St1 Oy is a

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company owning the St1 service stations' chain in

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and

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. The company was established in 1995 under the name Greenergy Baltic Oy. In 1997, the St1 chain was established in Finland . In 2000 Greenergy Baltic changed its name to Green. In the same year, it purchased the St1 chain. The company adopted the name St1 in 2005. St1 Oy owns around 1400 service stations in four countries. The first service station outside of Finland was established in 2004 in Sweden. In 2007, the company took over Oy Esso Ab, a subsidiary of

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in Finland, and its service stations. In 2009, St1 Oy purchased 198 unmanned filling stations in Sweden and Norway from

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. In 2010, it purchased service stations from

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in Finland and Sweden. In addition the service stations, the St1 Oy owns the St1 Refinery in

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, produces

ethanol fuel Ethanol fuel is ethyl alcohol, the same type of alcohol found in alcoholic beverages, used as fuel. It is most often used as a motor fuel, mainly as a biofuel additive for gasoline. The first production car running entirely on ethanol was the ...

at six

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plants in Finland, and generates and sells electricity. Together with the

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it owns the

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s developer TuuliWatti Oy.

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External links

Official websiteSt1 Biofuels on Cleantech Finland Website
Oil companies of Finland Alcohol fuel producers Automotive fuel retailers Companies based in Helsinki {{Finland-company-stub

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