European air quality: changing priorities

European air quality: changing priorities

The second European Auto/Oil Programme (AO II) mentioned in the preceding articles has involved the European Commission, together with Member States, industry1 and the NGO community, over the past three years. A major goal of this programme has been to assess...
Carbon, sulphur and hydrogen in oil refineries

Carbon, sulphur and hydrogen in oil refineries

Accurately calculating the global carbon balance in oil refinery and petroleum product end-use systems is a challenge of nightmare proportions. All except the lightest of the output streams are of uncertain and variable chemical composition. Oil refining deals with...
CONCAWE Review – Autumn 1999

CONCAWE Review – Autumn 1999

Volume 8 • Number 2: In May this year the CONCAWE Council elected me as the new Chairman of the organization. It is both a privilege and a challenge to take over this responsibility. A privilege to be in charge of leading CONCAWE’s activities of developing sound...
Health effects of ambient PM— an update

Health effects of ambient PM— an update

Directive 1999/30/EC was adopted in April of this year by the Council of the European Union. This is the first Daughter Directive established under the Air Quality Framework Directive. The Directive specifies limit values for a series of pollutants in ambient air,...