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April 7, 2010
Refinery BREF related environmental parameters for aqueous discharges from refineries in Europe
Report No. 2/10: This report is prepared as part of the Industry input to the revision process for the Refinery Best Available Technique (BAT) Reference Document (BREF) that is being undertaken by the...
January 13, 2010
Sulphur dioxide emissions from oil refineries in Europe (2006)
This report describes the results of the 2006 year survey into the sulphur pathways in European refining. This includes the distribution of sulphur in products, the capture and recovery of sulphur in...
November 21, 2009
Guidelines for handling and blending FAME
Report no. 9/09: This report provides guidance on the handling and blending of Fatty Acid Methyl Esters (FAME), as a neat product and at concentrations up to 10% v/v in diesel fuel. The major challeng...
November 1, 2009
New refinery effluent survey
Within the REACH registration process, registrants of a substance must submit a Chemicals Safety Report that includes a Chemical Safety Assessment (CSA).
If the CSA indicates that the substance...
November 1, 2009
CONCAWE sulphur survey
Since 1979 CONCAWE has conducted a regular fouryearly survey of its member companies to determine how the fate of sulphur through the refining process changes over time.
The last sulphur survey...
November 1, 2009
Downstream oil industry safety statistics
The collection and analysis of incident data is an essential element of a modern safety management system, and its importance is recognised throughout the oil industry. CONCAWE has been compiling s...
November 1, 2009
CONCAWE sulphur survey
Since 1979 CONCAWE has conducted a regular fouryearly survey of its member companies to determine how the fate of sulphur through the refining process changes over time.
The last sulphur survey...
October 23, 2009
CONCAWE Review • Autumn 2009
Volume 18 • Number 2 • Autumn 2009: At the end of May this year, I took over from Alain Heilbrunn as the Secretary General of CONCAWE. As I had hoped and expected, I have inherited an organisation...
October 21, 2009
Volatility and vehicle driveability performance of ethanol/gasoline blends: a literature review
Report no. 8/09: The effect of blending ethanol (up to 20% v/v) into gasoline on the volatility of the ethanol/gasoline blend and on the hot and cold weather vehicle driveability performance of these...
October 1, 2009
Benchmarking of refinery CO2 emissions
The EU Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) foresees a number of mechanisms for distributing emission allowances amongst market players. In the first and second emission trading periods under...
September 21, 2009
European downstream oil industry safety performance Statistical summary of reported incidents – 2008
Report no. 7/09: The fifteenth such report by CONCAWE, this issue includes statistics on work related personal injuries for the European downstream oil industry’s own employees as well as contractor...
September 20, 2009
European downstream oil industry safety performance Statistical summary of reported incidents – 2007
Report no. 6/09: The fourteenth such report by CONCAWE, this issue includes statistics on work-related personal injuries for the European downstream oil industry’s own employees as well as contracto...
June 17, 2009
Additional human exposure information for gasoline substance risk assessment (period 2002-2007)
Report no. 5/09: This report provides an update on human exposure information for gasoline-related activities for which previous assessments had suggested that exposure was either elevated or highly v...
May 1, 2009
Best Available Techniques (BAT) for the mineral oil and gas refineries
Industrial sites in Europe are required to have an operating permit issued under the national implementation of the IPPC Directive. The permit conditions require that the emissions to air and to wa...
May 1, 2009
Impact of marine fuels quality legislation on EU refineries at the 2020 horizon
Over the years the oil refining system in the EU has developed and adapted to meet the evolving demand, in both qualitative and quantitative terms, while coping with an ever-changing supply of crude o...
May 1, 2009
The footprint of petroleum fuels
There are various circumstances, in particular in the context of life cycle analyses (LCA) where it may be desirable to establish the footprint of fossil fuels in terms of cost, energy or greenhous...
May 1, 2009
Substance Information Exchange Fora (SIEFs) for petroleum substances
Like all other chemical substances that are manufacture in, or imported into, the European Economic Area (EEA), either as such or in preparations or, under certain circumstances, in articles, petr...
April 23, 2009
CONCAWE Review – Spring 2009
Volume 18 • Number 1: When Concawe's director joined CONCAWE in late 2004, he took the helm of an organisation which had already proved its value to the oil industry through more than 40 years of te...
March 13, 2009
Refining BREF review – air emissions
Report no. 4/09: A review of emission and abatement technologies has been carried out to inform the review of the Reference Document for Best Available Techniques for the Mineral Oil and Gas Refining...
February 21, 2009
Impact of marine fuels quality legislation on EU refineries at the 2020 horizon
Report no. 3/09: Legislative measures recently adopted by the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) pave the way for a dramatic reduction of the sulphur content of international marine fuels.
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