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South Korea is looking to buy more liquefied natural gas to replenish stockpiles before winter. The world’s third-biggest importer of the chilled fuel is seeking additional cargoes to meet forecasts for increased domestic demand and is targeting to lift inventories to about 90% full by November, from about 34% currently, …

Samsung Engineering Co. and five other South Korean companies have teamed up with Malaysia’s state energy company Petroliam Nasional Berhad to work on a project to capture, transport and store carbon dioxide, an emerging technology for emissions reduction. Under a memorandum of understanding signed in a virtual meeting in Kuala …

South Korea’s Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy announced on Tuesday that it will increase nuclear power’s contribution to the national energy mix to 30% or more by 2030. President Yoon Suk-yeol has rejected the idea of phasing out nuclear energy, and made it a key pledge of his campaign …

LG Chem Ltd. said Monday it is building a hydrogen plant in South Korea to produce clean fuel for use in its key petrochemical processing in line with its long-term low carbon emission goals. The hydrogen plant, to be located in its Daesan complex, about 75 kilometers southwest of Seoul, …

Hyundai Motor Group will construct a liquefied natural gas (LNG) cogeneration facility inside its automotive manufacturing plant in Ulsan to secure a stable power supply while reducing energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions. According to the carmaker on Monday, it plans to digest over 70 percent of annual electricity used …

A driver refuels a vehicle at a petrol station in Gimpo, South Korea. Asia’s fourth-largest economy almost entirely relies on imports for its fossil fuel needs. Photo: Bloomberg South Korea is worried about knock-on effects from the Ukraine war on the prices of raw materials it needs to produce goods …

Asian governments are taking measures to soften the impact of escalating oil and LNG prices on their economies and help consumers with subsidies and tax cuts. However, such measures probably won’t be sufficient to offset the sharp increase in energy prices, which is adding to inflationary pressures. Brent crude oil …

South Korea is thinking seriously about sharing its liquefied natural gas (LNG) inventories with Europe amid looming supply disruptions sparked by the Ukraine crisis, officials said Sunday. “The government is seriously contemplating supporting Europe should the situation aggravate in Ukraine and create difficulties in the supply of natural gas,” a …

South Korea’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that they have had a meeting with the Iranian delegation in Seoul to explore ways to release Iran’s funds frozen in the country due to sanctions. Seoul and Tehran are holding working-level consultations seeking ways to resolve the issue of Iranian assets frozen …

South Korean President Moon Jae-in and Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman held a meeting in Riyadh Tuesday to bolster ties between the two countries beyond construction and infrastructure into more future-oriented fields such as hydrogen. During the talks, the two leaders agreed to build a …