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December 21, 2004
Method for monitoring exposure to LPG containing small amounts of 1,3- butadiene
Report no. 12/04: The validation of a sampling and analytical methodology is described for occupational exposure monitoring of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and its components including trace amounts...
November 22, 2004
European downstream oil industry safety performance: Statistical summary of reported incidents – 2003
Report no. 11/04: The tenth 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 2003. Data...
November 1, 2004
The cost-effectiveness of NOx abatement in European refineries
In 2001, the UN-ECE set up the ‘Expert Group on Techno-Economic Issues’ (EGTEI) tasked with providing a comprehensive review of the European cost and effectiveness database for the abatement of...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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