Neste Oil to commence construction of 200 Mgy biodiesel plant in Singapore next month

In Singapore, Neste Oil announced that it will commence construction on March 6th on the company’s largest biodiesel plant, a 200 Mgy plant that will cost $700 million to develop and will be operational in 2010. The company confirmed its goal of becoming the world’s largest producer of diesel from biomass.

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