Finnish oil refiner Neste Oil has signed a a memorandum of understanding with French Total SA to evaluate possibilities to jointly build a large biodiesel fuel plant in Europe, it said on Friday, according to Reuters.

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“The companies plan to locate the biodiesel plant to one of Total’s oil refineries, and aim to commence production in 2008,” Neste Oil said in a statement cited by the news agency.

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