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YPF Marks La Plata Refinery’s Centenary With New Real-Time Operations Hub

The facility’s upgraded control center advances YPF’s Plan 4x4 push to lift margins through digital execution and efficiency.

Overview

  • YPF inaugurated the Real Time Operations Room at the La Plata complex, linking real-time execution with the RTIC visualization center opened in March.
  • The new hub monitors roughly 200,000 operational variables across fuel refining, lubricants, petrochemicals and asphalt units.
  • Company figures say the complex supplies 41% of Argentina’s gasoline and 39% of diesel, covering more than 60% of the Buenos Aires metropolitan area.
  • About 70% of the crude now processed comes from Vaca Muerta shale, a shift that has required operational adjustments from the prior Golfo San Jorge slate.
  • In August 2025 the refinery set a monthly processing record above one million cubic meters and reports capacity above 210,000 barrels per day.