The pandemic did not bring operations to a halt—and neither did it affect the drive to make improvements nor the ensuing recognitions. Three projects at the Mexican plant have been awarded the CCJ 2020 Best Practices Awards for achieving improvements in procedures. 

The approach taken by Tecpetrol to the issue of diversity is not only reflected in specific practices within the company but also expands to embrace its environment. The company is promoting activities and initiatives that aim to achieve greater gender equity and foster equal opportunities.

Tecpetrol’s Annual SME Supplier Meeting, this year held online, was the kick-off for the company’s new training and consultancy agenda, targeting 190 companies. Tecpetrol CEO Ricardo Markous was joined by Argentine Secretary of Energy, Darío Martínez, as they shared their vision for industrial development in Argentina.

The Pesqueria Power Plant in Mexico has notched up an unprecedented achievement just last month: it’s the first Tecpetrol project to obtain ISO 9001:2015 certification.

From an interview with Máximo Vedoya, through Tenaris advances in geothermal energy development, to Tenova's role in the mining market and the first steps of Tecpetrol's new Business Unit.

As part of its drive to promote teacher training, Tecpetrol is partnering with the Neuquen Ministry of Education to launch the Second Training Update Course for teachers at technical and agricultural schools. The course is designed to help develop new tools to train young people in Industry 4.0 skills and tackle the challenges of digitalization.

With visits to universities in Tucuman, Santa Fe, San Juan, Mendoza, Cordoba, Chubut, Neuquen, the province of Buenos Aires and the City of Buenos Aires, the company is seeking to attract some 400 Engineering, Economic Sciences and Systems students and graduates.

In a talk with the university community, Horacio Marín reminisced about the challenges of working as a young professional at Tecpetrol in the early days of a field that is now thirty years old.

In the conviction that diversity in the workplace leads to better results for all companies and contributes to developing society in general, Tecpetrol and NCR, a leading technology company, shared their best practices in this area.