NYSE:PAM Pampa Energia Q4 2025 Earnings Report $82.14 +2.71 (+3.41%) Closing price 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$81.93 -0.21 (-0.26%) As of 04:10 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Massive. Learn more. ProfileEarnings HistoryForecast Pampa Energia EPS ResultsActual EPS$3.00Consensus EPS $0.65Beat/MissBeat by +$2.35One Year Ago EPSN/APampa Energia Revenue ResultsActual Revenue$507.00 millionExpected Revenue$737.30 billionBeat/MissMissed by -$736.79 billionYoY Revenue GrowthN/APampa Energia Announcement DetailsQuarterQ4 2025Date3/2/2026TimeAfter Market ClosesConference Call DateMonday, March 2, 2026Conference Call Time4:30PM ETUpcoming EarningsPampa Energia's Q2 2026 earnings is estimated for Wednesday, August 5, 2026, based on past reporting schedules, with a conference call scheduled at 8:00 AM ET. Check back for transcripts, audio, and key financial metrics as they become available.Conference Call ResourcesConference Call AudioConference Call TranscriptSlide DeckPress Release (6-K)Annual Report (20-F)Earnings HistoryCompany ProfileSlide DeckFull Screen Slide DeckPowered by Pampa Energia Q4 2025 Earnings Call TranscriptProvided by QuartrMarch 2, 2026 ShareLink copied to clipboard.Key Takeaways Positive Sentiment: Rincón de Aranda ramped materially (20k bpd target reached, Q4 avg 17.1k bpd) and contributed $126M EBITDA in 2025, with targets of ~28k bpd by mid‑2026 and a 45k bpd plateau in 2027. Positive Sentiment: The power segment improved under new wholesale rules (Q4 power EBITDA +28% to $111M), and Pampa plans to self‑procure ~40% of gas for its plants in 2026 to capture higher margins and vertical synergies. Positive Sentiment: Financials strengthened — consolidated EBITDA exceeded $1B, Q4 adjusted EBITDA was $230M (+26% y/y), year‑end cash ~ $1.1B and net leverage ~1.1x after issuing a long‑dated 2037 bond to extend debt maturity. Negative Sentiment: Aggressive investment profile — record CapEx of ~$1.4B in 2025 and a ~ $1.1B 2026 budget (≈$1B to E&P) will drive about $500M negative cash flow this year, and management does not plan dividends in the near term. Neutral Sentiment: Operations and pricing are mixed — production is seasonal (Q4 q/q decline), gas sales fell q/q, and while oil is hedged one year forward (providing downside protection), current hedges are producing mark‑to‑market losses versus spot Brent. AI Generated. May Contain Errors.Conference Call Audio Live Call not available Earnings Conference CallPampa Energia Q4 202500:00 / 00:00Speed:1x1.25x1.5x2xTranscript SectionsPresentationParticipantsPresentationSkip to Participants Raquel CardaszAnalyst of Investor Relations at Pampa EnergÃa00:00:00Good afternoon, everyone, and thank you for waiting. I'm Raquel Cardasz from IR, we would like to welcome everyone to Pampa EnergÃa's fourth quarter of 2025 results video conference. We would like to inform you that this event is being recorded. All participants will be in listen-only mode during the presentation. After the company's remarks, there will be a Q&A session. Questions can only be sent in writing through Zoom. Should any participants need assistance, please send us a chat message. Before continuing, please read the disclaimer on the second page of our presentation. Let me mention that forward-looking statements are based on Pampa EnergÃa's management beliefs and assumptions and information currently available to the company. They involve risks, uncertainties, and assumptions because they are related to future events that may or may not occur. Raquel CardaszAnalyst of Investor Relations at Pampa EnergÃa00:00:58Investors should understand that general economic and industry conditions and other operational factors could also affect the future results of Pampa EnergÃa and could cause results to differ materially from those expressed in such forward-looking statements. I will turn the video conference over to Lida. Please go ahead. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:01:20Hello, Raquel. Thank you very much. Hello, everyone. Good afternoon. Thank you for joining our call. I will make a really quick summary so we can spend more time on questions with the management today. Q&A, we have our CEO, Mr. Mariani, our CFO, Mr. Zuberbuhler, and our Head of Oil and Gas, Mr. Turri. Let's go ahead with the first slide, where we make a quick summary of 2025. 25 November 2025 marked our 20th anniversary, Pampa, from the creation of Pampa. Back in 2005, we did not produce any oil or gas or did not generate any single MWh of generation electricity. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:02:1020 years later, Pampa accounts for 9% of the country's total natural gas production and reached a record daily production of 104,000 barrels of oil equivalent during the winter of 2025. This year also marked a steep change in our upstream profile. Our black flagship shallow development at Rincón de Aranda began the year producing less than 1,000 barrels of oil per day, and now reach a 20,000 barrel goal by December of last year. As a result, total annual average production exceeded 84,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day. This is 8% higher than last year and 73% up since 2017, the year after we acquired Petrobras Argentina, reflecting the sustained organic growth and disciplined capital allocation. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:03:13In the power segment, we consolidated a 15% share of Argentina's net electricity output, achieving an outstanding 94% thermal availability rate in 2025. We affirm our position as the country's leading IPP and demonstrating a reliable, efficient fleet cooperating under a gradually normalizing market framework. At a consolidated level, the EBITDA grew 8% year-on-year, surpassing the $1 billion mark, mostly driven by power, gas, and Rincón de Aranda. While oil and gas and power each represent half of the EBITDA, we expect that ongoing growth at Rincón de Aranda will further expand oil and gas footprint in the EBITDA. Pampa and its subsidiaries are deeply committed to the country's energy development. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:04:18In 2025, we hit a new record high of $1.4 billion in CapEx, of which roughly half was destined to Rincón de Aranda, the largest single project development investment in our 20-year history. In 2026, we expect to set a new record high, allocating $770 million in Rincón de Aranda, very similar to last year, to reach production plateau, plus another $400 million for maintenance across our operations and around $600 million for TGS revenue initiative project. Moving on to the Q4 results. The quarter's adjusted EBITDA amounted to $230 million. This is a 26% year-on-year increase. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:05:14Power generation was the main contributor, where since November, the new guidelines for the wholesale electricity market have allowed power producers to operate under a more decentralized scheme, improving price signals and enabling us to capture operational efficiencies and synergies with our E&P gas. Rincón de Aranda was the second key driver, with its production ramping up, ramp up, accounting for 23% of the quarter's EBITDA, supported by 10 active pads as of today. Our capital structure, it continues to strengthen, following the issuance of our 12-year international bond. We closed the year with a net debt to EBITDA ratio of 1.1x, an average debt life of almost eight years. Quarter-on-quarter, EBITDA decreased due to the gas seasonality, sorry, offset by Rincón de Aranda and the steady contributions from our utilities, TGS and Transener. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:06:24CapEx surged 81% year-on-year to $371 million in the quarter, of which $249 million were invested in the development of Rincón de Aranda. Okay, moving on slide six. The oil and gas segment adjusted EBITDA was $77 million in Q4, more than doubling last year's, driven by Rincón de Aranda, increased gas exports, and industrial demand. Higher transport and treatment costs partially offset this gain. Compared to Q3, EBITDA declined due to the gas seasonality, was smoothed by Rincón de Aranda. Lifting costs averaged $8 per barrel of oil equivalent, slightly below last year due to higher crude oil output and stronger gas demand, offset by increasing gas treatment costs and the lease of temporary facilities at Rincón de Aranda. Quarter-on-quarter, lifting costs for BOE increased due to this gas seasonality. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:07:39Gas listing costs remained flat year-on-year at $1.2 per mil BTU, an average of $1 during the 2025. Rose quarter-on-quarter, again, because of the gas seasonality, while oil declined sharply to below $11 per barrel from $36 last year's Q4. This is because, mainly because of Rincón de Aranda's ramp up and the divestment of mature conventional blocks. Remind you all that last year, Q4, Rincón de Aranda was really a greenfield, produced only from one well. On top of that, we were recording trucking expenses, testing expenses, and we also held a lot of mature blocks that today are divested. Total production averaged more than 81,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day, up 32% year-on-year. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:08:38This is led by Rincón de Aranda and Sierra Chata, partially offset by decreases at El Mangrullo and in non-operated blocks, as well as the divestment of El Tordillo. Quarter-on-quarter, production dropped 18%, again explained by the gas seasonality. The production mix continues to evolve, with oil rising to 22% of total outputs, driven entirely by Rincón de Aranda. Crude oil prices averaged nearly $61 per barrel in Q4. This is 10% lower than last year due to the weaker Brent prices. Without the hedging at Rincón de Aranda, our realized price would have been $53 per barrel. Focusing now exclusively on Rincón de Aranda, the ramp-up stays on track. