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Evaporative emissions and ethanol blends
The JRC/EUCAR/CONCAWE consortium was set up in 2000 to carry out technical work of joint interest in the area of advanced fuels and vehicles.
The first major output from the collaboration was th...
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From science to advocacy
The development of Air Quality legislation involves an increasingly sophisticated use of science in a wide range of fields such as health impact assessment, modelling, emission control technologies an...
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Groundwater and the groundwater daughter directive
The Groundwater Directive (GWD) is a daughter directive of the Water Framework Directive (WFD) and has the potential to significantly affect downstream petroleum operations. It is currently undergo...
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Reducing the sulphur content of residual marine fuels
The legislative context Residual fuel is a commodity used by sea-going vessels the world over. The quality specifications of residual marine or ‘bunker’ fuels (RMF) result essentially from self re...
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Registration of petroleum substances under REACH
In 1993 the Council adopted Regulation (EEC) 793/93 or the ‘ESR’ (Existing Substances Regulation), thus introducing a comprehensive framework for the evaluation and control of ‘existing’ ch...
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The case for Gothenburg
The UN-ECE Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution, which last year celebrated its 25th Anniversary, marked the first international response to the concerns over the impacts of long ra...
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CONCAWE Review – Spring 2006
Volume 15, number 1: When CONCAWE was established 43 years ago, the oil companies’ objective was to create a framework within which they could jointly carry out technical studies in areas of common...
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EU-wide BAT—an expensive suit that doesn’t fit everybody!
The ‘Clean Air For Europe’ (CAFE) programme, carried out over the past three years by the EU Commission’s DG Environment, has resulted in the recent publication of the ‘Thematic Strategy on...
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Impacts of air pollutant caps on climate
Air pollution is a major issue in an increasing number of megacities around the world, and new policies to address urban air pollution are likely to be enacted in many developing countries irrespectiv...
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Occupational risks to hearing reviewed
With the publication of CONCAWE report 5/05 an extensive work programme on the factors potentially affecting the hearing of petroleum industry workers has recently been completed by the CONCAWE Hea...
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CONCAWE Review – Autumn 2005
Volume 14, number 2: 2005 has been a year of positive developments for CONCAWE. Through its heavy involvement in the development of the CAFE programme and in the Fuels Directive review process, our As...
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PAH content of diesel fuels
Using the EU-refinery model introduced in the previous article, CONCAWE has evaluated the potential consequences of a reduction of the diesel fuel polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) specification...
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Road fuels desulphurisation
For many years CONCAWE has maintained a model of the European refining system in order to be able to evaluate the potential impact of major changes, such as more stringent product specifications or sh...
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The potential of biofuels for energy and GHG savings in road transport
In December 2003, a consortium of JRC, EUCAR and CONCAWE published the first version of a comprehensive Well-to-Wheels (WTW) analysis of fuels and powertrains in the European context, focusing on ener...
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Updated CONCAWE guidance for classification and labelling of petroleum substances
The 29th Amendment to Technical Progress (ATP) to the Dangerous Substances Directive (DSD) was published in 2004, and introduced specific changes to the hazard classification (Annex 1 entries) for Pet...
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A European framework for water quality
In October 2000 the European Commission published an all-encompassing Directive for water. Five years on from the first concept, the Water Framework Directive (WFD) was intended to replace a patchw...
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Automotive PAH emissions
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) emissions have been of concern for many years due to potential carcinogenic effects, with several individual PAHs having been classified by IARC as either 'probab...
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ERTRAC—European Road Transport Research Advisory Council
Road transport is one of the greatest conundrums challenging the sustainability of our lifestyles today. Mobility is essential—for the individual, for commerce and for industry. Indeed, the incre...
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European cross-country pipelines
The yearly CONCAWE report on the safety and environmental performance of European cross-country pipelines is complete and will be published soon.
The data collected for 2003 from 65 companies and o...
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CONCAWE Review – Spring 2005
Volume 14, issue 1: ERTRAC was established in 2002 as an ‘Advisory Council’ with a view to improving European research in the road transport sector. Its first objectives were to develop a shared V...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...