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YPFB hydrocarbon exploration and fuel crisis management

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YPFB hydrocarbon exploration and fuel crisis management operations

Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales Bolivianos (YPFB) has undertaken various operational initiatives involving hydrocarbon exploration and fuel management in Bolivia. In the Subandino Norte region, YPFB and its subsidiary YPFB Andina S.A. conducted geological survey campaigns in the Lliquimuni and El Pelado areas. These efforts were intended areas to evaluate hydrocarbon potential, update geological maps, potential and identify access routes for future drilling in the Non-Traditional Hydrocarbon Zone. Separately, drilling. To address a growing fuel crisis marked by diesel shortages and systemic control failures, YPFB launched has implemented an integrated online monitoring system. This system to track tracks fuel distribution in real time from assignment to service stations. This system aims stations to monitor tankers, drivers, improve traceability and volumes to ensure products reach intended destinations. combat illegal stockpiling and resale at inflated prices. This follows an intervention where authorities identified that 22 million liters of fuel were diverted. To support this, technical teams began inspections in Montero, with mitigate shortages, YPFB plans to expand to Santa Cruz, La Paz, and Cochabamba. The company also initiated increase crude oil refining by 10,000 barrels per day, a forensic audit following the detection of 630 remote accesses move projected to its system. Oversight of the fuel route will include inter-ministerial commissions generate $49 million annually. This strategy involves utilizing underperforming refineries in Cochabamba and the Comité Pro Santa Cruz to investigate reports bolster the national diesel supply. Concurrently, the Chamber of supply irregularities Agro-Industrial Producers (CAO) has called for opening the fuel market to private sector participation in importing and potential theft. refining to ensure a consistent supply.

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  1. 2026-09-10 19:55 UTC YPFB hydrocarbon exploration and fuel crisis management
  2. 2026-09-09 00:13 UTC YPFB hydrocarbon and fuel management operations

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