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Petroleum Products
While much of this training package
concentrates on environmental issues associated with exploration
and production process. It is also important to take into
consideration the environmental issues and concerns that relate
to the product side of the industry.
Recently in Octane Week 2003 Industry leaders from the
down-steam sector shared their concerns for the coming year.
The challenges that they mentioned included:
- Fuel cells and hydrogen
- Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether (MTBE)
- Vehicle emissions
- Sulphur in diesel
- Fuel standards generally
- Ethanol
- CO2 reduction (fuel
efficiency)
- Hazardous substances in vehicles
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Fuel
additives
As leaded fuels is phased out, fuel additives are increasingly
added to petrol and diesel to improve improve vehicle
efficiency. Improving vehicle efficiency can reduce air
emissions, in particular volatile organic compounds and
benzene. However, while there may be benefits to air quality
there are concerns that a number of fuel additives are a
potential risk to human health and the environment.
Lead containing petrol
The major sources of lead emissions have historically been
motor vehicles (such as cars and trucks) and industrial
sources. However, due to the phase out of leaded petrol this
is changing. Amid mounting evidence that lead is extremely
toxic, in some countries adding lead to petrol has been banned
while in other countries it is being phased out. The Aarhus
Conference endorsed the Strategy to Phase Out Leaded Petrol
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for general use by road vehicles as early as possible and no
later than 1 January 2005.
Cleaner fuels
Efforts to attain better air quality have seen advances and
increased promotion of cleaner fuels e.g. low -sulphur fuel. |
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World Bank Publications including:
Phasing Out Lead from Gasoline:
Worldwide Experience and Policy
Implications Cleaner Transport Fuels for
Cleaner Air in Central Asia and the Caucasus
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