South Korean airlines bank on China routes for profit recovery
South Korean airlines are ramping up international routes, particularly to China, Japan and Southeast Asian countries, in a bid to boost profitabili...
S.Korea imports Canadian oil for 1st time under Trump's 2nd term
South Korea has imported crude oil from Canada for the first time amid escalating tariff tensions between the US and Canada since Donald Trump's ret...
SK Earthon secures rights to explore 2 offshore oil blocks in Indonesia
SK Earthon Co., the petroleum exploration and production (E&P) unit of South Korea’s top energy company SK Innovation Co., has secured rig...
HD KSOE secures $1.8 bn in container ship orders
HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co. (KSOE) secured orders for 22 container ships worth a total of 2.54 trillion won ($1.8 billion) ...
Trump-driven energy boom spurs Korean firms to hike US gas investments
WOODFORD, Oklahoma – A shale gas field in Woodford, Carter County was bustling with activity on Feb. 25.A team of engineers oversaw the drilli...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
