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Cost Benefit Analysis
November 1, 2004

Cost Benefit Analysis

As our society becomes more sophisticated, complex and integrated, societal issues are increasingly interlinked and these relationships are also better recognised. Legislation has to follow suit...
The City Delta project
November 1, 2004

The City Delta project

As part of the Clean Air For Europe (CAFE) programme, the so-called ‘City Delta project’ commenced in early 2002. The programme, as the name suggests, is designed to develop relationships betwe...
Downstream oil industry safety statistics
November 1, 2004

Downstream oil industry safety statistics

The collection and analysis of accident data is an essential element of a modern safety management system, and its importance is recognised throughout the oil industry. CONCAWE has been compiling stat...
Monitoring and reporting of CO2 emissions from oil refineries
November 1, 2004

Monitoring and reporting of CO2 emissions from oil refineries

The ‘Greenhouse gas emissions trading Directive’ (2003/87/EC), due to take effect in 2005, will require oil refineries to obtain permits for emitting CO2 and, more generally, greenhouse gases (GHG...
CONCAWE Review – Autumn 2004
October 23, 2004

CONCAWE Review – Autumn 2004

Volume 13, issue no. 2: At the end of this year, Jean Castelein will leave CONCAWE as he reaches his well earned retirement from formal business life. Jean joined CONCAWE in December 2000 and has pres...
Chemicals control legislation
October 1, 2004

Chemicals control legislation

The future of chemicals control in the EU (under which petroleum substances are regulated) has been under discussion for several years. Following the EU Commission’s White Paper on a Strategy for...
Emissions regulations and fuel specifications
October 1, 2004

Emissions regulations and fuel specifications

For many years, CONCAWE has produced a regular update to their report on ‘motor vehicle emission regulations and fuel specifications’. Over the years, this has become a key compilation and read...
Understanding gasoline volatility and ethanol effects
October 1, 2004

Understanding gasoline volatility and ethanol effects

Although well researched in the past, there has been little recent work on fuel effects on driveability performance or evaporative emissions from European gasoline vehicles. Recently, the Biofue...
Guidance document for application of the EU Commission’s guidelines for monitoring and reporting of GHG emissions
September 21, 2004

Guidance document for application of the EU Commission’s guidelines for monitoring and reporting of GHG emissions

Report no. 10/04: This document was prepared by a CONCAWE ad hoc group to address concerns from a number of member companies with regards to the level of uncertainty implied by the EU Commission’s G...
European epidemiology studies of asphalt workers a review of the cohort study and its results
May 17, 2004

European epidemiology studies of asphalt workers a review of the cohort study and its results

Report no. 8/04: An overview is provided of the first set of results of an epidemiology study programme on asphalt workers in selected European countries. This report contains a brief description of t...
CONCAWE Review • Spring 2004
April 23, 2004

CONCAWE Review • Spring 2004

Volume 13, issue no. 1: CONservation of Clean Air and Water in Europe was CONCAWE’s original ‘raison d’être’ and gave the association its name. Water quality issues have been less in focus in...
European downstream oil industry safety performance statistical summary of reported incidents – 2002
April 21, 2004

European downstream oil industry safety performance statistical summary of reported incidents – 2002

Report no. 6/04: The ninth such report by CONCAWE, this issue includes statistical work accident data for the downstream oil industry’s own employees as well as contractors for the year 2002. Dat...
Occupational health auditing
April 20, 2004

Occupational health auditing

Report no. 5/04: This document describes an approach to occupational health auditing, intended to meet the needs of CONCAWE member companies. It includes examples of typical questions and model answer...
Whole Effluent Assessment (WEA)
April 1, 2004

Whole Effluent Assessment (WEA)

Introduction Refineries handle significant volumes of water, often comparable to the amount of hydrocarbons they process. In common with many industries some of this is discharged as an effluent. T...
Safety
April 1, 2004

Safety

Producing and handling petroleum products that are primarily designed to burn is a fundamentally hazardous pursuit. It is no surprise, therefore, that the oil industry has been at the forefront of...
Joint European Well-to-Wheels study
April 1, 2004

Joint European Well-to-Wheels study

The Well-to-Wheels (WTW) study carried out jointly by EUCAR, JRC/IES and CONCAWE was completed at the end of 2003. The study considered a wide range of primary energy sources, automotive fuels and pow...
Advanced vehicles and fuels
April 1, 2004

Advanced vehicles and fuels

The recent update to the EU Fuels Directive specifies a maximum sulphur content of 50 mg/kg in gasolines and diesel fuels from 2005, with ‘appropriately balanced geographic availability’ of sulphu...
Gasoline volatility and ethanol effects on hot and cold weather driveability of modern European vehicles
March 21, 2004

Gasoline volatility and ethanol effects on hot and cold weather driveability of modern European vehicles

Report no. 3/04: A joint test programme has been carried out by CONCAWE and GFC to evaluate the impact of gasoline volatility and ethanol on the driveability performance of modern European vehicles. E...
Fuel effects on emissions from modern gasoline vehicles part 2 – aromatics, olefins and volatility effects
February 21, 2004

Fuel effects on emissions from modern gasoline vehicles part 2 – aromatics, olefins and volatility effects

Report no. 2/04: The influence of gasoline quality on exhaust emissions has been evaluated using four modern European gasoline cars with advanced engine technologies/after treatment systems. Part 1 of...
Chronic toxicity studies on white oils
January 17, 2004

Chronic toxicity studies on white oils

Report no. 1/04: This report summarises the results of experimental studies undertaken to investigate the chronic toxicity and carcinogenic potential of two highly refined mineral white oils of medium...

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