ANCAP
Company typeState-owned company (Autonomous State Entity)
IndustryPetroleum
Area served
Uruguay
Key people
Alejandro Stipanicic (chairman, since 2020)
ProductsPetroleum products, Portland cement and alcoholic beverages

ANCAP (Administración Nacional de Combustibles, Alcoholes y Portland, English: "National Administration of Fuels, Alcohols and Portland") is a state-owned company in Uruguay, is was created by Law No. 8.764, on October 15, 1931 during the administration of Gabriel Terra. Its Fundamental Law entrusts it with the power to exploit and administer the monopoly of national Alcohol and Fuel, portland cement, as well as import, refine and sell petroleum derivatives. It operates the only oil refinery in Uruguay in La Teja, inaugurated in 1937 next to its working-class neighborhood with homes with patios and gardens, President Gabriel Terra described the company as the "pride of Uruguay", it has a capacity of 50,000 barrels (7,900 m3) per day.[1] ANCAP has a long-term corporate credit rating "BB−" with positive outlook by Standard & Poor's.[2] It is one of the most efficient and reliable companies in Latin America.

Starting in 1933, he created an alternative fuel of national development based on gasogen (in spanish "gasógeno") that made it possible to overcome the fuel shortage of the World War II almost without difficulties.

In December 2008, ANCAP launched Uruguay's first offshore licensing round, due for completion June 2009. It offered 11 blocks for oil and gas exploration covering areas ranging from 4,000 to 8,000 square kilometres (1,500 to 3,100 sq mi) each, with water depths ranging from 50 to 1,450 metres (160 to 4,760 ft).[3]

In addition to Uruguay, ANCAP operates in Argentina where it owns Petrolera del Cono Sur, operating a petrol station network.[4]

In 2017, ANCAP and UTE opened an electric vehicle network connecting Colonia del Sacramento, Rosario, Puntas de Valdez, Montevideo, San Luis and Punta del Este, with stations every 65 km. The stations at the Carrasco International Airport and Colonia have 43 kW, whereas the other stations have 22 kW.[5]

History

The National Administration of Fuels, Alcohols and Portland (ANCAP) was created by Law No. 8,764, on October 15, 1931 during the administration of Gabriel Terra.[6] With its creation, the state monopoly on the import and refining of crude oil was established, as well as on the import and manufacture of alcohol and distilled alcoholic beverages.[7] In addition, the installation of portland factories and related products was approved, to increase the performance of public works to, in turn, reduce unemployment caused by the crash of 1929.

ANCAP filling station in 2011

In the 1930s, the company built its first oil facilities to serve as a distributor, as well as the La Teja Refinery that, with a refining capacity of 600 m³ per day, led to the cessation of imports of manufactured products.[8] It also entered a market for refined liquid fuels, through the import and sale of products throughout the country, and the first two filling stations were installed in Montevideo.[9] In the 1940s, due to the increase in the activity of the Uruguayan economy and the need to ensure the energy supply, the company acquired oil tankers, carried out technical reforms to increase the processing capacity of the Refinery and began negotiations to modify the agreement with private oil companies, for the supply of crude oil and for the profits guaranteed to multinational companies, for the commercialization of diesel oil, diesel oil and fuel oil.[9]

In the 1990s, the commercialization in the country of products intended for the public began to be carried out in filling stations with the ANCAP seal under concessions to private companies such as branches.

Headquarters

ANCAP's main offices are housed in the building located at the intersection of Paysandú Street and Libertador Avenue.[10] It was designed by the architect Rafael Lorente Escudero —who also designed filling stations in both Carrasco and Punta del Este— and inaugurated in 1948.[11]

See also

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References

  1. ^ "Paraguay/Uruguay". Energy Information Administration. November 2006. Archived from the original on 28 August 2008. Retrieved 4 January 2009.
  2. ^ "S&P release on Uruguay's ANCAP". Reuters. 22 July 2008. Retrieved 4 January 2009.
  3. ^ "Uruguay draws interest". Upstream Online. NHST Media Group. 31 October 2008. Retrieved 4 January 2009.
  4. ^ "Uruguay: Petrolera del Cono Sur lost US$2.98mil". South American Business Information. 19 March 2001. Archived from the original on 23 October 2012. Retrieved 4 January 2009.
  5. ^ Habrá carga gratuita para autos eléctricos entre Colonia y Punta del Este – El Observador, 27 December 2017
  6. ^ "Ley N° 8764". 4 March 2022. Archived from the original on 4 March 2022. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
  7. ^ "Law No. 8,764" (PDF).
  8. ^ "La refinería de La Teja de Ancap fue declarada Monumento Histórico Nacional". Montevideo Portal (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 March 2023.
  9. ^ a b "ANCAP - Reseña Histórica". 2 March 2022. Archived from the original on 2 March 2022. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
  10. ^ "Edificio Ancap". Intendencia de Montevideo. (in Spanish). 6 March 2017. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
  11. ^ "EDIFICIO CENTRAL DE ANCAP | Montevideo Audiovisual". mvdaudiovisual.montevideo.gub.uy. Retrieved 4 March 2023.

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