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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Korean shipbuilders to benefit from rising LNG, oil tanker demand
South Korean shipbuilders are expected to benefit from a potential surge in demand for liquefied natural gas (LNG) and crude oil carriers as US Pres...
Feb 17, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
South Korean oil refiners to jointly build SAF plant
South Korea’s four major oil refining companies will jointly build a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) plant in the country, for which the gover...
Jan 24, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
HD Hyundai Oilbank supplies bio VLSFO to Yangming
HD Hyundai Oilbank Co., a South Korean crude oil refiner backed by Saudi Aramco, said on Thursday it started to supply Taiwan-based Yang Ming Marine...
Dec 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
Korea mulls raising US oil imports to cope with Trump trade policies
South Korea, the world’s fourth-largest oil importer, is considering increasing US oil imports to ease potential pressure from President-elect...
Nov 20, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
DS Dansuk wins $750 mn SAF material order from Phillips 66
South Korea's DS Dansuk Co., which operates bioenergy, battery, and plastic recycling businesses, said on Monday it signed a 1 trillion won ($750 mi...
Oct 29, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Petrochemicals
HD Hyundai Oilbank to fully own HD Hyundai Cosmo for $104 mn
Saudi Aramco-backed HD Hyundai Oilbank Co. will acquire a 50% stake in money-losing HD Hyundai Cosmo Petrochemical Co. from Japanese chemical giant ...
Oct 25, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
SK Earthon wins 2nd oil field exploration bid in Malaysia
SK Earthon Co., the energy resources exploration and production (E&P) unit of South Korean energy giant SK Innovation Co., is accelerating its g...
Sep 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
S.Korea to launch sustainable biojet fuel initiative
South Korea will require airlines to replace a portion of their jet fuel with environmentally friendly alternatives such as cooking oil, palm oil an...
Aug 20, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Carbon neutrality
GS Caltex to capture and utilize carbon with own technology
South Korea's GS Caltex Corp. will launch a carbon capture and utilization (CCU) project in collaboration with South Jeolla Province and Yeosu City ...
Aug 07, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
S.Korean stocks log largest daily loss since pandemic
The South Korean stock market dropped more than 3% on Friday to breach the psychologically important barrier of 2,700 in almost two months, after we...
Aug 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Petrochemicals
HD Hyundai Oilbank exports bio marine fuel blends
The Korea Customs Service announced on July 29 that domestic petroleum products were exported after being blended in a bonded zone for the first tim...
Jul 30, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Petrochemicals
S-Oil halts fire-hit paraxylene plant, faces revenue loss
ULSAN, South Korea -- It looks inevitable that S-Oil Corp., the South Korean unit of Saudi Arabian Oil Co., will take a substantial revenue hit from...
Jul 29, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
S.Korea's Rebellions secures investment from Aramco
Rebellions Inc., a South Korean artificial intelligence chip design startup, announced on Tuesday that it secured investment from Saudi Arabia's sta...
Jul 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Petrochemicals
Kukdong Oil to build hydrogen gas plant in Ulsan
South Korea's Kukdong Oil & Chemicals Co. announced on Wednesday that it will construct the nation's largest hydrogen gas production facility ...
Jun 27, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
SK Energy to cut emissions with combined heat power system
SK Energy Co., a unit of South Korean oil refiner and battery maker SK Innovation Co., has begun operation of its gas combined heat power (CHP) syst...
Jun 13, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
South Korea finds massive crude oil, gas prospects in East Sea: Yoon
South Korea, which heavily relies on imports for its energy use, has found a potentially massive reserve of oil and gas offshore close to its southe...
Jun 03, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate strategy
SK Innovation’s Ulsan plant goes smarter with AI, robot dog, AR tech
ULSAN, South Gyeongsang Province – At a petrochemical plant run by SK Innovation Co., South Korea’s largest oil refiner, Spot, a robot d...
May 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG
HD Hyundai, Hyundai Dept. Store to co-work for recycling plastic waste
South Korea's HD Hyundai Oil Bank Co. and Hyundai Department Store Co. have partnered to create a closed-loop plastic film recycling system, a first...
Apr 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
HD Hyundai Oilbank kicks off biodiesel mass production
HD Hyundai Oilbank Co., South Korea’s refiner backed by Saudi Aramco, started mass production of biodiesel to expand its eco-friendly energy b...
Apr 18, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Beauty & Cosmetics
Manyo’s Pure Cleansing Oil to hit US Costco shelves in July
South Korea’s naturalism cosmetics company Manyo Co. has hit the jackpot in a deal to supply its best-selling face cleansing product, Pure Cle...
Apr 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Petrochemicals
S-Oil gets int’l certification for SAF
S-Oil Corp., the South Korean unit of Saudi Arabian Oil Co., announced on Thursday that it has achieved the International Sustainability and Carbon ...
Apr 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
LG Chem, Ansan City to team up for waste vinyl recycling
South Korea's LG Chem Ltd. has decided to recycle waste vinyl generated in Ansan, Gyeonggi Province, into plastic raw materials. The company announc...
Apr 03, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
Korea’s rate cut hope wanes with inflation above 3% in March
South Korea’s headline inflation stayed above 3% for two straight months in March on a surge in fruit and vegetable prices coupled with higher...
Apr 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
Hyundai, Red Sea Global agree on EV, AAM projects in Saudi luxury resorts
South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Group said on Monday it has agreed with Saudi Arabia’s state-sponsored developer Red Sea Globa...
Mar 25, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
HD KSOE reaches 50% of order target in two months
South Korea’s top shipbuilder HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (HD KSOE) announced on Monday that it signed shipbuilding contr...
Mar 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Korea’s GS offers dim outlook after weak earnings; stocks down
GS Holdings Corp., the holding company of South Korea’s energy-to-retail conglomerate GS Group, on Wednesday provided a dismal business outloo...
Feb 14, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
S-Oil’s 2023 operating profit more than halves on weak refining margins
S-Oil Corp., the South Korean unit of Saudi Arabian Oil Co., on Friday posted a 58.3% decline in its operating profit last year, weighed by lower re...
Feb 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
HD Hyundai Oilbank to advance into N.American lubricants market
HD Hyundai Oilbank Co., South Korean shipbuilding and machinery conglomerate HD Hyundai Co.'s oil refining unit, will venture into the North America...
Jan 24, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Korean shipbuilders shrug off concerns over lower new ship prices
South Korean shipbuilders shrugged off concerns of an industry peak-out boosted by the first fall of new vessel prices in 45 weeks and lower used sh...
Dec 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
SK Earthon starts shipping crude oil from South China Sea
SK Earthon Co., the resources development unit of South Korean energy major SK Innovation Co., said Wednesday that it has started shipping crude oil...
Nov 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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