A study of emission controls for non-methane VOCs (volatile organic compounds) at European marine gasoline-loading terminals shows that such controls would not be cost-effective even for terminals with the largest throughput. The European Union's National Emissions Ceiling Directive sets targets for non-methane VOCs in European maritime countries. The study compared the cost of marine control to that of the most expensive alternative measure that could be applied to meet those targets at minimum cost. CONCAWE, a Brussel-based European organization representing oil companies' interest for health, safety, and the environment, conducted the study and reported in late 2002 the results and conclusions (CONCAWE Reports 6/02). The study addressed both the size of the fleet of sea-going tankers used to transport gasoline and the size and profile of the marine terminals where they load in 15 members of the EU (European Union), as of January, 1, 2000. It estimated the level of uncontrolled VOC emissions during gasoline loading onto tankers. And it established the costs of installing vapor-collection systems aboard the ships and emissions-control systems at the onshore terminals. Emission and cost data from an earlier study on the subject (CONCAWE Report 92/52) were updated and used to estimate the overall cost-effectiveness of controls.
CONCAWE: Vapor-emissions controls for marine gasoline loading too costly
Die CONCAWE-Studie zu den Kosten einer Kontrolle von flüchtigen organischen Verbindungen aus Tanks
Oil and Gas Journal ; 101 , 17 ; 56-65
2003
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