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:09:28In Q4, we reached the first goal of 20,000 barrels per day after tying two pads, two new pads, with an average quarterly production of 17.1 thousand barrels per day. This is a 19% increase quarter-on-quarter. As of today, 10 pads are online, of which three of them are currently undergoing testing, well testing, plus we have another two pads, DUC pads, and two other pads are under fracking. In 2025, Rincón de Aranda contributed $126 million of EBITDA. Infrastructure build out, thanks to the RIGI incentive regime, continues in parallel with the field development. Next month, we are installing an additional temporary processing facility with a focus on reaching 28,000 barrels by mid-2026, a key milestone towards the final production target of 45,000 barrels expected in 2027. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:10:34Moving to gas. Sales grew 10% year-on-year, but dropped 23% from Q3. This is again explained by seasonality. El Mangrullo continued to lead the output, though its share shrank to 46%, while Sierra Chata grew to 38% share, with production up 39% year-on-year, supported by a new pad that we tied in during the quarter. Together, they accounted for 84% of the total gas production. Gas prices averaged $3 per mil BTU, flat year-on-year. Industry sales supported the pricing, offset by lower export prices due to the Brent underperformance and a drop in residential due to the lagged tariff pass-through of the devaluation. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:11:30In Q4 this year, 72% of our gas was sold under the Plan Gas.Ar, down from the 81% Q4 last year due to the transfer of certain rounds of the Plan Gas volumes to fuel self-procurement in power, which represented 4% of the total sales in Q4 2025. Now, in December, we started to formally be doing the self-procurement of gas in Esquinela and Loma de la Lata. The self-procurement increased to 41% on average in January 2026. As a result, Plan Gas.Ar exposure shrunk to 37%. With the new guidelines in place, we expect 40% of this year's production to supply our own gas or our own power generation, capturing margins and leveraging synergies between these two core businesses. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:12:42Before moving from E&P, I wanna just do a quick update on reserves. Total proven reserves rose 20% to 296 million BOE, driven by our increased activity in Sierra Chata and specifically in Rincón de Aranda. Shale reserves grew by 55% year on year to 204 million barrels, and with shale oil now accounting for 19% of total reserves. The reserve replacement ratio was 3.2x, extending the average life to 10.2 years. Since 2019, proven reserves have increased 118%, with the most significant expansion coming from shale since 2023, was the year when we started to actively develop Vaca Muerta formation. Okay, moving to power generations. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:13:43We posted an EBITDA of $111 million in Q4, up 28% year-on-year, mainly driven by stronger stock prices under the new guidelines, especially, partially offset by power dispatch at Genelba CCGT due to the program maintenance. Total availability declined to 91% due to the scheduled maintenance in Loma de la Lata and the ongoing outage that we are experiencing in Isa since January. However, Pampa's thermal availability continues to outpace the national grid under the new framework. Also, EnergÃa Plus B2B contracts were discontinued, though we managed to recontract in the B2B market, so contract capacity remains stable year-on-year. With the new framework also, performance balances between contracted capacity and physical margin. Value creation also can be driven by efficiency and fuel management. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:14:53Those units with high load factors and self-procure fuel will achieve higher margins. Turning to cash flow on slide 11, we show the parent company figures because this is aligned with our bond parameter. Despite the higher CapEx at Rincón de Aranda, we posted a limited $20 million free cash outflow in Q4, offset by strong EBITDA and working capital inflows, mostly from winter collections. As a result, cash and cash equivalents stood at $1.1 billion at the quarter end. This is $210 million more than September close. Finally, on the balance sheet, gross debt was nearly $1.9 billion, down 9% since 2024 December. In November last year, we issued a $450 million international bond maturing 2037 with a record 20-year tenure. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:15:56This is the first loan data issuance by an Argentine corporate over a decade, and extending our average life to almost eight years. The proceeds from this issuance and the 2034 notes that we issued in May were used to redeem all the outstanding international bonds, the 2026, the 2027, the 2029 notes, and some of the local dollar bonds. As a result, net debt reached to $801 million. This is 1.1 net leverage, maintaining a conservative capital structure while funding growth. This concludes the presentation. Thank you for hearing me. Now the floor is open for questions. If you have a question, please send it through Zoom chat. We will read it and answer them in the order received. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:16:47Make sure your name and your company is displayed so we can correctly introduce you to the audience. Should any participant need assistance, please send us a chat message. Please hold while we pose the questions. Thank you. All right, we start. Alejandro de Micheli from Jefferies, "How do you see the evolution of production? Please split between oil and gas and of drilling and completion and listing costs in 2026." Production, drilling D&C, listing costs. Gustavo MarianiEVP and CEO at Pampa EnergÃa00:17:30Okay. Good afternoon. Thank you, everybody, for joining. Regarding production, let's go first to oil. We are, as Lida mentioned, currently in around 19,000 barrels per day. Our target is to reach 25,000 barrels per day by the end of March, beginning of April, and then keep on ramping up to 27,000, even 28,000 barrels per day as of the half of the year. All of this is coming out of Rincón de Aranda. In terms of natural gas, we just closed February, around 14 million cubic meters per day. We will probably be reaching a peak of around 18 million cubic meters per day during the winter. Gustavo MarianiEVP and CEO at Pampa EnergÃa00:18:20An average of approximately 13.5 million cubic meters per day compared to 12.5 million cubic meters per day in 2025. In terms of drilling and completion, in Rincón de Aranda, we drilled 20 wells. We're going to be drilling 20 wells and completing 35. In Sierra Chata, we will be drilling and completing eight wells each. I'm missing lifting costs, which will be in the range of $10 per barrel. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:18:57Mm-hmm. Yeah. Until we get the PPF. Gustavo MarianiEVP and CEO at Pampa EnergÃa00:18:59Until we get the CPF. We're talking about 2026. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:19:02Yeah. Gustavo MarianiEVP and CEO at Pampa EnergÃa00:19:03A little bit less than $1 per million BTU in our gas operations. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:19:10Great. Let's go to the next question. Next question comes from Guido Vicenzaro from All'aria. About the hedging. How are the royalties settled? Are they including the hedge or is that independent and settled at the market? Gustavo MarianiEVP and CEO at Pampa EnergÃa00:19:30No. Royalties do not have any connection to the hedging. They are set at the market price. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:19:40All right. Next question. Alejandro Christensen from Latin Securities. How much impact have you seen so far from Resolution 425/2025? How much additional impact do you expect in 2026, would you provide some color on the EBITDA growth outlook for this segment next year? Next year, I guess 2027, right? Adolfo ZuberbuhlerCFO at Pampa EnergÃa00:20:05This year. Hi, good afternoon, everybody. Thank you for joining in. The impact of the resolution so far, it's, I think what we have been saying in previous calls is between 10% and 15% vis-a-vis the EBITDA generation that we had in 2025. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:20:35Yeah. Yeah, rough. Adolfo ZuberbuhlerCFO at Pampa EnergÃa00:20:37More or less. That is what we expect for the segment as a whole, when you compare 2026 vis-a-vis the previous year. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:20:52I guess 2027 is too early to say, right? Adolfo ZuberbuhlerCFO at Pampa EnergÃa00:20:54Say again? Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:20:552027. It's early to say. Adolfo ZuberbuhlerCFO at Pampa EnergÃa00:20:58Too soon to say. Yes. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:21:00Yeah. Adolfo ZuberbuhlerCFO at Pampa EnergÃa00:21:04What this resolution brings is also an improvement in our E&P business, and that is thanks to the fact that now we are self-procured. Well, the gas and power thermal power use is provided by our E&P segment. Again, we are expecting here, but it's so far what we have seen in January and February, a 10% increase in quantity in the natural gas produced by the segment. That is thanks to the fact that we are self-procuring in our thermal plants. