified Ames test as an indicator of the carcinogenicity of residual aromatic extracts
Report no. 12/12: Existing data demonstrate that residual aromatic extracts (RAEs) can be either carcinogenic or non-carcinogenic. CONCAWE had previously concluded that “Although limited data availa...
December 15, 2012
Developing human health exposure scenarios for petroleum substances under REACH
Report no. 11/12: This report describes the approaches that were adopted by CONCAWE to prepare the human exposure estimates in the chemical safety assessments of the REACH registration dossiers for pe...
December 7, 2012
Primary biodegradation of petroleum hydrocarbons in seawater
Report no. 10/12: This report describes primary biodegradation experiments performed to determine the persistence of higher molecular weight petroleum hydrocarbons in seawater.
Results from the bio...
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