We are Y-TEC
The most important Research and Development company for the energy industry in Argentina.
We combine the operating experience of YPF and the scientific capital of CONICET (National Scientific and Technical Research Council).
Y-TEC at a Glance
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We are a technology-based company
With an innovative model, unique in the region. The combination of YPF, the largest energy company in the country with CONICET, the primary institution responsible for the promotion of science and technology. We are a bridge between the scientific and productive sectors.
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Our core activity is the Research and Development (R&D)
We focus our research lines on solving strategic problems and industry opportunities and prioritize the execution of high impact projects. We generate and apply knowledge, and we bring new technologies to the market.
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We focus on energy
Today and tomorrow’s energies. Unconventionals (Vaca Muerta), mature fields, renewable energies and generating solutions for achieving sustainable industry operation.
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We are committed with the growth of the country
We promote the competitiveness and growth of the energy sector, contribute to the consolidation of a local technological-productive sector framework, and develop specialized human resources.
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We count on professional resources of high technical capacity
We work in multidisciplinary teams supported by technical staff and researchers with expertise in key disciplines. Our applied research center is state-of-the-art and well equipped to serve the industry throughout the region.
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We partner with the best
Research groups and institutes that are recognized both locally and internationally. Entrepreneurs, SMEs and R&D centers of global companies. We have an open innovation model that enhances and favors our relationship with technology partners and complements capacities.
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We work with transfer technology models for multiple scenarios
We license our technologies with development plans adapted for specific market scenarios with focus on value capture.
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We provide highly specialized technology services for the whole industry
Unique service platforms that providing strategic while maintaining flexibility and absolute confidentiality.
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We develop multi-client consortiums
We boost the creation of collaborative frameworks with the aim of develop new technologies for rapid and collective implementation.
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We live our values and develop our activity according firm principles
We act with integrity, seek excellence and create value by focusing on the costumer. We prioritize safety, we are committed to sustainability and we value gender equity and diversity.
47 laboratories
12 pilot plants
13.000 m2
265 people
+1.000 pieces of equipment
+50 technologies under development
33 patents
+10 Technologies within the market
25 m USD of annual investment
+100 cooperation agreements with the national scientific system
Y-TEC
Board of Y-TEC
Y-TEC’s shareholding is integrated by YPF (51%) and CONICET (49%).
Eduardo N. Dvorkin
Chairman of the Board
Sergio Fernández Mena
Vicepresident of the Board
Chief Technology Officer YPF
Santiago Sacerdote
Managing Director
General Manager at Y-TEC
Ana María Franchi
Director
President of CONICET
Félix Gregorio Requejo
Director
Principal Researcher at CONICET
Management Team

Santiago Sacerdote
General Manager

Juan Carlos Soria
Research and Development Manager

Gisele Andrea Cabrera
COE Analytics Manager

Eduardo Vallejo
Head of the Project Management, Capabilities and Liaising Office

Fernanda Salgado
Business and Technology Transfer Manager

Luis Ghisiglieri
Planning Support Manager
Management Team






Strategic Lines
Through our Technology Programs, we address the energy industry’s challenges. Each one manages large areas of opportunity which define the horizons of our research projects.
We innovate to develop a more diverse energy matrix, with a greater presence of renewable sources that would allow the transition towards a more sustainable future.
Pillars:
Storage
Storage of renewable energies.
Solar fuels
New photovoltaic devices.
Waste to gas
Biogas.
On-off grid
Integration of new energies to the network.
We develop cutting-edge technologies and innovative processes and we seek to broaden the knowledge frontier of a key resource for the future of the country.
Pillars:
Stimulation
Stimulation systems and proppants.
Modeling
Digital reproduction of subsoil phenomena.
Shale transformation
New petrochemical processes.
We innovate in the design of technical solutions to guarantee a more sustainable production.
Pillars:
Environmental Footprint
Remediation technologies and emissions reduction.
Agro
Development of bioproducts and intelligent phytosanitaries.
Biomass Assessment
Transformation of biomass-derived compounds into products of greater added value.
We contribute to increase oil production in mature fields through the development and adaptation of improved recovery technologies and controlling excess water production.
Pillars:
Rock-fluid interaction studies
Fluid systems and materials
New Technologies
We design innovative solutions to improve operational techniques at every stage of the development of the well, from drilling to abandonment.
Pillars:
Materials and fluids for drilling and termination
Technologies for sustainable operations
New equipment and devices
We make available high impact technologies to increase production, lower total costs and strengthen the quality of operational processes.
Pillars:
Productivity
Well performance.
Extraction
New systems and extraction facilities.
Surface facilities
Gathering and injection lines and process facilities.
Production fluids
Processing, flow assurance, corrosion and water management.
Processes
Production optimization and loss reduction and operational quality.
We contribute to the search for operational excellence of Downstream operations through cutting-edge solutions with direct impact in the increase of business competitiveness.
Pillars:
Desulfurization
Reduction of sulfur content in currents with high impact in final fuels.
Processes
Technological solutions for the optimization of operational processes.
Fuels differentiated by technological attributes
Development of a new generation of gasoline and diesel.