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:21:54We cannot not put a match number of that profit, right? The number you said is only for power generation, but the fact that we are self-procuring, this vertical integration, we are now putting a number so far. An effect, right? An impact. Adolfo ZuberbuhlerCFO at Pampa EnergÃa00:22:13That's correct. That's... In our projections, we expect on the power generation segment at around 10%-15% increase in EBITDA. Another increase coming from the fact that the total gas produced by the E&P segment will also go up by around 10%. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:22:40That's right. All right. Next question coming from Alejandro. Alejandro says, have you signed any PPAs with private counterparties for energy or capacity? Adolfo ZuberbuhlerCFO at Pampa EnergÃa00:22:53Yes. We have been very active since November, that this new resolution is... Our commercial team has been extremely active. If I remember correctly, I think that we have sold like $70 million. Now you can sell energy and capacity. We've been active in both. Signed more than 100 and something contract for a total of around 70 MW. Yes, we have been very active there. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:23:32All right. How are you seeing natural gas demand and price in the industrial sector, evolving during Q1 2026? Gustavo MarianiEVP and CEO at Pampa EnergÃa00:23:44We see the industrial demand is stable. It accounts for less than to around 10% of our overall production. Given the changes in the self-procurement, it's not a segment that we are not that interested. It wouldn't have an effect in Pampa EnergÃa. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:24:12All right. Next question coming also from Alejandro. What percentage of oil production remains unhedged throughout 2027? Adolfo ZuberbuhlerCFO at Pampa EnergÃa00:24:24Throughout 2027 means until or until the end of 2027? Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:24:29Throughout, it means until 2027. Adolfo ZuberbuhlerCFO at Pampa EnergÃa00:24:31Oh. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:24:32In English, right? I don't know. Adolfo ZuberbuhlerCFO at Pampa EnergÃa00:24:36Basically, we are fully hedged one year going forward. Until first quarter of next year, we are fully hedged. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:24:46All right. Next question coming from Bull Market, Felipe Collazo. Following the deregulation, has Pampa been able to start acquiring gas from its own wells? I think it's all self-answered. Can you give a guidance of what the savings in fuel costs will amount during 2026? Savings in fuel costs. I don't see savings. Gustavo MarianiEVP and CEO at Pampa EnergÃa00:25:11Si. We're making profit out of it. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:25:14We are vertically integrating. Gustavo MarianiEVP and CEO at Pampa EnergÃa00:25:15Exactly. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:25:15Yeah. We are producing more than before, right? Gustavo MarianiEVP and CEO at Pampa EnergÃa00:25:18That's right. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:25:19January, we produced. Gustavo MarianiEVP and CEO at Pampa EnergÃa00:25:21We will be particularly producing more during 2026 in the wintertime. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:25:26Yeah, it will be more like. Gustavo MarianiEVP and CEO at Pampa EnergÃa00:25:27We'll be at a flat curve. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:25:29Yeah. Q1 is already higher than Q1. Gustavo MarianiEVP and CEO at Pampa EnergÃa00:25:32We already said that, yeah, that, February ended up with almost 14 million cubic meters per day. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:25:40Well, yeah, last year, first quarter, it was a little bit different because Q4, it was very bad, and they CAMMESA took more gas. Even that, the production- Gustavo MarianiEVP and CEO at Pampa EnergÃa00:25:51Just take into account that the overall average of 25 was 12.5. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:25:56Mm. Gustavo MarianiEVP and CEO at Pampa EnergÃa00:25:57We're saying that only February is around 14 million cubic meters per day. Our estimation is that we will be producing around 13.5 to 14 million in 2026. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:26:13How long do you expect the RIGI approval to take for the Rincón de Aranda treatment plant? We used to think that application had been filed by mid-2025 when it was first announced, but some news articles from a month ago suggest it was just done last January. Could you clarify that? Gustavo MarianiEVP and CEO at Pampa EnergÃa00:26:38Yep. I don't recall when we filed the RIGI for that stream, but it was definitely fourth quarter of last year. We haven't been approved yet, but recently, they have. There was a new decree adding upstream of oil to the RIGI, so we are starting to file for an addition, yeah, an overall RIGI for the full development of Rincón de Aranda. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:27:20All right. Do you plan to fund the CapEx by via new debt issues? Adolfo ZuberbuhlerCFO at Pampa EnergÃa00:27:31Hi, everyone. The base case scenario is the answer is no. The idea is we have a big cash position that we have been acquiring with our free cash flow, and last year, net issuance. The base case is that we use part of that cash to complete our CapEx investment of this year. That being said, if we decide to embark in new projects or any other new investments, we'll have to revalue that decision, that base scenario. Of course, there's always. We're very opportunistic, so if spreads keep tightening, that is something that we will look. The base case scenario is that we will face the capital investments with our cash position. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:28:31Thanks. Next question comes from Juan Ignacio Lopez, from Puente. I think we haven't re-answered this yet. What's the guidance about CapEx for 2026 on gas and power? Adolfo ZuberbuhlerCFO at Pampa EnergÃa00:28:54Around total CapEx? Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:28:57Sorry. Before that, we don't give guidance. What I will give you, we will share with you what our board approved by the budget, for the budget, right? Adolfo ZuberbuhlerCFO at Pampa EnergÃa00:29:08I mean, the, as Irina says, the restricted group only, you know. It's basically, it's around $1.1 billion, basically $1 billion, the E&P segment, and less than $100 million on power generation because it's only maintenance CapEx. We don't have any projects, any new projects going on that, on the power generation segment. That answers? Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:29:41Oil? No, no. Adolfo ZuberbuhlerCFO at Pampa EnergÃa00:29:42Oil, almost around [crosstalk] $1 billion. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:29:47$1 billion. Awesome. Next question, he says, specifically, how much is, of that is maintenance and how much is scheduled for thermal plants this year? It's pretty much- Adolfo ZuberbuhlerCFO at Pampa EnergÃa00:29:59Yeah. It's around $80 million, and it's all. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:30:03Maintenance Adolfo ZuberbuhlerCFO at Pampa EnergÃa00:30:04Maintenance CapEx. Yes. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:30:07Second, guidance regarding free cash flow, which again, we don't do guidance, but we can share with you the, what it's, approved by the budget. What crude realized price are you assuming for your base case scenario? Gustavo MarianiEVP and CEO at Pampa EnergÃa00:30:31We expect total CapEx, including maintenance CapEx, investment CapEx, and the equity that we will deploy to our joint ventures. All that will imply more or less, $500 million negative cash flow after our investment. That is what will bring the cash position from $1.2 billion to $700 million, roughly. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:31:05All right. What else? The price of oil. Gustavo MarianiEVP and CEO at Pampa EnergÃa00:31:11Yeah. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:31:12The price of oil assumed for the budget. Gustavo MarianiEVP and CEO at Pampa EnergÃa00:31:15Ah. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:31:15Which I think was, less than 58. Adolfo ZuberbuhlerCFO at Pampa EnergÃa00:31:19That's the one assuming the budget. I think what is relevant here is the hedge price that is around $66. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:31:27Mm-hmm. Yeah, that's right. A little bit above $66, right? Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:31:32The hedge is Brent, right? Gustavo MarianiEVP and CEO at Pampa EnergÃa00:31:34Yeah. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:31:35After discounts and export duty, which is 8%, is roughly a little bit lower than... It's roughly a little bit above $58, depending on the discount. Gustavo MarianiEVP and CEO at Pampa EnergÃa00:31:49Well, hedge you mean? Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:31:50The world hedge is realized FOB. Gustavo MarianiEVP and CEO at Pampa EnergÃa00:31:53Okay. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:31:53Because world hedge, you have to account the. Gustavo MarianiEVP and CEO at Pampa EnergÃa00:31:55Transportation. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:32:00Okay. Next question. Someone. We're never doing this 6:30. We are never doing this 6:30 again. This is that. Caterusi Matthias from ASCA. How should we think the quarry production ramp up through 2026, particularly toward the around 24,000 barrels per day level by second quarter of 2026 and around 28,000 by third quarter of 2026? Gustavo MarianiEVP and CEO at Pampa EnergÃa00:32:36We've been through that. