Neste is expanding its logistics infrastructure at its Porvoo refinery in Finland to accommodate liquefied recycled raw materials, such as waste plastic and rubber tires. This development supports Neste’s strategic goals of advancing chemical recycling and transforming the Porvoo refinery into a hub for renewable and circular solutions.
The new logistics facilities will include dedicated unloading infrastructure: Neste is constructing an unloading arm with a heating system at the refinery’s harbor, along with pipelines connecting the harbor to dedicated storage tanks. Since liquefied waste plastic and rubber tires need to be kept heated to remain liquid, the system will also be designed to resist corrosion. Additionally, a vapor recovery unit will be installed to control emissions from these operations.
Jori Sahlsten, Senior Vice President of Refinery and Terminal Operations at Neste’s Oil Products business unit, notes, “Transforming our Porvoo refinery into a renewable and circular solutions hub involves many steps and adjustments. This new logistics infrastructure is a crucial step that will enable us to handle larger and continuous volumes of liquefied recycled raw materials. This will be essential when our new upgrading unit, capable of processing 150,000 tons of liquefied waste plastic per year, becomes operational.”
The new logistics infrastructure is set to be completed by 2024, aligning with the construction timeline of the liquefied waste plastic upgrading unit at the Porvoo refinery. This unit, part of the PULSE project, is expected to be finished by 2025 and will convert liquefied raw materials into high-quality feedstock for the plastics and chemicals industry.
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