Extracting data from a text file

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Can someone help me on this please?

I have exported a control system data into a text file. now I have this file with huge blocks of data. they have similar structure, but inside the block some have more data lines (the start and end is similar).
below is portion of one section.
Each section starts with "Batch_RECIPE Name" I want to search each section for items that I high-lighted in Blue and then it gives me the results that are in Green.

All sections have the first line, but they wary on the number of line after them. so some of those results would be blank

results need to be in an excel row for each section. 1st Green would be in cell A1 and then 2nd Green would be in B1, C1, D1, etc.

A1=OP_ALUM_BH_SUPPLY
B1= ENUMERATION_VALUE

C1= BATCH_PARAMETER_INTEGER

and then the it goes to the next block and next block could have result just for cells A1 and B1 so C1 would be just black


My source file data (there are more than 300 of these "blocks" and I only posted section of first one, but they all are similar:

BATCH_RECIPE NAME="OP_ALUM_BH_SUPPLY" TYPE=OPERATION CATEGORY="Recipes/Operations/Alum_Skid"

{
DESCRIPTION="Alum Buffer Hold Tank Supply"
USE_EQUIPMENT_TRAINS=F
EQUIPMENT_UNIT_CLASS="ALUM_BUFF_HOLD_UC"
ENFORCED_FORMULA_SELECTION_ENABLED=F
DEFAULT_SELECTED_FORMULA=""
PARAMETERS_LOCKED_BY_DEFAULT=F
ABSTRACT="Alum Buffer Hold Tank Supply operation"
BATCH_UNITS="gal"
BATCH_LENGTH="1"
DEFAULT_BATCH_SIZE=1
MINIMUM_BATCH_SIZE=1
MAXIMUM_BATCH_SIZE=10
PRODUCT_CODE="ALUM"
PRODUCT_NAME="Alum Buffer Hold"
FORMULA_PARAMETER NAME="O_OUT_RES01" TYPE=UNICODE_STRING
{
CONNECTION=INPUT
RECTANGLE= { X=-50 Y=-50 H=1 W=1 }
IS_PARAMETER_LOCKED=F
}
FORMULA_PARAMETER NAME="O_AGIT_ACTIVATE" TYPE=ENUMERATION_VALUE
{
CONNECTION=INPUT
RECTANGLE= { X=-50 Y=-50 H=1 W=1 }
IS_PARAMETER_LOCKED=F
}
FORMULA_PARAMETER NAME="O_AGIT_FINAL_ST" TYPE=ENUMERATION_VALUE
{
CONNECTION=INPUT
RECTANGLE= { X=-50 Y=-50 H=1 W=1 }
IS_PARAMETER_LOCKED=F
}
FORMULA_PARAMETER NAME="O_AGIT_MIX_TM" TYPE=BATCH_PARAMETER_INTEGER
{
CONNECTION=INPUT
RECTANGLE= { X=-50 Y=-50 H=1 W=1 }
IS_PARAMETER_LOCKED=F
 

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but would you be able to help?
 
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