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:32:37Mm-hmm. Yeah. Gustavo MarianiEVP and CEO at Pampa EnergÃa00:32:38That is the last step. Gustavo MarianiEVP and CEO at Pampa EnergÃa00:32:39That is exactly. He's answering the question. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:32:41Yeah. He's answering. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:32:42After the eight, 28 hole. In the chart we put, it's 28 and then sharply goes up to the plateau. Gustavo MarianiEVP and CEO at Pampa EnergÃa00:32:50No, that's not gonna happen. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:32:52What do you think? Gustavo MarianiEVP and CEO at Pampa EnergÃa00:32:53[audio distortion] Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:32:55Vertically down. Gustavo MarianiEVP and CEO at Pampa EnergÃa00:32:56Unfortunately. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:32:56It's not asking. Gustavo MarianiEVP and CEO at Pampa EnergÃa00:32:57No. It's not financially efficient. It's probably gonna be a ramp up curve going from 28,000 to 45,000 in around five to six months. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:33:11Okay. Matthias is asking. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:33:16Given that Pampa has more gas reserves that it can currently monetize, would you consider monetizing part of your gas aggregate volume through farm out or farm downs or asset sales? Gustavo MarianiEVP and CEO at Pampa EnergÃa00:33:35We could consider, but we are not actively seeking to do so. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:33:43Could you update us. Another from Matthias. Could you update us on Southern Energy FLNG project, specifically timing, expected volumes, and potential EBITDA CapEx contribution from Pampa, and what the LNG FOB price assumption? It's basically the Coca-Cola. Everything. Gustavo MarianiEVP and CEO at Pampa EnergÃa00:34:03Yes. Coca-Cola. In terms of timing, we are expecting the first boat by second half of 2027, and second one by the second half of 2028, for a total demand of six million tons per year. That's around, roughly around 24-25 to 26 million cubic meters per day. We have 20% out of that. And the biggest capital or the biggest CapEx involved in the project now is the construction of the dedicated gas pipeline from Tratayén to San Antonio Este, which will account for probably around $1.5 billion. Hopefully less than that. Gustavo MarianiEVP and CEO at Pampa EnergÃa00:34:59Hopefully less than that. From $1.3-1.5 billion. Out of which we could consider that 60% will be financed and maybe 30%-40% is gonna be equity. Out of that we have 20%. That's the major CapEx that we'll be facing. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:35:19Francisco Cascarón from Santander. He's asking what new opportunities do you foresee in the generation segment, if any? Do you expect. Gustavo MarianiEVP and CEO at Pampa EnergÃa00:35:30I'm sorry. Just to add something that's relevant. We signed our first long-term contract with SEFE, the German agency, for two million tons per year. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:35:42It's binding? Is it binding? Gustavo MarianiEVP and CEO at Pampa EnergÃa00:35:43It's already binding. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:35:44It's binding. Gustavo MarianiEVP and CEO at Pampa EnergÃa00:35:44Yeah. More than binding. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:35:46Great. Awesome. Never fail. Gustavo MarianiEVP and CEO at Pampa EnergÃa00:35:48Binding for both. For both sides. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:35:51Great. All right. Shifting to power generation. Francisco Cascarón from Santander, he's asking, do you foresee any opportunities there? Do you expect to increasing installed capacity this year or in the near term? Adolfo ZuberbuhlerCFO at Pampa EnergÃa00:36:09To increase this year impossible because these projects take several years to be installed. What could be done in the short term could be something like batteries. Today Adolfo ZuberbuhlerCFO at Pampa EnergÃa00:36:33Tanisa, our Secretary of Energy, announced new options of batteries similar to the one that was done. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:36:47Last year. Adolfo ZuberbuhlerCFO at Pampa EnergÃa00:36:47Last year. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:36:49Right. Adolfo ZuberbuhlerCFO at Pampa EnergÃa00:36:50The one done last year was within the Buenos Aires area, and this one is all around the country. Has been published today. Honestly, I didn't have time to take a look at it. Usually these are more projects, very competitive. We have colleagues, very aggressive on pricing. Not sure whether we are gonna be actively in this, in this option. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:37:27Right. Well, that's it. Okay. Austin Pacheco from Maria, he's asking, given the improvement in power prices under the new wholesale electricity market framework, are you now seeing higher returns in power generation relative to shale oil? What a question. Adolfo ZuberbuhlerCFO at Pampa EnergÃa00:37:48Relative to shale oil. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:37:50Possible. Adolfo ZuberbuhlerCFO at Pampa EnergÃa00:37:56We are seeing higher returns on the power generation, but vis-à -vis previous year, relative to shale oil. We have the power generation margins have improved. I still think that shale oil provides a higher expected returns than power generation. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:38:28They are two animals, right? Adolfo ZuberbuhlerCFO at Pampa EnergÃa00:38:29Yeah, two different animals. Exactly. Different risk. Exactly. Despite these changes, we are very comfortable with the development of that we are doing in Rincón de Aranda and adding the oil segment to Pampa. That is where the question is put. I don't know. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:38:52Talk about. Yeah. Adolfo ZuberbuhlerCFO at Pampa EnergÃa00:38:53Yes. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:38:59With the recent extension of the RIGI, are you thinking to apply? I think we answered that. Adolfo ZuberbuhlerCFO at Pampa EnergÃa00:39:05Yes, we are starting to apply for the upstream part of Rincón de Aranda. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:39:13He's asking, I think it's sort of to answer, but expected impact on project economics and timing. We can give him a quick summary of the RIGI, if I may. It's basically, after the first year, you get export duties abolished, removed, right? Adolfo ZuberbuhlerCFO at Pampa EnergÃa00:39:34Mm-hmm. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:39:34The first year. The tax break rate goes down from 35% to 25%. Accelerated depreciation, so the imposable amount, it's smaller as well, so that helps through the first years of the operation. VAT credits can be monetized. What else? If I can remember. Adolfo ZuberbuhlerCFO at Pampa EnergÃa00:40:02I think that's pretty much... Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:40:03I think it's pretty much that, right? It's a, it's a three-year, time that they give you, right? Adolfo ZuberbuhlerCFO at Pampa EnergÃa00:40:11Yes. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:40:11The RIGI. Of course, free disposal of all the proceeds abroad. If you export, you can keep it. I think that's the key takeaways from RIGI. Adolfo ZuberbuhlerCFO at Pampa EnergÃa00:40:26Sorry. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:40:29That's not AI who produced that. I have to think about it. He said, well, congratulations, from Thais Abadia, from Proficio. He's asking the RIGI upstream, how broadens the scope of the Rincón de Aranda project, and how could accelerate the development? He's asking about how it impact. Gustavo MarianiEVP and CEO at Pampa EnergÃa00:41:00Okay. The RIGI or the possibility of the RIGI is gonna give a significant help to develop the northern part of Rincón de Aranda, which will have an impact both in the ramp-up curve and also in the total amount of oil to be recovered from the area. We think that this is a major change in the overall economics of the project. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:41:35He's asking, should we expect any updated production guidance and timing, meaning adding rigs or drilling capacity or having more capacity contracted? Gustavo MarianiEVP and CEO at Pampa EnergÃa00:41:48It will probably happen. It's not gonna change the short-term curve, but it's gonna have impact in the medium term. Something we're still analyzing and obviously is contingent to the, to the RIGI application. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:42:03All right. Someone I don't know, like, its name is Armando Moretti, which is very rare. He's asking a question that we will usually answer. Do the company planning distribute any dividends in the near future? Adolfo ZuberbuhlerCFO at Pampa EnergÃa00:42:20No. We're not planning to distribute dividends in the near future. As Peter explained, we have a negative free cash flow this year, and we expect still 12 to save. That's something that, Even so, slightly positive in 2027. We still see a lot of opportunities to continue growing. Because of this situation, we are not planning dividends in 2026. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:43:00From Moneda Patria, Ignacio Irrazabal asking, he wants to double check the CapEx estimates. For Rincón de Aranda $770 million budget for this year, how much is wells versus infrastructure? Adolfo ZuberbuhlerCFO at Pampa EnergÃa00:43:14Yeah. It's approximately $500 million in wells. The difference will be facilities. