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![Petroleum products and REACH: looking ahead](https://www.concawe.eu/wp-content/uploads/Petroleum-products-and-REACH.jpg)
May 15, 2014
Petroleum products and REACH: looking ahead
The petroleum refining industry successfully met the first REACH deadline in December 2010 with the registration of all petroleum substances. This was a commendable achievement in view of the complexi...
![Air quality and health: looking ahead](https://www.concawe.eu/wp-content/uploads/Evolving-scientific-insights-over-the.jpg)
May 15, 2014
Air quality and health: looking ahead
Evolving scientific insights over the past twenty years. The past twenty years have seen major changes in the techniques and findings of studies on air pollution and health, changes which set today’...
![Well-to-Wheels analysis of future automotive fuels and powertrains in the European context](https://www.concawe.eu/wp-content/uploads/Well-to-Wheels-analysis.jpg)
May 15, 2014
Well-to-Wheels analysis of future automotive fuels and powertrains in the European context
This is a joint study by EUCAR / JRC / CONCAWE. Study Objectives:
Establish, in a transparent and objective manner, a consensual well-to-wheels energy use and GHG emissions assessment of a wide...
![Transportation and fuels: looking ahead at the future of marine fuels](https://www.concawe.eu/wp-content/uploads/ahead-at-the-future-of-marine-fuels.jpg)
May 15, 2014
Transportation and fuels: looking ahead at the future of marine fuels
The global marine fuel market is generally accepted to be about 250 million tonnes per annum (pa). Today’s marine fuel would be recognisable to those who bought, sold and used marine fuels for th...
![Renewable fuels: looking ahead to 2020](https://www.concawe.eu/wp-content/uploads/looking-ahead-to-2020.jpg)
May 15, 2014
Renewable fuels: looking ahead to 2020
Increasing renewable energy and reducing GHG emissions from transport It is widely recognised that mobility and transport are fundamental to satisfy socio-economic needs and curbing mobility is no...
![Transportation and fuels: looking ahead at heavy-duty vehicles](https://www.concawe.eu/wp-content/uploads/ahead-at-heavy-duty-vehicles.jpg)
May 15, 2014
Transportation and fuels: looking ahead at heavy-duty vehicles
Looking back on developments in heavy-duty vehicle (HDV) technology over the past 20–25 years, one could rightly describe them as a ‘total makeover’. The improvements are particularly obvious...
![Transportation and fuels: looking ahead at aviation](https://www.concawe.eu/wp-content/uploads/Transportation-and-fuels-looking.jpg)
May 15, 2014
Transportation and fuels: looking ahead at aviation
After more than a century since the Wright Brothers took off, we have become accustomed to the conveniences and inconveniences of air transportation. As high speed rail and slower options, like lon...
![Methods for estimating VOC emissions from primary oil-water separator systems in refineries](https://www.concawe.eu/wp-content/uploads/untitled-1-7.jpg)
March 13, 2014
Methods for estimating VOC emissions from primary oil-water separator systems in refineries
Report no. 5/14: This report reviews the different methods available to estimate annual Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) emissions from primary oil-water separator systems in refineries and discusses t...
![Use of motor fuels and lubricants: habits and practices of consumers in Europe](https://www.concawe.eu/wp-content/uploads/untitled-1-8.jpg)
February 17, 2014
Use of motor fuels and lubricants: habits and practices of consumers in Europe
Report no. 4/14: A structured survey of European consumers was carried out across 250 participants to better understand their habits and practices concerning their use of vehicle fuels and lubricants....
![Assessment of Recent Health Studies of Long-Term Exposure to Ozone](https://www.concawe.eu/wp-content/uploads/cover2.png)
January 31, 2014
Assessment of Recent Health Studies of Long-Term Exposure to Ozone
Report no. 3/14: This report summarises the assessment of the policy relevant long-term health studies published since the last update of the ozone Air Quality Limit Value (AQLV). This project was und...
![Proceedings of the Mineral Oil CRoss Industry IssueS (MOCRINIS) Workshop September 2013](https://www.concawe.eu/wp-content/uploads/cover-monocrins.png)
January 24, 2014
Proceedings of the Mineral Oil CRoss Industry IssueS (MOCRINIS) Workshop September 2013
Report no. 2/14: CONCAWE organised a 2-day Mineral Oil Cross Industry Issues (MOCRINIS)Workshop in Bologna, Italy in September 2013. The objective of the Workshop was to address topics that have arise...
![Application of the target lipid and equilibrium partitioning models to non-polar organic chemicals in soils and sediments](https://www.concawe.eu/wp-content/uploads/untitled-1-9.jpg)
January 21, 2014
Application of the target lipid and equilibrium partitioning models to non-polar organic chemicals in soils and sediments
The Target Lipid Model (TLM) provides a framework for deriving predicted no effect concentrations (PNEC) for non polar organic chemicals to organisms in the environment. This approach has been used to...
![Assessment of the impact of ethanol content in gasoline on fuel consumption, including a literature review up to 2006](https://www.concawe.eu/wp-content/uploads/1313.png)
December 21, 2013
Assessment of the impact of ethanol content in gasoline on fuel consumption, including a literature review up to 2006
Report no. 13/13: Ethanol, at low concentrations in motor gasoline, is known to impact both the fuel consumption and emissions from vehicles. Because ethanol has a lower energy content per litre compa...
![Supplementary guidance for the investigation and risk-assessment of potentially contaminated sediments: a companion volume to Energy Institute](https://www.concawe.eu/wp-content/uploads/1113.png)
November 28, 2013
Supplementary guidance for the investigation and risk-assessment of potentially contaminated sediments: a companion volume to Energy Institute
Report no. 11/13: This report provides guidance on the investigation and assessment of potentially contaminated sediments, focusing on the inland, estuarine and coastal environments. It is designed as...
![Laboratory Oxidation Stability Study on B10 Biodiesel Blends](https://www.concawe.eu/wp-content/uploads/1013.png)
November 21, 2013
Laboratory Oxidation Stability Study on B10 Biodiesel Blends
Report no. 10/13: A laboratory oxidation stability study has been completed jointly by CONCAWE and DGMK on three biodiesel blends containing 10% v/v (B10) Fatty Acid Methyl Ester (FAME). The results o...
![Marine fuels and hydrogen sulphide](https://www.concawe.eu/wp-content/uploads/813.png)
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...
![Challenges in addressing phototoxicity and photodegradation in the environmental risk assessment of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in the aquatic compartment](https://www.concawe.eu/wp-content/uploads/913.png)
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...
![Acute and chronic aquatic toxicity of aromatic extracts. Summary of relevant test data](https://www.concawe.eu/wp-content/uploads/613.png)
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...
![Aquatic ecotoxicity and biodegradability of cracked gas oils. Summary of relevant test data](https://www.concawe.eu/wp-content/uploads/713.png)
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...
![European downstream oil industry safety performance. Statistical summary of reported incidents – 2012](https://www.concawe.eu/wp-content/uploads/513.png)
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...
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