YPF Sociedad Anónima, an energy company, operates in the oil and gas upstream and downstream activities in Argentina. The company engages in the exploration, development, and production of crude oil, natural gas, and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG). It is also involved in the refining, marketing, transportation, and distribution of oil, petroleum products, petroleum derivatives, petrochemicals, LPG, and bio-fuels, as well as in gas separation and natural gas distribution operations. As of December 31, 2018, it had interests in 132 oil and gas fields; 638 million barrels (mmbbl) of oil; and approximately 2,481 billion cubic feet of gas. It also has a retail distribution network of 1,591 YPF-branded service stations; 24 exploration permits, including 21 onshore and and 3 offshore exploration permits, as well as 108 production concessions; and 36 crude oil treatment plants and 10 pumping plants. In addition, the company owns 3 refineries with annual refining capacity of approximately 116 mmbbl; approximately 2,700 kilometers of crude oil pipelines with approximately 640,000 barrels of aggregate daily transportation capacity of refined products; and crude oil tankage of approximately 7 mmbbl, as well as maintains terminal facilities at 5 Argentine ports. Further, it participates in 8 power generation plants with an aggregate installed capacity of 1,819 megawatts; offers diesel, fertilizers, lubricants, phytosanitaries, ensiling bags, and other products; and supplies fuels, lubricants, coal, asphalts, and paraffin and derivatives. The company was founded in 1977 and is based in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
