Concawe Reports

The contribution of sulphur dioxide emissions from ships to coastal deposition and air quality in the channel and southern north sea area

Report no. 2/94: The purpose of this report is to present a detailed analysis of the impact of sulphur emissions from ships within the heavily trafficked southern North Sea and Channel as a contributi...

The use of dimethyl sulphoxide (DMSO) extract by the IP 346 method as an indicator of the carcinogenicity of lubricant base oils and distillate aromatic extracts

Report no. 94/51: Untreated lubricant base oils have been associated in the past with the development of human skin cancer to give a better understanding of these health effects, industry has conducte...

The effect of gasoline voatility on vehicle exhaust emissions at low ambient temperatures

Report no. 93/51: Eight European vehicles, four of which were equipped with 3-way catalysts,have been tested on two gasoliries with significantly different front-end midrange volatilities. The investi...

Ecotoxicological testing of petroleum products: test methodology

Report no. 92/56: This report reviews the applicability of standard ecotoxicological tests for petroleum products and provides guidance on the choice of appropriate methodology....

Diesel fuel aromatic content and its relationship with emissions from diesel engines

Report no. 92/54: This report provides the results of a research programme designed to investigate the influence of diesel fuel aromatic content arid cetane number on diesel engine exhaust emissions....

VOC running losses from canister equipped vehicles

Report no. 92/53: Six European vehicles fitted with carbon canisters have been tested under severe conditions to establish if evaporative losses of volatile organic compounds occur under European driv...

The chemical composition of diesel particulate emissions

Report no. 92/51: In July 1990 CONCAWE published a report on the influence of diesel fuel sulphur content on particulate emissions. The chemical analysis procedures employed in that programme for the...

Review of chemical and UV light induced melanomas in experimental animals in relation to human melanoma incidence

Report no. 91/52: Animal data relating to melanoma induction by polycyclic aromatichydrocarbons (PAHs) were examined for evidence on the likelihood of PAH exposure being responsible for the increase i...

Factors affecting the skin penetration and carcinogenic potency of petroleum products containing polycyclic aromatic compounds

Report no. 90/55: A review is made of the Factors which affects the skin penetration of petroleum products containing polycyclic aromatic compounds (PAC). The bioavailability of petroleum products...

The sulphur content of diesel fuel and its relationship with particulate emissions from diesel engines

Report no. 90/54: This report gives the results of a research programme to investigate the influence of diesel fuel sulphur content on diesel engine exhaust particulate emissions. A representative ran...

Closing the gasoline system – control of gasoline emissions from the distribution system and vehicles

Report no. 3/90: This report shows that a series of measures effectively closing up the gasoline system of distribution and use in motor vehicles is the preferred strategy to control gasoline emission...

An assessment of occupational exposure to noise in western European oil refineries

Report no. 90/53: This report summarizes personal noise exposure measurements,collected for workers in Western European oil refineries. The data are collated by different refinery process operation...

The effects of temperature and fuel volatility on vehicle evaporative emissions

Report no. 90/51: Matched pairs of European vehicles with and without carbon canister evaporative emission control systems have been tested to establish gasoline evaporative emissions, including runni...

A US perspective on hydrocarbon controls at service stations

Report no. 11/89: This paper was presented by Lee M. Thomas, Chairman and CEO of Law Environmental and former Administrator of the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), at the international worksh...

Costs to reduce the sulphur content of diesel fuel

Report no. 10/89: This study examines the consequences to refineries of making step-wise reductions in the sulphur content of diesel fuel from 0.26 to 0.05% wt. The EC-12's 95 refineries have been gro...

Emergency planning guidance note – marketing installation emergency planning

Report no. 7/89: This guidance note highlights aspects that need to be considered when developing emergency plans for oil marketing installations in order to protect life, the environment and property...

Economic consequences of limiting benzene/aromatics in gasoline

This report records the economic consequences to four different types of refineries in Europe if the benzene content of gasoline is required to be limited to 3% v01 or 1% vol. The consequences of also...

Review of the toxicity of catalytically cracked clarified oil

Report no. 89/56: The toxicology of catalytically cracked clarified oil (CCCO) is reviewed and safe handling procedures are described. There is evidence that CCCO may present a serious health hazard i...

A management guide to occupational health programmes in the oil industry

Report no. 89/52: This report, based on the experience of occupational health professionals in CONCAWE member companies, outlines management responsibilities and the scope, objectives and benefits of...

Emergency planning – guidance notes

Report no. 2/89: These are two more guidance notes in the CONCAWE Emergency Response Planning series. The first note is on training, exercises and rehearsal of emergency plans. For an installation's e...

Managing safety

Report no. 4/89: Managing safety is an integral and essential part of the total management of a successful enterprise in the oil industry. Company safety policies set the objectives to achieve this, a...

The control of vehicle evaporative and refuelling emissions – the “on-board” system

Report no. 88/62: In this research programme to further investigate "on-board"control of evaporative Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) emissions from gasoline fuelled vehicles, an Opel Ascona and a Hond...

Emergency planning guidance notes – refinery emergency planning

Report no. 6/88: This is the sixth Guidance Note in the series being issued by CONCAWE on the general subject of major hazards with specific reference to implementation requirements of the Seveso Dire...

Emergency planning guidance notes – content of emergency plans – planning for mutual aid

Report no. 5/88: These are two of a series of Guidance Notes being issued by CONCAWE on the general subject of major hazards with specific reference to the implementation of the requirements of the Se...