S. Korea's GS Caltex to shut crude unit in April for maintenance - sources

GS Holdings

07/01/2016 10:13

SEOUL/SINGAPORE, Jan 7 (Reuters) - South Korea's second 
largest refiner, GS Caltex, plans to shut one of its crude 
distillation units (CDU) in April for maintenance, trade sources 
said on Thursday. 
    The 150,000 barrels-per-day (bpd) No. 2 CDU is expected to 
be shut for about a month, they said. 
    GS Caltex also plans to shut its naphtha splitter in the 
first half of this year, the sources said. 
    The company spokesman declined to comment. 
    South Korea's GS Caltex Corp, equally owned by GS Energy 
Corp, a unit of GS Holdings  078930.KS , and U.S. oil major 
Chevron Corp  CVX.N , operates a 785,000-bpd refinery in Yeosu. 
     
 
 (Reporting by Meeyoung Cho in SEOUL, Seng Li Peng and Florence 
Tan in SINGAPORE; Editing by Sunil Nair) 
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Keywords: SOUTHKOREA REFINERY/MAINTENANCE