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| :''for the Bolivian oil company, see ]'' | |||
| '''Yacimentos Petrolíferos Fiscales''' ('''YPF''') was an ] ] ] company. | |||
| The company, specialising in the exploration, exploitation, distillation and sale of petroleum, had its origin in ], when the ''black gold'' was found near the city of ] in ]. The company was created in 1922 under the government of ], and was first directed by ]. It was the first oil company completely run by the state outside the ]. | |||
| Since its foundation, YPF built not only several extracting facilities but whole towns and cities, such as Comodoro Rivadavia, ] in ], ] in ] and ] in ]. | |||
| During the ], and as one of his many controversial privatizations by ], 99% of the company was sold to Spanish ] ]. The union of the two companies is known as ]. Currently YPF represents almost 50% of Repsol-YPF production. | |||
| In ], President ] created ] or ''Energía Argentina Sociedad Anónima'', an energy company of which the state controls 53%. Enarsa recently joined efforts with ]n state-owned ]. | |||
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| *] of ]. | |||
| *Oil supplier to several Argentina motor racing series. | |||
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| * (Spanish) | |||
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