The Mexican Petroleum Institute (in Spanish: ''Instituto Mexicano del Petróleo, IMP'') is a public research organization dedicated to develop technical solutions, conduct
basic
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and
applied research
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and provide specialized training to
Pemex
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, the state-owned government-granted monopoly in Mexico's petroleum industry.
The Institute was founded on 23 August 1965 by federal decree and is based in Mexico City. Despite facing significant budget constraints in recent years and being accused of depending excessively on foreign technology by noted physicist
Leopoldo García-Colín
Leopoldo García-Colín Scherer (27 November 1930, in Mexico City – 8 October 2012, in Mexico City) was a Mexican scientist specialized in Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics who received the National Prize for Arts and Sciences in 1988.
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, it was the leading patent applicant among Mexican institutions in 2005 and houses one of the most advanced microscopes on the planet.
Noted researchers
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Leopoldo García-Colín
Leopoldo García-Colín Scherer (27 November 1930, in Mexico City – 8 October 2012, in Mexico City) was a Mexican scientist specialized in Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics who received the National Prize for Arts and Sciences in 1988.
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Octavio Novaro
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Indian Institute of Petroleum
The Indian Institute of Petroleum (IIP), established in 1960, is one of the 37 constituent laboratories of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), dedicated to R&D in the hydrocarbon sector.French Institute of Petroleum
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Vietnam Petroleum Institute
Vietnam Petroleum Institute (VPI) was established on May 22, 1978. It is based in Hanoi, with a branch in Ho Chi Minh City.
The Institute's assigned functions and tasks are as follows:
*Carrying out scientific and technological studies in the fiel ...