Neste Oil supplied its first batch of NexBTL renewable diesel fuel to the American market. The fuel qualifies as advanced biofuel in the United States and was produced from waste fats at the company’s Porvoo refinery in Finland.
Neste Oil Executive Vice President, Oil Products and Renewables, Matti Lehmus said that the entry into the American market was a great milestone for the company and that the company is proud to contribute to the United States’ Renewable Fuel Standard which enables and encourages the reduction of greenhouse gases and diversification of the American fuel supply.
Neste Oil’s sale of renewable fuel have increased this year, having sold 305,000 tons of NexBTL renewable diesel to several dozen customers in over ten countries at the beginning of this year.