SEJONG, Jun. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — A potential discovery of oil and gas reserves off South Korea’s East Sea is “highly prospective,” Vitor Abreu, the owner of the U.S. geoscience research company Act-Geo behind the project, said Friday, citing the presence of hydrocarbons in the offshore fields. “So to summarize … the basin is highly [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The owner of U.S.-based geoscience research company Act-Geo said Tuesday he was traveling to South Korea to discuss Seoul’s newly envisioned offshore oil and gas exploration project on the east coast. On Monday, President Yoon Suk Yeol said South Korea will push to embark on the project in the [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — President Yoon Suk Yeol said Monday that a potentially massive oil and gas reserve could be buried off the southeast city of Pohang and drilling will begin later this year to determine whether it is real. The reserve off Yeongil Bay in Pohang, about 260 kilometers southeast of Seoul, [...]
SEOUL, May 14 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s import prices rose for a fourth consecutive month in April due to an increase in oil prices and the Korean won’s decline against the U.S. dollar, central bank data showed Tuesday. The import price index rose 3.9 percent last month from a month earlier following a 0.5 [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s import prices rose for a third consecutive month in March due to an increase in oil prices amid a rise in the Korean won against the U.S. dollar, central bank data showed Tuesday. The import price index rose 0.4 percent last month from a month earlier following [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s import prices rebounded in January from a two-month decline due to a rise in oil prices, central bank data showed Friday. The import price index rose 2.2 percent last month from a month earlier following a 1.7 percent on-month dip the previous month, according to the preliminary [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – The SK Geocentric Ulsan ARC (Advanced Recycling Cluster), which is expected to be built near the Ulsan Complex (CLX) petrochemical complex, is gaining attention as Ulsan’s ‘urban oil field.’ The Ulsan ARC is the world’s first plastic waste recycling complex, conceived by SK Innovation subsidiary SK Geocentric with an investment [...]
SEOUL, April 24 (Korea Bizwire) — The oil industry is currently experiencing a somber atmosphere due to falling refining margins, which are a significant indicator of profitability for refiners. This is in contrast to the record boom seen last year when strong refining margins and high oil prices led to reports of refiners preparing massive [...]
SEJONG, March 28 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s energy imports spiked more than 85 percent this year on soaring international prices, government data showed Monday, burdening the country’s trade balance and consumer inflation. The country’s imports of oil, natural gas and coal came to US$38.49 billion from Jan. 1-March 20, up 85.4 percent from a [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean government said Tuesday it will join the U.S.-led plan to release strategic crude reserves along with other major oil-consuming nations to help bring down soaring energy prices. “The government decided to accept the U.S. request to release crude stockpiles, considering the need for international coordination on [...]