SEOUL, Oct. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Major oil refiner GS Caltex Corp. said Tuesday that it will join hands with global furniture giant Ikea’s Korean unit to begin a pick-up service at one of the company’s gas stations in Seoul’s Gangnam district. If an Ikea customer selects a nearby GS Caltex gas station to pick [...]
SEOUL, June 18 (Korea Bizwire) — GS Caltex Corp., South Korea’s second-largest refiner by sales, is taking the lead in environmental, social and governance (ESG) management by introducing carbon neutral crude oil for the first time among domestic energy companies. The company said on Thursday that it has purchased 2 million barrels of carbon neutral [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — GS Caltex Corp., South Korea’s second-largest refiner by sales, is speeding up the development of a next-generation delivery service that combines drones and robots and is based at gas stations. The company held the nation’s first demonstration of the next-generation delivery service on Tuesday that features the combination of [...]
SEOUL, July 22 (Korea Bizwire) – Kakao Mobility, a South Korean firm that provides ride-hailing and driver-for-hire services, had signed a business cooperation agreement with GS Caltex Corp. on Tuesday to promote the use of electric bicycles. GS Caltex, the second-biggest refiner by sales in South Korea, will install and run battery-charging facilities for Kakao [...]
SEOUL, May 8 (Korea Bizwire) — GS Caltex Corp., South Korea’s second-largest refiner, will conduct “Classroom Healing” online, a social contribution program for grade 1 of middle school students, amid the outbreak of the novel coronavirus. The program is a collective art healing program aimed at preventing maladjustment of students to their social environment at [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – Two affiliates of energy and construction-centered GS Group said Tuesday they have formed a partnership with U.S. micro-mobility startup Lime to offer better mobility services using their infrastructure. GS Caltex Corp., a major refiner, and GS Retail Co., the group’s retail business affiliate, will provide charging services for Lime’s [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Kia Motors Corp. and GS Caltex Corp. said Tuesday they have joined hands to offer better electric vehicle (EV) charging services. Under a bilateral memorandum of understanding, Kia and GS Caltex will collaborate on developing EV charging technologies and services. Kia, South Korea’s No. 2 carmaker and part of [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Owners of electric vehicles (EVs) will be able to charge their cars and get repair services at select gas stations operated by GS Caltex Corp., under an agreement with LG Electronics Inc., the companies said Tuesday. GS Caltex, South Korea’s No. 2 gas station operator, signed a memorandum of [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — GS Caltex Corp. and SK Energy Co., South Korea’s leading refiners, have teamed up to launch QBoo, a smart storage service found at gas stations. QBoo allows parcel exchanges, buying and selling second-hand goods, and storing laundry and other goods, using storage lockers. This will increase the inflow of customers at [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — GS-Caltex Corp., the second-largest refiner in South Korea, said Thursday that it will invest 2.6 trillion won (US$2.3 billion) to build an olefins plant in the southern part of the country. The mixed feed cracker in Yeosu will have an annual production capacity of 700,000 tons of ethylene and [...]