Neste Oil inks automation deal with Metso
3 Oct 2011
Helsinki — Metso has signed a frame agreement with Neste Oil for automation and safety system replacement deliveries as well as related services from 2012 - 2016.
Neste Oil has placed its first orders under the agreement for new automation and safety systems for its Porvoo and Naantali refineries to replace existing systems. The deliveries will take place next year.
Thereafter, Metso’s installed base at Neste Oil’s refineries in Porvoo, Naantali, Singapore and Rotterdam will include altogether 20 Metso automation systems and 30 safety systems. According to the new frame agreement, the number is expected to grow in the future.
Neste Oil’s refineries are among most advanced ones, and to meet their requirements, Neste Oil and Metso have together developed special automation applications during earlier deliveries. This cooperation will continue also with the new deliveries.
Three Metso DNA automation systems and three safety systems will replace the existing systems in three of Porvoo refinery’s over forty process units. The refiner produces around 12,500ktpa of petroleum products from four production lines. The facility is located in the Kilpilahti industrial area, 30km east of Helsinki.
At the Naantali refinery, located about 180 km west of Helsinki, three new safety systems will be installed, and existing Metso DNA systems will be modified in the oil distillation process units and in the refinery harbor. The refinery mainly produces traffic fuels and specialty products, such as bitumen, solvents and small engine gasoline.
Neste Oil’s refining operation produces a wide range of petroleum products and claims to be the world’s leading supplier of renewable diesel. The company had net sales of Euro 11.9 billion in 2010 and employs around 5,000 people.
