Neste Oil to recover CO2 at Singapore refinery

Neste Oil Singapore and National Oxygen have signed an agreement to install a carbon dioxide (CO2) recovery and liquefaction plant at Neste Oil's renewable diesel refinery in Singapore.

Construction is planned to commence in the fourth quarter of 2014 and the plant, which will process an average 40,000 tons of CO2-rich gas from the refinery yearly, is expected to be completed and fully operational by the fourth quarter of 2015.

"I am very happy to announce this agreement with NOX," said Jussi Hintikka, vice president of Neste Oil's energy business. "The new recovery plant will improve the refinery's resource efficiency and see one of our sidestreams become a valuable raw material for NOX."

The majority of Neste Oil's direct CO2 emissions are refining-related and generated at the Porvoo refinery. Refining-related CO2 emissions are largely produced when burning fuel in fired heaters and in energy generation. 

The Porvoo refinery recovers carbon dioxide produced during its refining processes and sells the gas to a company located locally. A total of 156,500 tons of CO2 was recovered in 2013.