ANCAP is a state-owned company involved in the production of a basic ingredient of concrete which was patented in what year?
ANCAP (Uruguay) ANCAP (Administración Nacional de Combustibles, Alcoholes y Portland) is a state-owned company in Uruguay. It is involved in the production of petroleum products, Portland cement and alcoholic beverages. It operates Uruguay's single oil refinery at La Teja with a capacity of 50000 oilbbl per day. ANCAP has a long-term corporate credit rating 'BB-' with positive outlook by Standard & Poor's.
Branko Babic Branko Babic is the inventor of polystyrene concrete, which is created by mixing together expanded polystyrene beads one mm in diameter and large quantities of air. It was used to help control Kuwaiti oil wells set ablaze on Saddam Hussein's orders in 1991 during the Gulf War. Babic states he is owed £100M in unpaid royalties. On the other side, it is claimed that only Kuwaitis may file for patents. According to www.patentreformgroup.com: