Hyundai Heavy Industries Holdings Co. (HHIH) said Wednesday that it has signed a deal with Saudi Arabia’s state-run oil firm Saudi Aramco to cooperate on a hydrogen project. Under the deal, Hyundai Oilbank Co., HHIH’s refining unit, will import liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) from Saudi Aramco to produce blue hydrogen, …
Read More »Hyundai to Build Hydrogen Fuel Cell Plant in China
Hyundai Motor, South Korea’s biggest carmaker, will build its first overseas hydrogen fuel cell systems plant in China as it seeks to enter the local hydrogen market, industry sources said Tuesday. Hyundai Motor aims to build the hydrogen fuel cell systems plant in Guangzhou within this year as it has …
Read More »Pandemic-Hit Oil Refiners’ Losses Estimated at 5 tln Won in 2020
The coronavirus pandemic is likely to have come as a big draw on South Korean oil refiners last year as their low refining margins ate into their profitability, industry sources said Sunday. Whipsawed by weak oil prices and sluggish refining margins, industry leader SK Innovation Co. and three other players …
Read More »US Halves Anti-Dumping Tariffs on S. Korean Oil Pipelines
The United States has nearly halved its anti-dumping tariffs on oil pipeline products from South Korean steelmakers, industry sources said Tuesday. The US Department of Commerce has decided to levy a tariff of 4.23 percent to 9.24 percent on South Korean oil pipelines, far lower than the 2018 ruling of …
Read More »Samsung Heavy’s LNG Liquefaction Technology Certified by ABS
Samsung Heavy Industries said Tuesday it obtained a detailed design approval from the US ship classification organization American Bureau of Shipping for its natural gas liquefaction cycle technology, the first in the shipbuilding industry. The shipbuilder said, upon the approval, it can save costs for the payment of technology fees …
Read More »Korean Shippers Set to Join Hands to Win Huge LNG Shipping Orders from Qatar
Industry insiders speculate that the Qatari state-run company will need an additional 60 LNG carriers for the project.
Read More »South Korea to Purchase US LNG Worth $9.6b
Under the 15-year contract. US LNG will be delivered from Freeport LNG terminal or Calcasieu Pass.
Read More »Korea Urges IAEA to Play Role in Japan`s Fukushima Water Discharge Plan
Water discharge is seen as the easiest and most affordable way for Japan to deal with the problem.
Read More »N. Korea Continued Nuclear Program in 2018 in Yongbyon
The continuation and further development of North Korea’s nuclear program last year are clear violations of relevant UN Security Council resolutions.
Read More »KOGAS Keen to Expand Global Presence
Despite Korea’s relatively short history of exploration. Kogas has succeeded in gas exploration in Mozambique and Myanmar.
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