Optical methods for remote measurement of diffuse VOCs: their role in the quantification of annual refinery emissions

Aug 13, 2008

Report no. 6/08: This report provides a review of the techniques which are currently commercially available for remotely monitoring VOCs from both point and area diffuse emission sources. The use of recently developed optical gas imaging (OGI) equipment is a...

The Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control (IPPC) Directive

May 1, 2008

In the Autumn of 2005, during the preparatory work by DG Environment to revise the current Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control (IPPC) Directive, CONCAWE published the results of a small but important study examining the consequences of a departure from the...

The European Pollutant Release and Transfer Register

Nov 1, 2007

The European Pollutant Release and Transfer Register Regulation (E-PRTR) came into force on 24 February 2006, replacing the European Pollutant Emission Register (EPER) Decision.

Sulphur dioxide emissions from oil refineries and combustion of oil products in Western Europe and Hungary (2002)

Mar 13, 2007

Report no. 2/07: This report examines the sulphur balances of European oil refineries and the sulphur contents of oil products based on a CONCAWE survey of 2002 actual data. Comparisons are made with data from the previous CONCAWE survey of 1998 and also in some cases...

Techno-economic analysis of the impact of the reduction of sulphur content of residual marine fuels in Europe

Jun 21, 2006

Report no. 2/06: Annex VI of the IMO’s MARPOL convention is coming into force in 2006 for the Baltic Sea and 2007 for the North Sea, imposing a 1.5% m/m sulphur cap on residual marine fuel (RMF) burned in these areas. At the same time EU Directive2005/33/EC will...