The company was founded in 1981 and is based in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It has operations in Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, the United States, and Venezuela. Tecpetrol SA explores, produces, transports, refines, and distributes oil and gas. The company operates production wells, primary and secondary oil recovery plants and facilities, and a pipeline transport system carrying natural gas. It sells its products to refineries, end-users, traders, local distributors, electrical power generators, CNG service stations, and industrial customers. Over 7,500 employees. Operates 21 fields in 8 countries. 1,200 wells in production. 37 millions of barrels of oil equivalent (mmboe) annual production output. 3,400 million cubic feet per day (mmcfd) gas carriage capacity (joint and sole pipeline operations) Operates over 12,000 km pipelines. At 730 km long, the Camisea gas pipeline is one of the largest energy projects in Latin America. The Camisea liquefied natural gas pipeline is 560 km long.