GS Caltex

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GS Caltex Corporation (

• Petroleum: GS Caltex has a daily production capacity of 800,000 barrels (130,000 m³) 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 m² 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 m³) per stream day. As of 2011, its production capacity reached 26,000 barrels (4,100 m³) per stream day; GS Caltex exports more than 70% of its total base oil production. GS Caltex produces 9,000 barrels (1,400 m³) 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

• GS Caltex Seoul KIXX
• Caltex

References

External links

• Official website
• GS Caltex’s lubricant brand – Kixx official website
• GS Caltex’s lubricant brand – Kixx official newsroom