Neste Oil Oyj : Neste Oil's NExBTL renewable aviation fuel used for the first time on an intercontinental Lufthansa flight
January 12, 2012 at 08:39 am
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Neste Oil Corporation
Press release
12 January 2012 at 2 pm (EET)
Neste Oil's NExBTL renewable aviation
fuel used for the first time on an
intercontinental Lufthansa flight
Neste Oil's NExBTL renewable aviation fuel
will be used for the first time to power an
intercontinental flight when Lufthansa flies a
regular scheduled service from Frankfurt to
Washington D.C. using the fuel on 12 January.
Lufthansa calculates that using biofuel on the
flight will reduce airborne CO2 emissions by as
much as 38 tons, equivalent to the CO2 released
by six flights between Frankfurt and Berlin.
The flight will mark the end of a six-month trial
by Neste Oil and Lufthansa during which the
airline flew a total of 1,187 flights between
Frankfurt and Hamburg using Neste Oil's
NExBTL renewable aviation fuel.
Excellent results from using renewable
fuel
Lufthansa announced in a press release issued on
9 January that its renewable aviation fuel trial
has been a success and has met the company's
expectations. A total of approx. 1,500 tons of
CO2 emissions were eliminated during the trial.
Thanks to the higher energy density of the fuel,
also the fuel consumption was reduced by more
than one per cent.
"The fuel behaved excellently and is perfect
for aviation use," said Joachim Buse,
Lufthansa's Vice President, Aviation Biofuel
during a teleconference with the media on 11
January. "There were absolutely no problems
during the flights, and the aircraft engines
performed exactly as they would flying on
conventional fossil-based Jet A-1."
"It is very satisfying to hear that our
renewable aviation fuel performed exactly as it
should," says Matti Lehmus, Neste Oil's
Executive Vice President, Oil Products and
Renewables. "Neste Oil's NExBTL
renewable aviation fuel is 100% compatible with
aircraft engines currently in use, and no
additional investments or modifications to the
aircraft or their engines are needed. We are
looking forward to hearing more details on the
results of the trial with our new fuel."
Following the end of the trial, Neste Oil and
Lufthansa will continue to cooperate in the
renewable aviation fuel area, initially focusing
on research into various raw materials suitable
for producing this type of fuel. The two
companies will also collaborate in other areas of
biofuel research and will share a joint stand at
the International Green Week Berlin event to be
held between 20 and 29 January this year.
Neste Oil is one of the few companies that are
currently capable of producing renewable aviation
fuel in commercial quantities; and low-emission
renewable aviation fuel is one of the areas where
the company is looking to grow in the future.
Neste Oil Corporation
Hanna Maula
Director, Corporate Communications
Further information:
Matti Lehmus, Executive Vice President, Oil
Products and Renewables, tel. +358 (0)50 458
4072
Kaisa Hietala, Vice President, Marketing, Oil
Products and Renewables, tel. +358 (0)10 458
4128
Click here to read Neste Oil's press release
on the start of Lufthansa's flights using
renewable aviation fuel:
Neste Oil in brief
Neste Oil Corporation is a refining and marketing
company concentrating on low-emission,
high-quality traffic fuels. The company produces
a comprehensive range of major petroleum products
and is the world's leading supplier of
renewable diesel. The company had net sales of
EUR 11.9 billion in 2010 and employs around 5,000
people. Neste Oil's share is listed on the
NASDAQ OMX Helsinki.
Neste Oil has been selected into the Dow Jones
Sustainability World Index and is also featured
in the Ethibel Excellence investment register.
The company is included in The Global 100 list of
the world's most sustainable corporations.
Forest Footprint Disclosure (FFD) has ranked
Neste Oil as the best performer in the oil & gas
sector. Further information: .
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Neste Oyj specializes in oil product refining and distribution. Net sales break down by activity as follows:
- production and sale of petroleum products (41.7%): fuels, fuel oils, heavy fuel oils, lubricants, solvents, liquefied petroleum gases and bitumen;
- production of renewable fuels (35.8%): owns 3 refineries located in Finland, Singapore and the Netherlands;
- distribution of oil products to end-users (22.3%): owns, at the end of 2023, a network of 948 service stations located in Finland (722), Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania (226);
- other (0.2%).
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: Finland (28.4%), Nordic countries (14.3%), Baltic countries (7.5%), Europe (20.8%), Americas (28.1%) and other (0.9%).