By Jenny Lee ( August 14, 2026, 06:49 GMT | Insight) -- SK Energy, HD Hyundai Oilbank, GS Caltex and S-Oil are facing a fresh antitrust investigation in South Korea over allegations that they restricted service stations carrying their brands from buying or selling fuel supplied by rivals. The Korea Fair Trade Commission recently conducted onsite inspections at the four refiners and secured documents, as it examines whether they required branded service stations to deal exclusively in their petroleum products, MLex was told Friday.SK Energy, HD Hyundai Oilbank, GS Caltex and S-Oil are facing a fresh antitrust investigation in South Korea over allegations that they restricted service stations carrying their brands from buying or selling fuel supplied by rivals....
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