South Korea

Amid increasing competition in Asia Pacific for sources of energy supply, South Korea is to increase its imports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Qatar by 43%. Starting in January,... 2006-11-16

Petronas the Malaysian oil major has, with junior partners Korea Gas, Samsung and LG International signed a Production Sharing Contract (PSC) with the Timor Sea Designated Authority... 2006-10-31

South Korea's state-controlled Korea National Oil Corporation (KNOC) is to acquire a 25% stake in an oil field in Kazakhstan from fellow Korean resources company LG International.... 2006-10-20

Russia is likely to increase sales of natural gas to South Korea following a meeting to discuss co-operation between the two countries. Details of the agreement will be decided between... 2006-10-17

South Korea is expanding its energy investments in the Kazakhstan upstream sector as part of wider plans to diversify the country's sources of supply. LG International, a subsidiary... 2006-09-20

Korean Air, the world's largest air cargo carrier, and Daelim Industrial, a Seoul-based contractor and petrochemical product maker, have announced an interest in purchasing a 28.4%... 2006-08-18

Korea Gas Corporation (Kogas) has dominated the South Korean gas sector since the company was formed in 1983, but it now faces the twin challenges of securing new supplies and coping... 2006-08-08

South Korea and Qatar recently inked an energy agreement which should see the Gulf emirate exporting more oil and gas to the Asian country. While agreement details have yet to be... 2006-04-26

Japan and South Korea have finally agreed to begin negotiating a resolution to their territorial dispute over a potentially resource rich chain of tiny islands, with the two sides... 2006-04-24