Technical Capabilities
Technical capabilities are at the heart of our projects. We combine highly specialized researchers, technologists and technicians together with the latest generation equipment to be at the forefront of the key disciplines in the field. These are our areas of expertise.
Geosciences
- Sedimentology
- Biostratigraphy
- Quantification of Geological Processes
- Hydrogeology
- Organic Geochemistry.
- Inorganic Geochemistry.
- Organic Petrology
- Oil Systems
- Diagenesis
- Rock Physics in porous media
- Applied Geophysics and Data Analysis
- Rock and Fracture Mechanics
- Reservoir Geomechanics
- Transport processes in fractures and porous media
- Reservoir Petrophysics
Reservoir Engineering
- EOR / IOR>
- Petrophysics
- Surface and Interfacial Rheology and Physical Chemistry
- Fluid Mechanics
- Microfluidics
- Formation Damage
Well drilling and completion
- Drilling and workover systems
- Cements
- Surface and Interfacial Rheology and Physical Chemistry
- Formation Damage
- Reservoir geomechanics
- Stimulation systems
Hydrocarbons Production Engineering
- Upstream production
- Formation damage
Refining and Petrochemistry
- Processes with chemical reactions
- Processes of oil refining
- Biorefinery
- Transfer of mass and energy processes
- Heterogeneous and homogeneous catalysis
- Chemical synthesis – Fine chemistry
Fuel and Lubricant Technology
- Fossil fuels
- Synthetic lubricants and bio lubricants
- Engine testing (fuels and lubricants)
- Biofuels
Biology and microbiology
- Applied biology
- Applied microbiology
Biotechnology
- Bioprocesses engineering
- Environmental biotechnology
- Biofuels
- Genomics
- Transcriptome
- Proteomics
- Metabolics
Environmental engineering
- Environmental engineering
Agronomy
- Agro-biotechnology
- Vegetal Nutrition
- Crop Protection
Analytical Techniques
- Electron Microscopy
- X-Ray
- Thermal, Elemental and Chemical Analysis
- Surface and Interfacial Rheology and Physical Chemistry
- NMR
- High Resolution Mass Spectrometry
- Separation Methods
- Molecular Spectrometry>
- Chemometrics
Materials and Nanomaterials
- Degradation + Corrosion + Integrity
- Microbial Corrosion
- Metallic Materials
- Non Metallics
- Cements
- Nanomaterials
- Polymer synthesis
- Chemical synthesis – Fine chemistry
- Materials for energy Storage
- Fluids Mechanics
- Microfluidics
- Fluid Dynamics
- Surface and Interfacial Rheology and Physical Chemistry
Engineering and Design
- Design / Modeling and simulation of pieces
- Industrial Processes
- Electric
- Electronics / Automation and Control
New Energies
- Electronics / Automation and control
- Power grid
- Off grid generation
- Electric
Modeling and Simulation
- Solid Mechanics, Materials and Fracture
- Fluid Mechanics
- Numerical Methods and Simulation
- Advanced Processes Simulation
- High Performance Computing and Parallel Calculation
Data Science
- Data Engineering
- Big Data
- Machine Learning
- Deep Learning
- Video Analytics
- Anomaly Detection
- Optimization
- Edge Analytics
- Artificial Intelligence
- Sedimentology
- Biostratigraphy
- Quantification of Geological Processes
- Hydrogeology
- Organic Geochemistry.
- Inorganic Geochemistry.
- Organic Petrology
- Oil Systems
- Diagenesis
- Rock Physics in porous media
- Applied Geophysics and Data Analysis
- Rock and Fracture Mechanics
- Reservoir Geomechanics
- Transport processes in fractures and porous media
- Reservoir Petrophysics
- EOR / IOR>
- Petrophysics
- Surface and Interfacial Rheology and Physical Chemistry
- Fluid Mechanics
- Microfluidics
- Formation Damage
- Drilling and workover systems
- Cements
- Surface and Interfacial Rheology and Physical Chemistry
- Formation Damage
- Reservoir geomechanics
- Stimulation systems
- Upstream production
- Formation damage
- Processes with chemical reactions
- Processes of oil refining
- Biorefinery
- Transfer of mass and energy processes
- Heterogeneous and homogeneous catalysis
- Chemical synthesis – Fine chemistry
- Fossil fuels
- Synthetic lubricants and bio lubricants
- Engine testing (fuels and lubricants)
- Biofuels
- Applied biology
- Applied microbiology
- Bioprocesses engineering
- Environmental biotechnology
- Biofuels
- Genomics
- Transcriptome
- Proteomics
- Metabolics
- Environmental engineering
- Agro-biotechnology
- Vegetal Nutrition
- Crop Protection
- Electron Microscopy
- X-Ray
- Thermal, Elemental and Chemical Analysis
- Surface and Interfacial Rheology and Physical Chemistry
- NMR
- High Resolution Mass Spectrometry
- Separation Methods
- Molecular Spectrometry>
- Chemometrics
- Degradation + Corrosion + Integrity
- Microbial Corrosion
- Metallic Materials
- Non Metallics
- Cements
- Nanomaterials
- Polymer synthesis
- Chemical synthesis – Fine chemistry
- Materials for energy Storage
- Fluids Mechanics
- Microfluidics
- Fluid Dynamics
- Surface and Interfacial Rheology and Physical Chemistry
- Design / Modeling and simulation of pieces
- Industrial Processes
- Electric
- Electronics / Automation and Control
- Electronics / Automation and control
- Power grid
- Off grid generation
- Electric
- Solid Mechanics, Materials and Fracture
- Fluid Mechanics
- Numerical Methods and Simulation
- Advanced Processes Simulation
- High Performance Computing and Parallel Calculation
- Data Engineering
- Big Data
- Machine Learning
- Deep Learning
- Video Analytics
- Anomaly Detection
- Optimization
- Edge Analytics
- Artificial Intelligence