In force since Nov 29, 2024
Energy: free export of hydrocarbons and gas
Decretos 1057/2024 and 1060/2024
in forceNATIONAL
Energy and natural resources
Decreto 1057/2024 implements Título VI of Ley 27.742 and guarantees the right to export oil, gas and LNG without prior authorization.
The other rules on this subject43
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 pre-export local offer fallsSE Res. 166/2026 (Official Gazette, Jul 22, 2026)in force
The State puts 16 high-voltage works out to tender, and six of them run through four of the five provincesRes. SE 202/2026 (Official Gazette, Aug 12, 2026), the Plan's first workin execution
What changed and who it applies to
What changed
Decreto 1057/2024 regulates arts. 101-152 (Hydrocarbons Ley 17.319), 153-158 (Gas Ley 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 Decreto 1738/92 (prior gas-export authorizations) verif. In parallel, Decreto 1060/2024 declares of national public interest TGS's private initiative to expand Section I of the Perito Moreno Gas Pipeline (Tratayén-Litoral) verif, +14 MMm³/d over the existing 21 (total 35), the administration's first public work by private initiative verif. verif Nov 28, 2024 ↗
In force
Decreto 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 applies to
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
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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
Which markets depend on this rule1
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What it leads to1
Hydrocarbons: the pre-export local offer fallsSE Res. 166/2026 (Official Gazette, Jul 22, 2026)in force
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