CONCAWE Review – Autumn 2006

Oct 23, 2006

Volume 15 • Number 2: In the past two years, a number of European refiners have joined CONCAWE, their principal motivation being to benefit from the work undertaken to prepare for the REACH legislation and to participate in the ongoing activities that will lead to...

PETROTOX—CONCAWE’s ecotoxicity predictor for petroleum products

Oct 1, 2006

CONCAWE has been conducting a voluntary programme assessing the risks to man and the environment of petroleum substances in anticipation of proposed legislation (REACH). The process by which the risk assessments are being conducted is based on the guidance issued by...

COPEX 2006

May 1, 2006

The CONCAWE Oil Pipelines Operators Experience Exchange seminar (COPEX for short) that took place in Brussels on 30–31 March was continuing a long-established tradition. CONCAWE has been active in the field of oil pipelines since the early 70s and started...

Groundwater and the groundwater daughter directive

May 1, 2006

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 undergoing its second reading in the EU parliament and gives rise to very...

Registration of petroleum substances under REACH

May 1, 2006

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’ chemical substances. The ESR foresaw comprehensive risk assessments and, where...