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:43:20Great. How much in maintenance for generation is $80 million that we set. TGS, what we said is considering Perito Moreno expansion and maintenance. Yes. It's $600 million of the expansion of the Perito Moreno. Adolfo ZuberbuhlerCFO at Pampa EnergÃa00:43:40This year. Okay. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:43:41This year. Yeah, this year. No, no. Total is over $700 million. Adolfo ZuberbuhlerCFO at Pampa EnergÃa00:43:44Okay. We haven't talked about TGS CapEx. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:43:48Very briefly. Adolfo ZuberbuhlerCFO at Pampa EnergÃa00:43:50Uh-huh. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:43:51evolves chart. Adolfo ZuberbuhlerCFO at Pampa EnergÃa00:43:52Okay. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:43:52Evolution chart. Adolfo ZuberbuhlerCFO at Pampa EnergÃa00:43:53I missed it. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:43:55Maintenance on TGS, like $90 million per year, more or less. Total, right? The trunk, the regulated trunk, the liquids and the what is left from midstream. That's $90 million per year. What should we expect for next year's? Whoa. That's for Rincón de Aranda, when we reach plateau, it's just maintenance. Adolfo ZuberbuhlerCFO at Pampa EnergÃa00:44:23Yeah. I mean, it's just drilling and completing to fill out the decline. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:44:29Mm-hmm. Gas, we. Adolfo ZuberbuhlerCFO at Pampa EnergÃa00:44:31Gas, we already reached our- Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:44:36Plateau Adolfo ZuberbuhlerCFO at Pampa EnergÃa00:44:36... our peak, our plateau. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:44:38When we have CESA, we will Gustavo MarianiEVP and CEO at Pampa EnergÃa00:44:40When we have CESA, we need to decide whether we're gonna be supplying all of the demand above CESA, or we will be replacing some of our demand with CESA. It's something that we need to... Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:44:52In power generation, we don't have any projects in the pipeline. Gustavo MarianiEVP and CEO at Pampa EnergÃa00:44:55Mm-hmm. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:44:56That's it. Next question from Ignacio is, what are the conditions of the B2B PPA that you signed? Which is very, very broad. Like, we have some in Isa, some in. Adolfo ZuberbuhlerCFO at Pampa EnergÃa00:45:12Yeah. You provide some better, information, but I think the volume is around 70 megas. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:45:17Yeah. Adolfo ZuberbuhlerCFO at Pampa EnergÃa00:45:17Prices for energy in the mid-fifties. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:45:22Yeah, we are doing summer, winter. We are doing peak of peak. Yeah. Adolfo ZuberbuhlerCFO at Pampa EnergÃa00:45:28They are one-year contracts. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:45:30One-year contracts. We have mostly of that 70 megas is first year, which is meaning, it's mandatory, but we have some second tier. That's it. Adolfo ZuberbuhlerCFO at Pampa EnergÃa00:45:43Yeah. In terms of capacity for the regulation has in order to incentivize the contractualization is that industries pay a higher capacity charge than what we collect. That incentivize contractualization because we sell our capacity a little bit better than what we sell to CAMMESA, and industries get a reduced price from what CAMMESA charged them. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:46:22Yeah. Well, Andres Emiliano from Balanz, the liberalization of the power market contemplates self-procurement energy by distributors. When do you consider this will be fully implemented, and how do you expect to impact your power segment? I guess the B2C conference is what he's asking. That we haven't done any of it. Adolfo ZuberbuhlerCFO at Pampa EnergÃa00:46:46No, we haven't done any yet. Probably some of our colleagues, especially the, probably the hydro, the recently. The hydro units have that, but that is not yet public information. That is a market that we need to see how it will evolve. I don't have any clarity right now. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:47:15Another question comes from Andres Cardona from Citi. Regarding power generation, we already an answer. This, the second question, is there any short to mid-term M&A opportunity? Is there more likely to be for upstream or for power generation? Adolfo ZuberbuhlerCFO at Pampa EnergÃa00:47:36There's nothing in the short term, there's nothing in the pipeline. That is a question that we are studying, neither in E&P or power generation. Harder to see how that is going to evolve going forward, but we are not actively engaged in any M&A opportunity. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:48:03This question was answered in previous calls, well, There's always new audience, so. Adolfo ZuberbuhlerCFO at Pampa EnergÃa00:48:10Exactly. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:48:11Yes. Do you have any information about Rincón de Aranda, specifically in the type curve, like for example, whether estimated UR's, IP flurry, D&C cost per barrel? Gustavo MarianiEVP and CEO at Pampa EnergÃa00:48:28We don't give any guidance. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:48:30Very good. I don't think doing it. Other than it's like around $1.5. Gustavo MarianiEVP and CEO at Pampa EnergÃa00:48:36Okay. It's probably around 1.1 million barrels of EUR. In terms of cost, we should be hitting $15 million per well, approximately. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:48:52Your well is fully, consider the whole thing. Gustavo MarianiEVP and CEO at Pampa EnergÃa00:48:55All of it. All of it. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:48:57Ah. Gustavo MarianiEVP and CEO at Pampa EnergÃa00:48:58All the way to the, to the collecting pipeline. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:49:01Correct. Which, sometimes is different from the measures from other players. Gustavo MarianiEVP and CEO at Pampa EnergÃa00:49:08Yeah. Of course, of course. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:49:10Another question from someone I don't know. It's called Guillermo Gugu. How is Pampas involved in Transener sale? Adolfo ZuberbuhlerCFO at Pampa EnergÃa00:49:19No, we are not involved. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:49:25From Santiago Herrera, Allaria, can you give us some color from the next maintenances in power plants program the power plants? Usually we do it when it's off-peak, right? Adolfo ZuberbuhlerCFO at Pampa EnergÃa00:49:36No. Obviously, we do it either in autumn or in fall. It's. I think there are plan. This year I don't have anything in my mind for this fall. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:49:46Mm-hmm. Adolfo ZuberbuhlerCFO at Pampa EnergÃa00:49:46Probably during, Well, sorry. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:49:51Spring. Adolfo ZuberbuhlerCFO at Pampa EnergÃa00:49:52For spring. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:49:52Spring. Adolfo ZuberbuhlerCFO at Pampa EnergÃa00:49:53Spring or fall. I don't recall at this moment which plant has a significant maintenance. Most probably would be Genelba, Loma de la Lata. Those are the two relevant ones. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:50:09The legacy, right? The legacies. All right. Is there any change in 2026 CapEx considering the oil prices? This is a or recent price appreciation. No, nothing at all. Guido Visocero, his boss, he's asking, urea project. Is there any further information to share about this project? Adolfo ZuberbuhlerCFO at Pampa EnergÃa00:50:31No, not at this point. Not at this point. We're still working a lot. As it usually happens, there are delays. It will take at least another semester to have more information about this project. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:50:56Gustavo Faria from Bank of America. He's asking, a little bit different from the hedge, but he said, "How does..." Wait. Brandon. how does the Pampas oil prices hedge works in this new environment of high oil prices? Adolfo ZuberbuhlerCFO at Pampa EnergÃa00:51:20I would say that last year we realized like in average $7 profit. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:51:29Per barrel, right? Adolfo ZuberbuhlerCFO at Pampa EnergÃa00:51:30$7 per barrel profit from our hedge strategy. This year, since today, we are probably losing $4 or $5 per barrel in our hedge strategy. We will see how prices evolve throughout the remaining of the year. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:52:04Gustavo is also asking, are you open for new investments outside power and gas, oil and gas within Pampa structure? Adolfo ZuberbuhlerCFO at Pampa EnergÃa00:52:16As long as within the scope of energy of Pampa, we are open to anything. We are not studying, apart from the urea project, we're not planning any different investment. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:52:30Okay. Jonathan Swartz from Debtwire is asking, why did you retire production from Plan Gas.Ar, round one and round three? Why the capacity- Adolfo ZuberbuhlerCFO at Pampa EnergÃa00:52:41To reallocate our power generation. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:52:44To vertical integration. Adolfo ZuberbuhlerCFO at Pampa EnergÃa00:52:45To vertical integration. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:52:45Yeah. We still have some from the last round, the 4.2, right? Adolfo ZuberbuhlerCFO at Pampa EnergÃa00:52:50Yeah, we still have that. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:52:51Which we don't. Adolfo ZuberbuhlerCFO at Pampa EnergÃa00:52:52With ENARSA. