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October 1, 2002
Downstream oil industry safety statistics
CONCAWE has now been collecting data on the safety performance of the downstream oil industry in Europe for eight years.
A complete report for the year 2000 will be published shortly. For that pe...
October 1, 2002
6th CONCAWE pipeline seminar
In April 2002, CONCAWE hosted its 6th Oil Pipeline Operators Experience Exchange seminar ‘COPEX 2002’ in Brussels. The event, which is held approximately every four years, attracted an enthusiasti...
October 1, 2002
AIRNET
AIRNET is the acronym for the Thematic Network on Air Pollution and Health.
The Network has been funded by the Commission’s DG Research to help with the interpretation of results of European r...
October 1, 2002
Future road transport and associated fuels
Over the past year, many new initiatives have been launched in the area of sustainable transport. The EU Commission’s ‘White Paper’ on European Transport Policy was issued in 2001, followed b...
October 1, 2002
The focus on aromatics in automotive fuels specifications
Over the years, and particularly in the past decade, European motor fuel specifications have changed dramatically. This has followed a general trend, supported mainly by concerns about the effect o...
September 17, 2002
Аssessment of personal inhalation exposure to bitumen fumeguidance for monitoring benzenesoluble inhalable particulate matter
Report no. 7/02: This report discusses practical issues in relation to the assessment of occupational exposure to bitumen fume as benzene-soluble inhalable particulate matter.
A detailed sampling a...
June 21, 2002
Amended safety data sheet directive (2001/58/EC)
Report no. 5/02: This report outlines the requirements of the amended EU Safety Data SheetDirective and reviews the implications for the oil industry. A copy of the amended Safety Data Sheet Directive...
April 23, 2002
CONCAWE Review – Spring 2002
Volume 11 • Number 1: The CONCAWE Review has now been published for 10 years. While content is what really matters and gets all our attention, we are aware that presentation plays its role, hence th...
April 21, 2002
Energy and greenhouse gas balance of biofuels for Europe – an update
Report no. 2/02: Recent literature publications have been used to estimate the energy and greenhouse gas balance of the most relevant biofuels in Europe, i.e. ethanol and Rapeseed Methyl Ester (RME)....
April 1, 2002
SO2 emissions from ships in Europe
In response to concerns over the contribution of international shipping to air pollution, during the 1990s, the International Maritime Organization of the United Nations developed an annex to the MARP...
April 1, 2002
The refinery BAT reference document
The Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control (IPPC) Directive, adopted in September 1996, requires Member States to issue permits for major industrial installations (such as oil refineries) to p...
April 1, 2002
Western European oil pipelines
The integrity and reliability of cross-country oil pipelines is vital to the European economy. One quarter of Europe’s refineries are situated inland and depend entirely on pipelines for their cr...
April 1, 2002
Non-road diesel
The draft 2005 Fuels Directive, proposed by the European Commission in May 2001 (updating 98/70/EC), included a consolidation of the requirements for non-road diesel, but did not impose any more st...
April 1, 2002
Emissions from modern diesel engines
The European Commission’s proposed update of Fuels Directive 98/70/EC includes the gradual introduction of sulphur-free fuels from 2005 to enable the use of advanced exhaust after treatment technolo...
April 1, 2002
Biofuels
Biofuels can, in principle, provide a renewable source of energy and, by displacing fossil fuels, reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to the atmosphere. However, the biofuels production process i...
March 21, 2002
Evaluation of diesel fuel cetane and aromatics effects on emissions from Euro 3 engines
Report no. 4/02: Following EPEFE, the influence of two important diesel fuel quality parameters one missions remained under debate. These were the difference (if any) between natural and additive-deri...
November 17, 2001
An assessment of occupational exposure to noise in the European oil industry (1989-1999)
Report no. 01/56: Daily personal noise exposure data available from member companies for European oil industry work environments (refinery, product distribution and others) were collected and analysed...
October 23, 2001
CONCAWE Review – Autumn 2001
Volume 10 • Number 2: For nearly forty years, CONCAWE has endeavoured to provide the Community with technically sound information and studies in the field of environment and health related to the do...
October 21, 2001
European downstream oil industry safety performance statistical summary of reported incidents – 2000
Report no. 3/01: The seventh such report by CONCAWE, this issue includes own employees as well as contractor data for the year 2000 from 20 companies (representing some 90% of the European refining ca...
October 21, 2001
Environmental classification of petroleum substances – summary data and rationale
Report no. 01/54: Environmental data on the fate and effects of petroleum substances are summarised. Technical issues relating to the choice of test methodology for the evaluation of environmental imp...
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