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Neste Oil Achieves Milestones at Rotterdam, Porvoo Refineries
December 22, 2011 – 2:55 pm | No Comment

by Bryan Sims (Biorefining Magazine)  Global refining and marketing company Neste Oil Corp. held a grand opening ceremony at its 800,000-metric-ton (240 MMgy) renewable diesel—trademarked NExBTL—production facility at the Port of Rotterdam, Netherlands.
…Neste Oil currently …

Singapore Airlines Looks to Biofuels as It Becomes Latest Airline to Join Sustainable Aviation Fuel Users Group
September 26, 2011 – 7:28 am | No Comment

(GreenAirOnline)  Singapore Airlines has become the latest member of the Sustainable Aviation Fuel Users Group (SAFUG) that was set up in 2008 to accelerate the development and commercialisation of lower-carbon renewable aviation fuels derived from …

Neste Oil Starts Up Europe’s Largest Renewable Diesel Plant in Rotterdam
September 22, 2011 – 11:16 am | No Comment

(Neste Oil)  Neste Oil has successfully started up Europe’s largest renewable diesel plant in Rotterdam in the Netherlands. Production of NExBTL renewable diesel at the new plant will be ramped up on a phased basis. …

PTTAR Shelves Jet Biofuel Project
July 20, 2011 – 9:02 am | No Comment

by Nalin Viboonchart  (The Nation)  PTT Aromatics and Refining (PTTAR) has put on hold its US$150-million (Bt4.5 billion) jet-biofuel project, given the exorbitant production cost and the likelihood that the price of the fuel would deter …

Biobased Feedstocks For Fuels & Chemicals November 28-29, 2011 Singapore
July 13, 2011 – 4:26 pm | No Comment
Biobased Feedstocks For Fuels & Chemicals   November 28-29, 2011   Singapore

“Sourcing & Evaluating Feedstocks For Bio Investments”
The conference will highlight the following issues:

Availability & Sustainability of Supply of Agricultural Waste & Woody Biomass from South East Asia & South America
Price Determinants & Economics of Conversions
Joint …

Enzymes Turn Vegetable Oils into Fuel through a Flexible Two-Step Process
June 3, 2011 – 7:33 am | No Comment

by Lee Swee Heng (Physorg.com)  Biodiesel is a promising future fuel, particularly because it can be made from a wide variety of renewable sources such as crude vegetable oils and waste fats produced by commercial …

Europe May Introduce Land Use Sustainabilty Criteria
May 5, 2011 – 8:43 am | No Comment

by Joelle Brink (Biofuels Digest Asia)  This was one of the best weeks yet in the Asian biofuels industry. China decided to promote 2G biofuels production and reduce its CO2 emissions by up to 45 …

Come On Seven: Investors Weigh Options, as 7 Companies Near Key Biofuels Milestones
April 8, 2011 – 6:53 am | No Comment

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  As seven projects aim for important milestones, investors face big decisions on whether advanced biofuels companies, even after the run-up in share prices, are still undervalued.
…(I)s it time to get …

Neste Oil Celebrates the Grand Opening of Its ISCC-Certified Renewable Diesel Plant in Singapore
March 11, 2011 – 12:55 pm | No Comment

(Neste Oil)   Neste Oil with Singapore’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence Mr. Teo Chee Hean, Finnish Minister for Ownership Steering Mr. Jyri Häkämies, and some 200 guests celebrate the grand opening of …

Neste Oil Becomes Chief Monster as Renewable Diesel becomes Biofuels Monster
December 3, 2010 – 9:17 am | No Comment

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)   …In renewable diesel there are two companies that are getting it done, in terms of putting fuel on the street in meaningful volumes. Those are Dynamic Fuels and Neste Oil. …

Singapore Opens World’s Largest Biodiesel Plant
November 29, 2010 – 9:22 am | No Comment

(Business Green)  Neste Oil cuts ribbon on giant biofuel facility and promises additional plant in Rotterdam early next year.
Finnish refinery giant Neste Oil has this month opened a major new biodiesel refinery in Singapore, hailing the …

Neste Oil Starts up Its New Renewable Diesel Plant in Singapore
November 22, 2010 – 2:53 pm | No Comment

(MarketWatch) Neste Oil has started up the world’s largest renewable diesel plant in Singapore. Production of NExBTL renewable diesel will be ramped up on a phased basis. The plant was completed on-schedule and on-budget and marks …

Singapore Biofuel Plant: Slow Legislation May Impede Biofuel Demand
November 10, 2010 – 9:21 am | No Comment

(Eco-Business.com)  Finland’s Neste Oil – which is in the midst of starting up a $1.2 billion renewable diesel plant here – has warned that demand may be crimped by the slower-than-expected progress in biofuel legislation in …

Cunning Capitalists Go Blazing Into Biofuels
September 27, 2010 – 1:06 pm | No Comment

by Hilary Kramer  (Forbes)  …One Renaissance man in the thick of the green chemical and biofuel revolution is David Milroy. I knew Australian-born Milroy from his days as the trailblazer in the global telecom and …