Concawe Review

Interview with Dr Mike Spence, Concawe’s Science Executive for Water, Soil and Waste and Oil Pipelines

Mike Spence joined Concawe in 2014. As his work with Concawe draws to a close, Mike shares with us some of the aspects of his work experience as Science Executive over the past four years....

Read more 03 Sep 2018

Life-cycle analysis – a look into the key parameters affecting life-cycle CO2 emissions of passengers cars

This article presents the basis of a Concawe analysis comparing the life-cycle CO2 emissions of battery-electric vehicles (BEVs) and internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles, and investigates the im...

Read more 03 Sep 2018

Climate impacts of particulate pollutants emitted from international shipping

A Concawe study aims to provide a better understanding of the uncertainties relating to the climate impacts of international shipping emissions....

Read more 03 Sep 2018

A comparison of the impacts of Euro 6 diesel passenger cars and ZEVs on urban air quality compliance

A Concawe study aims to determine how real-driving emissions from the latest Euro 6 diesel passenger cars will impact ambient air quality compliance under different scenarios, and compares the results...

Read more 03 Sep 2018

Concawe Review 27.1

As the July 2018 edition of the Concawe Review is about to be published, the news and weather channels are reporting the record high temperatures of summer 2018, providing further evidence of climate...

The low-dose benzene debate needs a sharp blade

The health effects of benzene have been a major concern for regulators and health experts for many years. This has led to significantly lower regulatory threshold limits (such as occupational exposure...

Read more 12 Mar 2018

The EU refining industry and the challenge of the IMO global sulphur limit for bunker fuels

As refineries face the prospect of a 0.5% m/m global sulphur limit in marine fuel oil by 2020, a number of studies have been carried out to assess the challenges they will face in meeting the demand f...

Read more 12 Mar 2018

New Concawe web-based water use/effluent quality survey

A new survey aims to address EU initiatives on the sustainable use of water resources. In recent years the development and implementation of EU legislation, including the Water Framework Directive, th...

Read more 12 Mar 2018

Concawe Safety Management Group: strategy review

Improvement in European downstream oil refining industry safety performance is evident over the years since the first Concawe safety report in 1993. However, the Safety Management Group (SMG) recognis...

Read more 12 Mar 2018

Recent studies on real driving emissions of diesel passenger cars

Real driving emissions (RDE) from passenger cars has come under close scrutiny in recent times due to a perceived divergence between stated certification and measured on-road performance. This has bee...

Read more 12 Mar 2018

Concawe Review 26.2

Three of the five articles in this edition of the Review once again illustrate the prescience of the founders of an Association working on the ‘Conservation of Clean Air and Water in Europe’ back...

European cross-country oil pipelines

The Concawe Oil Pipelines Management Group (OPMG) has collected data on the safety and environmental performance of oil pipelines in Europe since 1971. Information on annual throughput and traffic, sp...

Read more 18 Sep 2017

Real-world emissions measurements of a GDI passenger car with and without a gasoline particulate filter

A new study aims to evaluate the effects of a gasoline particulate filter on NOx and PN emissions from GDI passenger vehicles under real driving conditions. Emissions have been the focus of worldwide...

Read more 18 Sep 2017

Validation of a simulation model for the assessment of CO2 emissions of passenger cars under real-world conditions

The gap between real-world fuel consumption and manufacturers’ figures has been increasing since 2001. Could the use of generic simulation models making use of on-road test data provide a more accurate approach to measuring fuel consumption and CO2 emissions?

Read more 18 Sep 2017

Interview with Dr Mike Spence, Concawe’s Science Executive for Water, Soil and Waste and Oil Pipelines

Life-cycle analysis – a look into the key parameters affecting life-cycle CO2 emissions of passengers cars

Climate impacts of particulate pollutants emitted from international shipping

A comparison of the impacts of Euro 6 diesel passenger cars and ZEVs on urban air quality compliance

Concawe Review 27.1

The low-dose benzene debate needs a sharp blade

The EU refining industry and the challenge of the IMO global sulphur limit for bunker fuels

New Concawe web-based water use/effluent quality survey

Concawe Safety Management Group: strategy review

Recent studies on real driving emissions of diesel passenger cars

Concawe Review 26.2

European cross-country oil pipelines

Real-world emissions measurements of a GDI passenger car with and without a gasoline particulate filter

Validation of a simulation model for the assessment of CO2 emissions of passenger cars under real-world conditions

Using forest carbon credits to offset emissions in the downstream business

Concawe Review 26.1

Concawe Review Special Symposium Edition

Concawe Review 25.2

A review of REACH registration for petroleum substances in 2016

Downstream oil industry safety statistics for 2015

Optical gas imaging: from qualitative to quantitative

Concawe Review 25.1

Concawe Review 24.2

Downstream oil industry safety statistics for 2013