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:52:53With ENARSA, which, no news. Gustavo MarianiEVP and CEO at Pampa EnergÃa00:52:54We are still negotiating, eventually the handing over of that gas back to Pampa to be able to say, again, decide what to do with that gas rather than selling to ENARSA. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:53:13Well, he's asking also, could you explain about the $55 million positive impairment, so recovery from impairment in generation? Yeah. Central Piedra Buena, our 620 MW in BahÃa Blanca, it's a true steam turbine that load factor is very low. Last year was high because it was a dry year, but usually it's low. Under the legacy scenario, under the old regulation remuneration, they have an impairment. Now that we have this new scheme that also recognizes a big, Like a big, it's a 30% boost in the capacity because Central Piedra Buena can also operate under alternative fuels. This is way better than any money can pay. Just because of that flexibility, it's cashing more money and cashing more cash flow. That's why we reversed that impairment. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:54:13I hope that was clear. Gustavo MarianiEVP and CEO at Pampa EnergÃa00:54:14Yeah. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:54:15Okay, next. News on the fertilizer plant. Does the sale of Profertil to Adecoagro affects your decision? Adolfo ZuberbuhlerCFO at Pampa EnergÃa00:54:27No, it does not. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:54:32okay. The one-off, off the agreement mentioned by César. No, the Germans. Adolfo ZuberbuhlerCFO at Pampa EnergÃa00:54:41The SEFE. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:54:41The price maturity. Gustavo MarianiEVP and CEO at Pampa EnergÃa00:54:44Okay. It's a nine-year contract until 2036. The pricing has to do with a formula that takes into account TTF and Brent. Adolfo ZuberbuhlerCFO at Pampa EnergÃa00:54:58Henry Hub and Brent. Gustavo MarianiEVP and CEO at Pampa EnergÃa00:54:59Sorry, Henry Hub and Brent. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:55:02No, that's it. Adolfo ZuberbuhlerCFO at Pampa EnergÃa00:55:03No Adolfo ZuberbuhlerCFO at Pampa EnergÃa00:55:0550/50 Gustavo MarianiEVP and CEO at Pampa EnergÃa00:55:07With certain percentages of discount, and... Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:55:10I think we did it all, it's 7:26. I can't believe it. Let me check. She's pulling for new, higher questions. We are doing this because we have agenda constraints. All the people that ask why the stock was halted in IC, because Argentina closed and we were not allowed to file after 6:00 P.M. Argentina, and that's 4:00 P.M. New York, and we are not allowed. It's trading hours in New York. That's why we were halted. No speculations here, because people ask me a lot of things. No questions? No more questions. Gus, Rocio, Fito, would you like to add something else that we didn't talk about? Adolfo ZuberbuhlerCFO at Pampa EnergÃa00:55:54No. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:55:54No. Adolfo ZuberbuhlerCFO at Pampa EnergÃa00:55:55We covered it all. Thank you all for joining. I hope it was useful. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:56:00All right. Thank you very much. See you next May. 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Email Address About Pampa EnergiaPampa Energía S.A. is Argentina’s largest independent energy company, with integrated operations spanning electricity generation, transmission, distribution and oil and gas activities. The company holds a diversified portfolio of thermal and hydroelectric power plants, along with growing investments in renewable energy projects, serving both domestic and regional markets. In its electricity business, Pampa Energía develops and operates plants that supply energy to Argentina’s power grid. The company also maintains interests in high-voltage transmission networks through stakes in national carriers, and it provides distribution services to residential, commercial and industrial customers in the Buenos Aires metropolitan area via its distribution arm. On the hydrocarbons side, Pampa Energía’s upstream segment focuses on exploration and production of natural gas and crude oil in key Argentine basins, while its midstream operations encompass gas pipeline transportation and commercialization. Through partnerships and joint ventures, the company leverages pipeline infrastructure to market natural gas to local and industrial users, supporting Argentina’s energy supply chain. Founded in 2005 as a consolidation of energy assets from the Pérez Companc group, Pampa Energía is headquartered in Buenos Aires and began trading American Depositary Receipts on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol PAM in October 2013. 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PresentationSkip to Participants Raquel CardaszAnalyst of Investor Relations at Pampa EnergÃa00:00:00Good afternoon, everyone, and thank you for waiting. I'm Raquel Cardasz from IR, we would like to welcome everyone to Pampa EnergÃa's fourth quarter of 2025 results video conference. We would like to inform you that this event is being recorded. All participants will be in listen-only mode during the presentation. After the company's remarks, there will be a Q&A session. Questions can only be sent in writing through Zoom. Should any participants need assistance, please send us a chat message. Before continuing, please read the disclaimer on the second page of our presentation. Let me mention that forward-looking statements are based on Pampa EnergÃa's management beliefs and assumptions and information currently available to the company. They involve risks, uncertainties, and assumptions because they are related to future events that may or may not occur. Raquel CardaszAnalyst of Investor Relations at Pampa EnergÃa00:00:58Investors should understand that general economic and industry conditions and other operational factors could also affect the future results of Pampa EnergÃa and could cause results to differ materially from those expressed in such forward-looking statements. I will turn the video conference over to Lida. Please go ahead. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:01:20Hello, Raquel. Thank you very much. Hello, everyone. Good afternoon. Thank you for joining our call. I will make a really quick summary so we can spend more time on questions with the management today. Q&A, we have our CEO, Mr. Mariani, our CFO, Mr. Zuberbuhler, and our Head of Oil and Gas, Mr. Turri. Let's go ahead with the first slide, where we make a quick summary of 2025. 25 November 2025 marked our 20th anniversary, Pampa, from the creation of Pampa. Back in 2005, we did not produce any oil or gas or did not generate any single MWh of generation electricity. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:02:1020 years later, Pampa accounts for 9% of the country's total natural gas production and reached a record daily production of 104,000 barrels of oil equivalent during the winter of 2025. This year also marked a steep change in our upstream profile. Our black flagship shallow development at Rincón de Aranda began the year producing less than 1,000 barrels of oil per day, and now reach a 20,000 barrel goal by December of last year. As a result, total annual average production exceeded 84,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day. This is 8% higher than last year and 73% up since 2017, the year after we acquired Petrobras Argentina, reflecting the sustained organic growth and disciplined capital allocation. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:03:13In the power segment, we consolidated a 15% share of Argentina's net electricity output, achieving an outstanding 94% thermal availability rate in 2025. We affirm our position as the country's leading IPP and demonstrating a reliable, efficient fleet cooperating under a gradually normalizing market framework. At a consolidated level, the EBITDA grew 8% year-on-year, surpassing the $1 billion mark, mostly driven by power, gas, and Rincón de Aranda. While oil and gas and power each represent half of the EBITDA, we expect that ongoing growth at Rincón de Aranda will further expand oil and gas footprint in the EBITDA. Pampa and its subsidiaries are deeply committed to the country's energy development. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:04:18In 2025, we hit a new record high of $1.4 billion in CapEx, of which roughly half was destined to Rincón de Aranda, the largest single project development investment in our 20-year history. In 2026, we expect to set a new record high, allocating $770 million in Rincón de Aranda, very similar to last year, to reach production plateau, plus another $400 million for maintenance across our operations and around $600 million for TGS revenue initiative project. Moving on to the Q4 results. The quarter's adjusted EBITDA amounted to $230 million. This is a 26% year-on-year increase. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:05:14Power generation was the main contributor, where since November, the new guidelines for the wholesale electricity market have allowed power producers to operate under a more decentralized scheme, improving price signals and enabling us to capture operational efficiencies and synergies with our E&P gas. Rincón de Aranda was the second key driver, with its production ramping up, ramp up, accounting for 23% of the quarter's EBITDA, supported by 10 active pads as of today. Our capital structure, it continues to strengthen, following the issuance of our 12-year international bond. We closed the year with a net debt to EBITDA ratio of 1.1x, an average debt life of almost eight years. Quarter-on-quarter, EBITDA decreased due to the gas seasonality, sorry, offset by Rincón de Aranda and the steady contributions from our utilities, TGS and Transener. