Neste Oil plans €60mn process safety upgrade for Finland refineries
Neste Oil will spend about €60 million in 2012 on process safety improvements for its Porvoo and Naantali refineries in Finland.
Investments will focus on further improving process, fire, and personnel safety by modernizing process automation and automated safety systems, the company said.
The latter are autonomous systems that are capable of automatically taking over control of a process in the event of equipment malfunction, for example, and ensuring that operations remain safe at all times.
Two process furnaces will also be replaced at Naantali, and new, safer office space for personnel will be built at Porvoo and the fire water system improved, according to the company.
"Safety is a very important issue for us and one that we give constant priority to," said Jonas Liimatta, Neste Oil's manager for process, occupational and fire safety.
"It is very important that we have modern and efficient systems in place to ensure safe operations. We also give extensive and proactive safety training both to our own personnel and our contractors as part of our commitment to creating an industry-leading safety mindset,” he added.
Neste Oil's new automation and safety systems will be supplied by Finnish-based Metso, with which Neste Oil has recently signed a new framework contract.
"We have worked closely with Metso in developing our systems and now continue doing so," said Liimatta.
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