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GS Caltex
GS칼텍스
Company typePrivate. Joint venture
IndustryOil refining, chemical manufacturing
Founded1967; 57 years ago (1967)
HeadquartersSeoul, South Korea
Area servedWorldwide
ProductsPetroleum products
Aromatics
Olefin
Polymer
Lubricants
Base Oil
RevenueKRW 58,532 billion(2022)
OwnerGS Energy (50.0%)
Chevron Corporation (50.0%)
Websitewww.gscaltex.com

GS Caltex Corporation (Korean: 지에스칼텍스 주식회사) is a South Korean Energy and Chemical company jointly owned by Chevron and GS Group. 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. GS Caltex exports petroleum, petrochemical, and lubricant products to 57 countries (as of 2022).

Production base

  • Yeosu Complex
    • Total Area : 6,000,000 m
    • Products : Petroleum, petrochemicals
    • Address : 918 Yeosusandan-ro, Yeosu, Jeollanam-co
  • Lubricant Plant
    • Total Area : 68,100 m
    • Products : Lubricant, Grease
    • Address : Jungbong-daero, Seo-gu, Incheon

Business domain

  • Petroleum: GS Caltex has a daily production capacity of 800,000 barrels (130,000 m) per stream day. The company operate Korea's largest heavy oil upgrading (HOU) facility (274,000 barrels per day), which produces light oil and premium gasoline.
  • Petrochemicals: GS Caltex constructed a polypropylene plant in 1988. That was followed by expansion into the aromatics business in 1990. Currently, GS Caltex has an annual production capacity of 2.8 million tons of aromatics and 180,000 tons of polypropylene. Constructing an Olefins plant (MFC - mixed feed cracker) on the 430,000 m site near the Yeosu No.2 Complex. The plant has an annual production capacity of 750,000 tons of ethylene and 500,000 tons of polyethylene.
  • Base Oil & Lubricants: In November 2007, GS Caltex began base oil production with a capacity of 16,000 barrels (2,500 m) per stream day. As of 2011, its production capacity reached 26,000 barrels (4,100 m) per stream day; GS Caltex exports more than 70% of its total base oil production. GS Caltex produces 9,000 barrels (1,400 m) of lubricants per day and 8,000 million tonne per year of grease products. In 2005, GS Caltex launched its own lubricant brand, “Kixx”. Initially focused on providing engine oil tailored for passenger cars, commercial vehicles, and motorcycles, Kixx expanded its portfolio in 2017 to encompass a broader range of automotive and industrial lubricant solutions.

See also

References

  1. "Lee pays respect to late LG tycoon". Yonhap. Seoul. October 23, 2012.
  2. Shim, Woo-hyun (May 18, 2017). "GS Caltex celebrates its 50th anniversary". The Korea Herald.
  3. Kim, Ji-soo (January 7, 2005). "Ex-LG units to get new names". Korea JoongAng Daily.

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