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:06:24CapEx surged 81% year-on-year to $371 million in the quarter, of which $249 million were invested in the development of Rincón de Aranda. Okay, moving on slide six. The oil and gas segment adjusted EBITDA was $77 million in Q4, more than doubling last year's, driven by Rincón de Aranda, increased gas exports, and industrial demand. Higher transport and treatment costs partially offset this gain. Compared to Q3, EBITDA declined due to the gas seasonality, was smoothed by Rincón de Aranda. Lifting costs averaged $8 per barrel of oil equivalent, slightly below last year due to higher crude oil output and stronger gas demand, offset by increasing gas treatment costs and the lease of temporary facilities at Rincón de Aranda. Quarter-on-quarter, lifting costs for BOE increased due to this gas seasonality. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:07:39Gas listing costs remained flat year-on-year at $1.2 per mil BTU, an average of $1 during the 2025. Rose quarter-on-quarter, again, because of the gas seasonality, while oil declined sharply to below $11 per barrel from $36 last year's Q4. This is because, mainly because of Rincón de Aranda's ramp up and the divestment of mature conventional blocks. Remind you all that last year, Q4, Rincón de Aranda was really a greenfield, produced only from one well. On top of that, we were recording trucking expenses, testing expenses, and we also held a lot of mature blocks that today are divested. Total production averaged more than 81,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day, up 32% year-on-year. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:08:38This is led by Rincón de Aranda and Sierra Chata, partially offset by decreases at El Mangrullo and in non-operated blocks, as well as the divestment of El Tordillo. Quarter-on-quarter, production dropped 18%, again explained by the gas seasonality. The production mix continues to evolve, with oil rising to 22% of total outputs, driven entirely by Rincón de Aranda. Crude oil prices averaged nearly $61 per barrel in Q4. This is 10% lower than last year due to the weaker Brent prices. Without the hedging at Rincón de Aranda, our realized price would have been $53 per barrel. Focusing now exclusively on Rincón de Aranda, the ramp-up stays on track. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:09:28In Q4, we reached the first goal of 20,000 barrels per day after tying two pads, two new pads, with an average quarterly production of 17.1 thousand barrels per day. This is a 19% increase quarter-on-quarter. As of today, 10 pads are online, of which three of them are currently undergoing testing, well testing, plus we have another two pads, DUC pads, and two other pads are under fracking. In 2025, Rincón de Aranda contributed $126 million of EBITDA. Infrastructure build out, thanks to the RIGI incentive regime, continues in parallel with the field development. Next month, we are installing an additional temporary processing facility with a focus on reaching 28,000 barrels by mid-2026, a key milestone towards the final production target of 45,000 barrels expected in 2027. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:10:34Moving to gas. Sales grew 10% year-on-year, but dropped 23% from Q3. This is again explained by seasonality. El Mangrullo continued to lead the output, though its share shrank to 46%, while Sierra Chata grew to 38% share, with production up 39% year-on-year, supported by a new pad that we tied in during the quarter. Together, they accounted for 84% of the total gas production. Gas prices averaged $3 per mil BTU, flat year-on-year. Industry sales supported the pricing, offset by lower export prices due to the Brent underperformance and a drop in residential due to the lagged tariff pass-through of the devaluation. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:11:30In Q4 this year, 72% of our gas was sold under the Plan Gas.Ar, down from the 81% Q4 last year due to the transfer of certain rounds of the Plan Gas volumes to fuel self-procurement in power, which represented 4% of the total sales in Q4 2025. Now, in December, we started to formally be doing the self-procurement of gas in Esquinela and Loma de la Lata. The self-procurement increased to 41% on average in January 2026. As a result, Plan Gas.Ar exposure shrunk to 37%. With the new guidelines in place, we expect 40% of this year's production to supply our own gas or our own power generation, capturing margins and leveraging synergies between these two core businesses. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:12:42Before moving from E&P, I wanna just do a quick update on reserves. Total proven reserves rose 20% to 296 million BOE, driven by our increased activity in Sierra Chata and specifically in Rincón de Aranda. Shale reserves grew by 55% year on year to 204 million barrels, and with shale oil now accounting for 19% of total reserves. The reserve replacement ratio was 3.2x, extending the average life to 10.2 years. Since 2019, proven reserves have increased 118%, with the most significant expansion coming from shale since 2023, was the year when we started to actively develop Vaca Muerta formation. Okay, moving to power generations. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:13:43We posted an EBITDA of $111 million in Q4, up 28% year-on-year, mainly driven by stronger stock prices under the new guidelines, especially, partially offset by power dispatch at Genelba CCGT due to the program maintenance. Total availability declined to 91% due to the scheduled maintenance in Loma de la Lata and the ongoing outage that we are experiencing in Isa since January. However, Pampa's thermal availability continues to outpace the national grid under the new framework. Also, EnergÃa Plus B2B contracts were discontinued, though we managed to recontract in the B2B market, so contract capacity remains stable year-on-year. With the new framework also, performance balances between contracted capacity and physical margin. Value creation also can be driven by efficiency and fuel management. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:14:53Those units with high load factors and self-procure fuel will achieve higher margins. Turning to cash flow on slide 11, we show the parent company figures because this is aligned with our bond parameter. Despite the higher CapEx at Rincón de Aranda, we posted a limited $20 million free cash outflow in Q4, offset by strong EBITDA and working capital inflows, mostly from winter collections. As a result, cash and cash equivalents stood at $1.1 billion at the quarter end. This is $210 million more than September close. Finally, on the balance sheet, gross debt was nearly $1.9 billion, down 9% since 2024 December. In November last year, we issued a $450 million international bond maturing 2037 with a record 20-year tenure. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:15:56This is the first loan data issuance by an Argentine corporate over a decade, and extending our average life to almost eight years. The proceeds from this issuance and the 2034 notes that we issued in May were used to redeem all the outstanding international bonds, the 2026, the 2027, the 2029 notes, and some of the local dollar bonds. As a result, net debt reached to $801 million. This is 1.1 net leverage, maintaining a conservative capital structure while funding growth. This concludes the presentation. Thank you for hearing me. Now the floor is open for questions. If you have a question, please send it through Zoom chat. We will read it and answer them in the order received. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:16:47Make sure your name and your company is displayed so we can correctly introduce you to the audience. Should any participant need assistance, please send us a chat message. Please hold while we pose the questions. Thank you. All right, we start. Alejandro de Micheli from Jefferies, "How do you see the evolution of production? Please split between oil and gas and of drilling and completion and listing costs in 2026." Production, drilling D&C, listing costs. Gustavo MarianiEVP and CEO at Pampa EnergÃa00:17:30Okay. Good afternoon. Thank you, everybody, for joining. Regarding production, let's go first to oil. We are, as Lida mentioned, currently in around 19,000 barrels per day. Our target is to reach 25,000 barrels per day by the end of March, beginning of April, and then keep on ramping up to 27,000, even 28,000 barrels per day as of the half of the year. All of this is coming out of Rincón de Aranda. In terms of natural gas, we just closed February, around 14 million cubic meters per day. We will probably be reaching a peak of around 18 million cubic meters per day during the winter. Gustavo MarianiEVP and CEO at Pampa EnergÃa00:18:20An average of approximately 13.5 million cubic meters per day compared to 12.5 million cubic meters per day in 2025. In terms of drilling and completion, in Rincón de Aranda, we drilled 20 wells. We're going to be drilling 20 wells and completing 35. In Sierra Chata, we will be drilling and completing eight wells each. I'm missing lifting costs, which will be in the range of $10 per barrel. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:18:57Mm-hmm. Yeah. Until we get the PPF. Gustavo MarianiEVP and CEO at Pampa EnergÃa00:18:59Until we get the CPF. We're talking about 2026. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:19:02Yeah. Gustavo MarianiEVP and CEO at Pampa EnergÃa00:19:03A little bit less than $1 per million BTU in our gas operations. