During April 2025 relevant milestones were crowned in the sector of the gas that allow to affirm that this industry is one of the bridges that has Argentina To build long -term solid projects. It is worth making a review of the causes that referred to the current situation and the future scenarios for our country.
In 2002 the legal and economic rules of the transport and distribution licenses of Gas natural. While they had to renegotiate in 180 days, more than 20 years passed without readjust those rules. The last April, within the framework of the sector’s standardization process, the Quinquenal Review of Rates (RQT) of transport and distributors. Not only are rates include, but also the investments they have to make and the quality standards to be met.
After 20 years of patches and delays, this milestone that sets clear, known and stable rules for 5 years, so that companies develop within a framework of obligations and rights that allow them to invest, obtain profitability and provide a service of greater safety and quality.
The tariff increase, respecting the gradual criteria of the Supreme Court And the inflationary reduction plan is 3% initially and then continue with minor adjustments over 30 months. Investment commitments exceed 1.2 billion dollars that must be turned to improvements to gas infrastructure between 2025 and 2030.
Within the framework of Art 154 of Law 27,742 of Bases, the Ministry of Energy approved the declaration of availability of gas resources. This document, prepared on the basis of studies of the Argentine Petroleum and Gas Instituteallows visualizing the abundance of the resources with which our country has been blessed.
Assuming exponential growth in the demand for gas, both local and international, via exports of gas natural y LNGwith the resources relieved as of December 2023 (which do not include several subsequent developments) Argentina has natural gas to cover these consumption peaks for 62 years. If, on the other hand, the demand followed a more conservative trend, the resources would allow to meet those requirements for 163 years.
-The official declaration of the Ministry of Energy Allows you to look up and point where Argentina I should have maintained the focus years ago. Keep and increase its strategic role in the energy market not only regional, but also global. Energy is called to be a development pillar, generation of wealth and added value for the country.
On the other hand, Southern Energy SAa company in which they participate Pan American Energy, Pampa Energy, YPF, Harbour Energy y Golar LNGrequested export authorization from LICUADO NATURAL GAS (LNG). This application was possible within the framework of the aforementioned Base Law, in which the National Congress provided a specific regime for the production and marketing of this fuel.
The Ministry of Energy approved with resolution 165/2025 the free export authorization of LNG. Southern Energy It plans to start in July 2027. During the first five years it will export more than 12 million m³/natural gas day, which is equivalent to 10% of the total gas production of gas Argentina. Authorization is for a total period of 30 years. In addition, this project has just received the approval within the framework of the large investment regime provided for in the Law of Bases and Part points for the freedom of Argentines.
To carry out the operations, this company has already advanced in the final investment decision (FID; for its acronym in English) for the first section of investment that will allow progress with the license project with the ship ”Hilli episeyo”, Which will then be added a second production ship of LNG In 2028. The total investment will be around 7,000 million dollars and will generate exports worth 2.5 billion dollars a year.
These investments allow to locate Argentina In a place of relevance in the global energy market, along with the great powers of the globe in this segment.
They are just some examples of the way gas naturalfirmly, is forging solid foundations to build a long term to Argentina. Nothing really valuable and lasting is built effortlessly and constancy. Many are pending challenges and issues, but the foundations that have been built are also very important and solid.
