Downstream oil industry safety statistics for 2013

Downstream oil industry safety statistics for 2013

Safety management systems are widely recognized by the oil industry as an essential tool for collecting and analysing safety incident data and continuously improving the safety of employees and contractors. To support this effort, Concawe has, since 1993, been...
Abating fugitive VOC emissions more efficiently

Abating fugitive VOC emissions more efficiently

This article summarizes the Concawe study, ‘Techniques for detecting and quantifying fugitive emissions—results of comparative field studies’, that compares the two BAT (best available techniques) detection methods for refinery fugitive emissions (leaks) of...
Spark versus compression ignition in a new energy environment

Spark versus compression ignition in a new energy environment

Dieselisation of the fuel market is accelerating as commercial transport increases and as the fuel consumption of new passenger cars decreases. At the same time, the recent US revolution in shale gas and tight oil is putting new pressure on worldwide refining as more...
Concawe Review 24.1

Concawe Review 24.1

The articles in this Concawe Review describes on ongoing work by Concawe to further contribute to the safety of everyone working in our industry, to improve the environmental performance in the manufacture of fuels and other oil products and to develop the fuels for...
CONCAWE Review – Year of air 2014 (special issue)

CONCAWE Review – Year of air 2014 (special issue)

The Thematic Strategy on Air Pollution (2005) has been under review since 2011 with the first of five stakeholder meetings taking place in January 2012. The underpinning work is very complex and relies heavily on modelling studies. CONCAWE as an active stakeholder has...