MOSCOW (MRC) -- An information technology incident was hampering the Finnish and Baltic regional operations of Finnish refiner and biofuels specialist Neste on 14 October, 2019, reported S&P Global.
Now In a statement, the company, based near Helsinki and a major supplier to the Baltic region, said its production operations in Finland and the Baltic were being affected by an "extensive information system failure".
"The situation affects Neste Finland and Baltic process, tank and terminal areas, and causes delays in product distribution," Neste said. "The situation is being investigated together with our service providers."
It did not say whether it considered the incident a hostile attack, and did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Neste operates the 260,000 b/d Porvoo refinery, incorporating the Naantali refinery, which produces conventional oil products and some renewable diesel refined from waste and residues.
It also has two dedicated renewable diesel refineries, in Rotterdam and Singapore, claiming to be the world's largest producer of diesel of this type, but these facilities did not appear to be affected by Monday's incident.
About three quarters of the crude oil processed at the company's Finnish facilities is Urals crude, which is delivered by tanker.
The company's conventional refined product volumes totaled 3.52 million mt in the second quarter. The Baltic region accounted for 58% of sales of the conventional fuel it produced in Q2, with 30% sold elsewhere in Europe and 11% in North America, it said in a July statement.
As MRC wrote previously, Neste Oyj and Borealis Polymers Oy, in co-operation with the energy companies Fortum Power and Heat Oy, Helen Oy, Vantaan Energia Oy and Porvoon Energia Oy - Borga Energi Ab, will conduct a preliminary study on recovering and utilizing excess heat generated at the Neste and Borealis industrial manufacturing facilities in Kilpilahti, of which Neste informed in its June 2018 press release. The study will focus on the technical and economic impacts of recovering excess heat at these facilities and recirculating it into district heating systems in Porvoo and the Helsinki metropolitan region.
Ethylene and propylene are feedstocks for producing polyethylene (PE) and polyprolypele (PP).
According to MRC's ScanPlast report, Russia's estimated PE consumption totalled 1,436,390 tonnes in the first eight months of 2019, up by 9% year on year. Shipments of all PE grades increased. At the same time, the PP consumption in the Russian market was 909,260 tonnes in January-August 2019, up by 10% year on year. Shipments of PP block copolymer and homopolymer PP increased.
Neste creates sustainable solutions for transport, business, and consumer needs. The company's wide range of renewable products enable our customers to reduce climate emissions. The company is the world's largest producer of renewable diesel refined from waste and residues, introducing renewable solutions also to the aviation and plastics industries. It is also a technologically advanced refiner of high-quality oil products.
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