Neste Oil produces premium-quality NExBTL renewable diesel from waste fat sourced from the fish processing industry
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Neste Oil Corporation
Press release
15 May 2012 at 9:30 am (EET)
Neste Oil produces premium-quality NExBTL renewable diesel from waste fat
sourced from the fish processing industry
Neste Oil has again expanded the range of renewable raw materials it uses by
beginning to produce NExBTL renewable diesel from waste fat sourced from the
fish processing industry at its Singapore refinery. The fat in question comes
from the gutting waste generated when processing freshwater pangasius farmed in
Southeast Asia after the fillets have been removed for human consumption.
As with all the other renewable inputs used by Neste Oil, this batch of waste
fish fat complies with the strict sustainability requirements of the EU's
Renewable Energy Directive. The batch can be traced all the way back to the fish
farm. Waste fish fat is also accepted as a raw material for renewable fuel in
the US. The NExBTL renewable diesel produced from the batch cuts greenhouse gas
emissions by approximately 84%* when compared to fossil diesel and calculated
over the fuel's entire life cycle. Using NExBTL diesel also reduces tailpipe and
fine particulate emissions significantly.
"It makes good ecological sense to use waste and sidestreams to produce
advanced, premium-quality renewable fuel, which is why our goal this year is to
increase the amount of by-products and waste we use as raw materials by hundreds
of thousands of tons compared to 2011," says Matti Lehmus, Neste Oil's Executive
Vice President, Oil Products and Renewables. "In addition to focusing on waste
and sidestreams, we are continuing R&D on completely new types of raw materials.
We are currently building Europe's first pilot plant to produce microbial oil
from waste and residues-based raw materials at our Technology Center in Porvoo,
Finland, and expect to complete it during the second half of this year, in line
with our previous announcement."
A particular strength of Neste Oil's NExBTL technology is that it is capable of
processing a very wide variety of different bio-based raw materials - such as
vegetable oils, waste animal fat, and by-products from vegetable oil production
- into NExBTL renewable diesel. All the raw materials used by Neste Oil result
in premium-quality NExBTL fuel.
Neste Oil Corporation
Hanna Maula
Director, Corporate Communications
* Calculation is based on preliminary emissions figures covering the various
stages of the supply chain from the waste fish fat supplier in Southeast Asia to
Neste Oil's Singapore refinery and from there to the market in Europe, where fat
from fish processing industry is classified as waste.
Further information:
Matti Lehmus, Executive Vice President, Oil Products and Renewables, tel. +358
(0)50 458 4072
Waste fat from the fish processing industry in brief
Freshwater pangasius is farmed at fish farms in Vietnam, Thailand, Bangladesh,
and other countries. The waste fish fat procured by Neste Oil was separated from
gutting waste after the fillets had been removed for human consumption. Bone
meal produced from processing waste is used as raw material for animal feed.
After the fillets have been removed, the fat content of the gutting waste can be
as high as 30-35%. Although pangasius has a high fat content, its fat contains
very little omega 3 or 6 fatty acids compared to the fat from seawater fish such
as salmon. The chemicals and antibiotics used in farming the fish can also build
up in the fat, which limits or can completely prevent it from being used for
human consumption.
Neste Oil in brief
Neste Oil Corporation is a refining and marketing company concentrating on low-
emission, high-quality traffic fuels. The company produces a comprehensive range
of major petroleum products and is the world's leading supplier of renewable
diesel. Neste Oil had net sales of EUR 15.4 billion in 2011 and employs around
5,000 people, and is listed on NASDAQ OMX Helsinki.
Neste Oil is included in the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index and the
Ethibel Pioneer Investment Register, and has featured in The Global 100 list of
the world's most sustainable corporations for a number of years. Forest
Footprint Disclosure (FFD) has ranked Neste Oil as one of the best performers in
the oil & gas sector. Further information: www.nesteoil.com
More on NExBTL diesel: http://www.nesteoil.com/default.asp?path=1,41,11991,12243
More on the renewable raw materials that Neste Oil uses (in Sustainability
Report 2011): http://www.2011.nesteoil.com/sustainability/sustainability-of-
supply-chain/sustainable-bio-based-raw-material-procu/broader-raw-material-base
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