Neste Oil - Company Announcement

A SMALL FIRE CAUSES DELAY TO THE COMMISSIONING OF NESTE OIL’S NEW DIESEL PRODUCTION LINE

Commissioning of Neste Oil's new diesel production line at the Porvoo refinery  
(Diesel Project) will suffer a delay due to a small-scale fire caused by a      
flange leak at the refinery yesterday. As a result of the delay, the new line is
estimated to be on stream in the middle of April.                               

Personnel were not injured in the fire that caused damage primarily to some     
electric cables.                                                                

Neste Oil Corporation                                                           
Osmo Kammonen                                                                   
Senior Vice President, Communications                                           

For further information, please contact:                                        
Petri Pentti, CFO, on +358 10 458 4490                                          
Jorma Haavisto, Vice President, Porvoo refinery, on +358 10 458 2300            


Neste Oil Corporation is a refining and marketing company focused on advanced,  
clean traffic fuels, with a strategy that prioritizes growing its refining and  
premium-quality biodiesel businesses. Neste Oil's refineries are located in     
Porvoo and Naantali in Finland, and have a total refining capacity of approx.   
250,000 bbl/d. The company employs around 4,700 people. Neste Oil is listed on  
the Helsinki Stock Exchange. For further information, see www.nesteoil.com.