The norm, in detail
Energy: free export of hydrocarbons and gas
Decrees 1057/2024 and 1060/2024
in forceNATIONAL
Energy and natural resources
What changed and who it applies to
What changed
Decree 1057/2024 regulates arts. 101-152 (Hydrocarbons Law 17.319), 153-158 (Gas Law 24.076) and 163 of Title VI of the Ley Bases 27.742. It operationally enshrines the free export and import of hydrocarbons and LNG: Annex I (arts. 8-9) guarantees the free exercise of the right to export hydrocarbons, which cannot be interrupted during the shipment period or program; Annex II extends the regime to the free export/import of natural gas and LNG and repeals art. 3 of Decree 1738/92 (prior gas-export authorizations). In parallel, Decree 1060/2024 declares of national public interest TGS's private initiative to expand Section I of the Perito Moreno Gas Pipeline (Tratayén-Litoral), +14 MMm³/d over the existing 21 (total 35), the administration's first public work by private initiative. verif · Nov 28, 2024 ↗
In force
Decree 1057/2024 took effect on the day of its publication in the Official Gazette: 11/29/2024. No suspension, repeal or judicial halt was found. verif · Nov 29, 2024 ↗
Who it affects
Oil and gas producers, refiners and marketers; LNG importers/exporters; gas transporters (TGS in the pipeline case); energy-sector investors; and the hydrocarbon provinces as granting authorities. verif · Nov 29, 2024 ↗
The norm
Decreto 1057/2024 (DECTO-2024-1057-APN-PTE), signed on Nov 28, 2024 and published in the Boletín Oficial on Nov 29, 2024; complemented by Decreto 1060/2024 (DECTO-2024-1060-APN-PTE), signed on Nov 29, 2024 and published in the Boletín Oficial on Dec 2, 2024. verif · Nov 29, 2024 ↗
Our reading
The State sets the rules of the game the sector asked for: exporting hydrocarbons and gas stops depending on a discretionary authorization and becomes a right that is not interrupted (R4 deregulation). With the first work by private initiative (Perito Moreno Gas Pipeline) adding 14 MMm³/d, the transport bottleneck is cleared that was stalling the exit of Vaca Muerta gas (R3 rule stability for investing). What we watch: that the Energy Secretariat's operational regulation does not reintroduce obstacles and that the transport work advances on schedule. thesis
Where it lands, province by province1
Neuquén Firm free export of hydrocarbons/gas + the gas-pipeline expansion starting in Tratayén (Neuquén) unlock the evacuation of Vaca Muerta gas toward the coast and export, improving the monetization of Neuquén production and the demand for transport/logistics services and equipment. favorable opening and deregulation thesis
What it leads to1
Hydrocarbons: the prior domestic-offer step for exports is goneSE Res. 166/2026 (Official Gazette, Jul 22, 2026)in force
The other rules on this subject28
The State reorders the trunk gas pipelines and forces firm transportation contracts to be redrawnRes. SE 66/2026 (Official Gazette, Mar 13, 2026) + Res. ENARGAS 409/2026in execution
Hydrocarbons: the prior domestic-offer step for exports is goneSE Res. 166/2026 (Official Gazette, Jul 22, 2026)in force
The Comahue returns to private hands: 4 dams awarded in concessionRes. 2124/2025, Ministry of Economy (Official Gazette Dec 30, 2025)in force
End of segmentation: energy subsidies are targeted at those who need themDecree 943/2025 (Official Gazette, Jan 2, 2026)in force
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