SEOUL, July 30 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Innovation Co., South Korea’s leading oil refiner, said Wednesday it will merge two electric vehicle-related affiliates as part of a business reorganization amid slowing EV sales. SK On Co., the company’s EV battery manufacturing unit, will absorb SK Enmove Co., a provider of EV lubricants and thermal management [...]
SEOUL, July 14 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Innovation has scrapped its ambitious plan to transform traditional gas stations into eco-friendly energy hubs, signaling a broader shift in the SK Group’s strategic priorities. According to industry sources on July 13, SK Energy, a subsidiary of SK Innovation, officially notified the Korea Industrial Complex Corporation of its [...]
TIEN GIANG, Vietnam, May 19 — SK Innovation E&S is rapidly expanding its footprint in the global renewable energy sector, with its Tan Phu Dong (TPD) offshore wind farm in southern Vietnam now fully operational and serving as a strategic base for the company’s green energy ambitions. Located near the Mekong Delta, the 150-megawatt facility is [...]
DAEJEON, South Korea, April 14 (Korea Bizwire) — At SK Innovation’s Environmental Science & Technology Institute in Daejeon, a powerful scent of used cooking oil hangs in the air, signaling an ambitious transformation: converting waste oil into sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). Within the facility’s pilot plant, dark brown waste oil is refined through high-temperature, high-pressure reactors [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — The merged entity of South Korean refiner SK Innovation Co. and its affiliate SK E&S Co. officially set sail Friday, becoming the largest private energy company in the Asia-Pacific region, the company said. The integrated company, named SK Innovation Co., has combined assets of 105 trillion won (US$76 billion) [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — SK earthon Co., a South Korean oil exploration and production (E&P) company, said Thursday it has joined a project to build a submarine carbon storage facility in Australia in its business diversification strategy. SK earthon invested in 20 percent of the project, with InCapture, an Australian carbon capture and [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — The planned merger of SK Innovation Co. with energy affiliate SK E&S Co. is a “structural and fundamental” decision for sustainable growth amid growing uncertainties in the EV battery and petrochemical industries, SK Innovation’s chief executive said Thursday. On Wednesday, the boards of SK Innovation and SK E&S approved [...]
SEOUL, July 17 (Korea Bizwire) – The boards of SK Innovation Co. and SK E&S Co., two major energy affiliates of SK Group, approved a proposed merger of the two companies Wednesday, creating the largest energy entity in South Korea with combined assets of 106 trillion won (US$76.5 billion). In their separate board meetings earlier [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Innovation Co. and SK E&S Co., two major energy affiliates of SK Group, are set to hold separate board meetings Wednesday to discuss a proposed merger of the two companies, industry sources said. If the merger is approved, it will create the biggest energy company in South Korea, [...]
SEOUL, July 12 (Korea Bizwire) – SK Innovation and SK E&S, two key subsidiaries of the SK Group, are set to hold board meetings next week to discuss a potential merger, industry sources said on July 11. This move is part of SK Group’s ongoing business restructuring efforts and could result in the creation of a [...]