South Korea

Following the announcement that Rosnedra, the federal subsoil agency within the Russian Natural Resources Ministry, has declined to award state-controlled Rosneft an extension... 2008-08-14

The potential of gas hydrates to meet energy demand in Asia's most import dependent countries has reignited long smouldering tensions between South Korea and Japan over a group of... 2008-08-05

Nikolai Tokarev, head of Russian oil pipeline monopoly Transneft, has met South Korea's ambassador to Russia to discuss participation in the oil pipeline construction that will... 2008-07-29

The government of South Korea has announced a series of measures to boost overseas energy production by its state-owned companies and to reduce domestic consumption in an attempt... 2008-07-28

South Korea has announced that it plans to increase domestic gas prices by 50% in the second half of this year to reflect continuously high world energy prices.

South Korea's Korea Gas Corporation (Kogas) has released plans to invest CNY1.47trn (US$1.42bn) to build additional liquefied natural gas (LNG) storage facilities and to secure... 2008-07-04

South Korea's Daewoo International has signed a deal to supply China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) with natural gas from its fields in Myanmar.

South Korea's state-owned oil company Korea National Oil Corporation (KNOC) has launched an ambitious investment programme to boost its overseas output capacity.

China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) and South Korea's Daewoo International have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to jointly explore for oil and gas in Myanmar.... 2008-05-30

Australian producer Woodside Petroleum is to invest US$20mn in exploration offshore South Korea, according to a statement by the Korean energy ministry.