The Seveso 2 directive and the oil industry

Dec 21, 1998

Report no. 7/98: This report has been prepared in order to give guidance to the management of sites in the oil industry on the interpretation of the Seveso 2 (or COMAH) Directive. Emphasis has been put on differences with the Seveso 1 Directive. A number of items were...

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in automotive exhaust emissions and fuels

Nov 21, 1998

Report no. 98/55: A comprehensive literature review of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) in automotive exhaust emissions and fuels has been conducted. Sources and mechanisms of their formation in the internal combustion engine are discussed. Analytical techniques...

Opportunities and costs to upgrade the quality of automotive diesel fuel

Oct 21, 1998

Report no. 88/52: The results of last year’s study of opportunities and costs to upgrade quality of automotive diesel fuel in the EEC were included in CONCAWE Report No. 10187 “Diesel fuel quality and its relationship with emissions from diesel...

A survey of European gasoline qualities – summer 1996

Oct 21, 1998

Report no. 5/98: CONCAWE has conducted a new survey of gasoline qualities in sixteen European countries. Over 1100 samples were collected in the summer period 1996 and analysed. This report summarises the findings by country.

Pilot study to investigate airborne benzene levels in service station kiosks

Jun 21, 1998

Report no. 98/53: This report describes the results of a small pilot study which was carried out in two service stations in the UK. The purpose of the study was to compare the concentrations of benzene in the forecourt air with that in the kiosk at each of the service...