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Roundup: Innovation award, Recope tankage, YPFB plant

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Chubut province-based company Pursa was one of the winners in the ninth edition of an Argentine technological development call held by the country's scientific and technological promotion agency and Tenaris.

The upstream goods and services provider was selected for a high capacity pumping system able to produce extremely viscous oil.

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Costa Rica state refiner Recope reported completion of an US$11mn project to overhaul aviation fuel and gasoline tanks at the La Garita complex.

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And Bolivia's state hydrocarbons company YPFB announced that construction of the Gran Chaco liquids separation project in Tarija reaches close to 70% with engineering 98.8% complete, procurement 88.1%, and construction and installation 31.1%.

The US$600mn-plus plant is due online next year and will process a maximum of 32Mm3/d gas to produce up to 2,247t/d LPG, 144t/d ethane, 1,658b/d natural gasoline and 1,044b/d isopentane.

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