Bringing the Permian Experience to Vaca Muerta
Critical infrastructure for the natural gas value chain in Vaca Muerta
Compression as a service, gas treating, modular plants and turnkey projects, with a single accountable party from design to operation.
OUR MISSION
To build the leading integrated company in critical infrastructure for the natural gas value chain in Vaca Muerta.
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World-class solutions
We develop solutions for natural gas infrastructure, integrating contract compression, gas treating, modular plants and EPC projects.
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Long-term vision
Our goal is to contribute to the sustained development of Vaca Muerta. We invest in technology, in the talent of our teams and in lasting relationships with our clients.
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Permanent presence in Neuquén
BCA has come to Argentina and is in Vaca Muerta to stay. It operates from its industrial plant, a few kilometers from the Port of Houston, and from its base at Río Neuquén Distrito Industrial, Route 51, Neuquén.
HOW WE SUPPORT OUR CLIENTS
Investing, executing and growing alongside our clients
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Invest
We invest in the equipment and in the platform that supports it: specialized personnel, spare parts, technology and local response. The financial capacity of the founding partners supports the growth of the fleet.
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Execute
Engineering, fabrication and packaging in Houston to Permian Basin standards. Construction, installation, operation and maintenance with our own people, equipment and base in Neuquén. A single accountable party from design to operation.
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Grow
Long-term contracts invoiced against measured availability. Remote monitoring and AI-based predictive maintenance from the first unit.
For companies that need a provider able to invest, execute and grow alongside them, BCA brings industrial, execution and financial capacity together in a single company.
Four business lines, from the factory to commissioning
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Compression as a service
Wellhead compression under long-term contracts, with operation, maintenance, spare parts and field response from Neuquén.
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Gas treating
Gas treating and processing packages and pressure vessels built to ASME code.
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Modular plants
Modular process plants designed and fabricated in Houston, with a track record in the United States, Colombia, Iraq and Tunisia.
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Turnkey EPC projects
Compression stations and surface facilities, with engineering in Houston and construction, installation and commissioning in Argentina.
From design to operation, under a single point of responsibility
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Engineering
Houston
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Fabrication and packaging
Houston
- UNITED STATES · ARGENTINA
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Logistics
Houston to Neuquén
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Construction, installation and commissioning
Argentina
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Operation and maintenance
Neuquén
What Basic Compression Argentina solves for the client
The aim is to bring to Argentina the operating, technological and industrial experience developed in the Permian Basin, integrated with a local platform of scale, market knowledge and execution capacity.
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Contracted availability
The client contracts available capacity and the counterpart is accountable for the result. Billing settles against measured availability.
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A single counterpart
Installation, operation, maintenance, spare parts and field response under one contract.
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Predictable delivery schedules
Own fabrication in Houston, direct relationships with engine and compressor manufacturers, and new or reconditioned units depending on the required timeline.
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Capital freed up
The client gains access to compression and treating infrastructure without tying up capital in assets outside its core business.
THE FOUNDING PARTNERS
Argentine and American founding partners
BCA brings together Argentine and American shareholders with a proven track record in both countries, combining local knowledge of Vaca Muerta with the experience built in the Permian Basin.
BASIC Equipment
Houston, Texas
Engineering, fabrication and packaging
Grupo POSE
Argentina
Execution, infrastructure and operation
Atlas Infrastructure Partners
Buenos Aires and New York
Capital, management and industry knowledge
Figures
- 1989
- BASIC Equipment founded
- 15 ha
- Owned industrial site in Houston
- +1,700
- Grupo POSE direct employees
- +700
- Grupo POSE owned units of equipment
- Top 20
- Grupo POSE among Argentina’s construction companies
- +25 years
- Atlas Infrastructure Partners’ track record in energy, infrastructure and oilfield services, 20 of them in Neuquén
BCA is in Vaca Muerta to stay.
We are a strategic partner for the long-term development of the industry. We combine industrial capabilities, access to capital, international experience and local presence to support our clients at every stage of their growth.
Contact
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