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...

European cross-country pipelines

May 1, 2005

The yearly CONCAWE report on the safety and environmental performance of European cross-country pipelines is complete and will be published soon. The data collected for 2003 from 65 companies and other bodies covers 250 different pipelines with a combined length of...

Oil pipelines

Oct 1, 2003

CONCAWE first became involved with oil pipeline safety issues in the mid 1960s when it started collecting information and statistics on incidents and spills related to European cross-country oil pipelines. The first report was published in 1969 and an update report...

6th CONCAWE pipeline seminar

Oct 1, 2002

In April 2002, CONCAWE hosted its 6th Oil Pipeline Operators Experience Exchange seminar ‘COPEX 2002’ in Brussels. The event, which is held approximately every four years, attracted an enthusiastic audience of nearly 100 representatives from pipeline operating...

Western European oil pipelines

Apr 1, 2002

The integrity and reliability of cross-country oil pipelines is vital to the European economy. One quarter of Europe’s refineries are situated inland and depend entirely on pipelines for their crude oil feedstocks. Major oil fields in Russia and the North Sea...