Neste Oil, a leading Finnish oil group, was founded in February 1948 under the umbrella of the Finnish multinational corporation; in April 2005, it was spun off from FORTUM and publicly listed. Neste is mainly engaged in natural gas sales, petroleum refining, oil sales, petrochemicals, oil and gas exploration and development, among which engine lubricants, industrial lubricants, automotive chemicals and other areas of products in the world are second to none.