GS Caltex Corporation () is a South Korean oil refiner jointly owned by
Chevron
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GS Group
GS Group is a South Korean conglomerate. GS comprises GS Holdings, subsidiaries & affiliates including GS Caltex, GS Retail, GS Shop, GS EPS, GS Global, GS Sports and GS E&C among others. The asset size is 65.4 trillion KRW at the end of 201 ...
. The company was founded in May 1967 as the first private oil company in Korea. The company changed its name from LG-Caltex Oil Corporation to GS Caltex Corporation in 2005 as part of the GS Group split from
LG Corporation.
Production Base
* Refining Facilities : GS Caltex has crude oil refining facilities with a capacity of .
* Kero-Diesel Hydrodesulfurization Facilities : GS Caltex desulfurizes of kerosene and diesel each day.
Business Domain
* Petroleum : GS Caltex has a daily production capacity of per stream day and more than 50% of total output is exported.
* Petrochemicals : GS Caltex constructed a polypropylene plant in 1988. That was followed by expansion into the aromatics business in 1990. Currently, GS Caltex manufactures basic petrochemicals.
* Base Oil & Lubricants : In November 2007, GS Caltex began base oil production with a capacity of per stream day. As of 2011, its production capacity reached per stream day; GS Caltex exports more than 70% of its total base oil production. GS Caltex produces of lubricants per day and 8,000 million
tonne
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per year of grease products.
See also
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Caltex
Caltex is a petroleum brand name of Chevron Corporation used in the Asia-Pacific region, the Middle East, and Southern Africa. It is also the brand name of non-Chevron petroleum companies in some countries (such as New Zealand, and previously A ...
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GS Caltex Seoul KIXX
References
External links
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GS Group
Chevron Corporation
Oil companies of South Korea
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