Project Profile
Value: US$85 million
Location: Kilpilahti industrial area, some 30 kilometres east of Helsinki, Finland
Area: unknown
Refining capacity: approx. 200,000 bbl/d and produces some 12 million tons of petroleum products a year
Crude and product storage capacity: 7 million m3
VHVI unit capacity: 250,000 t/a base oils for top-tier lubricants
Gasoline capacity: 600,000 tonnes/year of existing gasoline fractions into premium gasoline (total gasoline output increase by 200,000 tpy)
Start-up Year: spring 2015
Porvoo refinery of Neste Oil concentrates in production on premium-quality, low-emission traffic fuels. It has four production lines and more than 40 process units. In production there are more than 150 products and product components. The refinery came on stream in 1965. Three new process units have been built in the 2000’s, production line 4 for producing diesel and two units for production of renewable NExBTL diesel. Altogether these investments amounted approximately almost to US$1.4 billion. The refinery has a VHVI unit that produces 250,000 t/a base oils for top-tier lubricants. So-called complex refinery, its versatile cracking capacity enables the broad production structure and enhances the value of production. The refinery has a refining capacity of approx. 200,000bbl/d and produces some 12 million tons of petroleum products a year. In addition it has 7 million m3 of crude and product storage capacity. Porvoo refinery is situated in the Kilpilahti industrial area, some 30 kilometres east of Helsinki in Finland. The industrial area employs 3500 persons, approx. 1900 of which work for Neste Oil. Neste Oil Corp. is currently undertaking an expansion project and is building a process unit. Construction started in 2013, and the unit is scheduled for commissioning in spring 2015. Neste Oil first announced the project in 2008 but postponed construction in 2009 because of weaker demand for petroleum products.
Operators:
Neste Oil: Operator with 100% interest
Contractors:
Metso Corp.: technology to convert gasoline fractions into high-octane gasoline (2012) and automation and flow control technology to improve operations at the sulfur plant (2014 June)
Linde Group: for long-term hydrogen supply at the 205,000-b/d Porvoo refinery
Borealis: Upgrading and extending its current automation systems with new ones from Metso at its production site in Porvoo, Finland. The automation renewals are based on long-term life-cycle plans that Borealis has made together with Metso.
Neste Jacobs Oy: Technology contract