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:19:10Great. Let's go to the next question. Next question comes from Guido Vicenzaro from All'aria. About the hedging. How are the royalties settled? Are they including the hedge or is that independent and settled at the market? Gustavo MarianiEVP and CEO at Pampa EnergÃa00:19:30No. Royalties do not have any connection to the hedging. They are set at the market price. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:19:40All right. Next question. Alejandro Christensen from Latin Securities. How much impact have you seen so far from Resolution 425/2025? How much additional impact do you expect in 2026, would you provide some color on the EBITDA growth outlook for this segment next year? Next year, I guess 2027, right? Adolfo ZuberbuhlerCFO at Pampa EnergÃa00:20:05This year. Hi, good afternoon, everybody. Thank you for joining in. The impact of the resolution so far, it's, I think what we have been saying in previous calls is between 10% and 15% vis-a-vis the EBITDA generation that we had in 2025. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:20:35Yeah. Yeah, rough. Adolfo ZuberbuhlerCFO at Pampa EnergÃa00:20:37More or less. That is what we expect for the segment as a whole, when you compare 2026 vis-a-vis the previous year. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:20:52I guess 2027 is too early to say, right? Adolfo ZuberbuhlerCFO at Pampa EnergÃa00:20:54Say again? Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:20:552027. It's early to say. Adolfo ZuberbuhlerCFO at Pampa EnergÃa00:20:58Too soon to say. Yes. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:21:00Yeah. Adolfo ZuberbuhlerCFO at Pampa EnergÃa00:21:04What this resolution brings is also an improvement in our E&P business, and that is thanks to the fact that now we are self-procured. Well, the gas and power thermal power use is provided by our E&P segment. Again, we are expecting here, but it's so far what we have seen in January and February, a 10% increase in quantity in the natural gas produced by the segment. That is thanks to the fact that we are self-procuring in our thermal plants. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:21:54We cannot not put a match number of that profit, right? The number you said is only for power generation, but the fact that we are self-procuring, this vertical integration, we are now putting a number so far. An effect, right? An impact. Adolfo ZuberbuhlerCFO at Pampa EnergÃa00:22:13That's correct. That's... In our projections, we expect on the power generation segment at around 10%-15% increase in EBITDA. Another increase coming from the fact that the total gas produced by the E&P segment will also go up by around 10%. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:22:40That's right. All right. Next question coming from Alejandro. Alejandro says, have you signed any PPAs with private counterparties for energy or capacity? Adolfo ZuberbuhlerCFO at Pampa EnergÃa00:22:53Yes. We have been very active since November, that this new resolution is... Our commercial team has been extremely active. If I remember correctly, I think that we have sold like $70 million. Now you can sell energy and capacity. We've been active in both. Signed more than 100 and something contract for a total of around 70 MW. Yes, we have been very active there. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:23:32All right. How are you seeing natural gas demand and price in the industrial sector, evolving during Q1 2026? Gustavo MarianiEVP and CEO at Pampa EnergÃa00:23:44We see the industrial demand is stable. It accounts for less than to around 10% of our overall production. Given the changes in the self-procurement, it's not a segment that we are not that interested. It wouldn't have an effect in Pampa EnergÃa. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:24:12All right. Next question coming also from Alejandro. What percentage of oil production remains unhedged throughout 2027? Adolfo ZuberbuhlerCFO at Pampa EnergÃa00:24:24Throughout 2027 means until or until the end of 2027? Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:24:29Throughout, it means until 2027. Adolfo ZuberbuhlerCFO at Pampa EnergÃa00:24:31Oh. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:24:32In English, right? I don't know. Adolfo ZuberbuhlerCFO at Pampa EnergÃa00:24:36Basically, we are fully hedged one year going forward. Until first quarter of next year, we are fully hedged. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:24:46All right. Next question coming from Bull Market, Felipe Collazo. Following the deregulation, has Pampa been able to start acquiring gas from its own wells? I think it's all self-answered. Can you give a guidance of what the savings in fuel costs will amount during 2026? Savings in fuel costs. I don't see savings. Gustavo MarianiEVP and CEO at Pampa EnergÃa00:25:11Si. We're making profit out of it. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:25:14We are vertically integrating. Gustavo MarianiEVP and CEO at Pampa EnergÃa00:25:15Exactly. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:25:15Yeah. We are producing more than before, right? Gustavo MarianiEVP and CEO at Pampa EnergÃa00:25:18That's right. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:25:19January, we produced. Gustavo MarianiEVP and CEO at Pampa EnergÃa00:25:21We will be particularly producing more during 2026 in the wintertime. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:25:26Yeah, it will be more like. Gustavo MarianiEVP and CEO at Pampa EnergÃa00:25:27We'll be at a flat curve. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:25:29Yeah. Q1 is already higher than Q1. Gustavo MarianiEVP and CEO at Pampa EnergÃa00:25:32We already said that, yeah, that, February ended up with almost 14 million cubic meters per day. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:25:40Well, yeah, last year, first quarter, it was a little bit different because Q4, it was very bad, and they CAMMESA took more gas. Even that, the production- Gustavo MarianiEVP and CEO at Pampa EnergÃa00:25:51Just take into account that the overall average of 25 was 12.5. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:25:56Mm. Gustavo MarianiEVP and CEO at Pampa EnergÃa00:25:57We're saying that only February is around 14 million cubic meters per day. Our estimation is that we will be producing around 13.5 to 14 million in 2026. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:26:13How long do you expect the RIGI approval to take for the Rincón de Aranda treatment plant? We used to think that application had been filed by mid-2025 when it was first announced, but some news articles from a month ago suggest it was just done last January. Could you clarify that? Gustavo MarianiEVP and CEO at Pampa EnergÃa00:26:38Yep. I don't recall when we filed the RIGI for that stream, but it was definitely fourth quarter of last year. We haven't been approved yet, but recently, they have. There was a new decree adding upstream of oil to the RIGI, so we are starting to file for an addition, yeah, an overall RIGI for the full development of Rincón de Aranda. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:27:20All right. Do you plan to fund the CapEx by via new debt issues? Adolfo ZuberbuhlerCFO at Pampa EnergÃa00:27:31Hi, everyone. The base case scenario is the answer is no. The idea is we have a big cash position that we have been acquiring with our free cash flow, and last year, net issuance. The base case is that we use part of that cash to complete our CapEx investment of this year. That being said, if we decide to embark in new projects or any other new investments, we'll have to revalue that decision, that base scenario. Of course, there's always. We're very opportunistic, so if spreads keep tightening, that is something that we will look. The base case scenario is that we will face the capital investments with our cash position. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:28:31Thanks. Next question comes from Juan Ignacio Lopez, from Puente. I think we haven't re-answered this yet. What's the guidance about CapEx for 2026 on gas and power? Adolfo ZuberbuhlerCFO at Pampa EnergÃa00:28:54Around total CapEx? Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:28:57Sorry. Before that, we don't give guidance. What I will give you, we will share with you what our board approved by the budget, for the budget, right? Adolfo ZuberbuhlerCFO at Pampa EnergÃa00:29:08I mean, the, as Irina says, the restricted group only, you know. It's basically, it's around $1.1 billion, basically $1 billion, the E&P segment, and less than $100 million on power generation because it's only maintenance CapEx. We don't have any projects, any new projects going on that, on the power generation segment. That answers? Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:29:41Oil? No, no. Adolfo ZuberbuhlerCFO at Pampa EnergÃa00:29:42Oil, almost around [crosstalk] $1 billion. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:29:47$1 billion. Awesome. Next question, he says, specifically, how much is, of that is maintenance and how much is scheduled for thermal plants this year? It's pretty much- Adolfo ZuberbuhlerCFO at Pampa EnergÃa00:29:59Yeah. It's around $80 million, and it's all. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:30:03Maintenance Adolfo ZuberbuhlerCFO at Pampa EnergÃa00:30:04Maintenance CapEx. Yes. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:30:07Second, guidance regarding free cash flow, which again, we don't do guidance, but we can share with you the, what it's, approved by the budget. What crude realized price are you assuming for your base case scenario? Gustavo MarianiEVP and CEO at Pampa EnergÃa00:30:31We expect total CapEx, including maintenance CapEx, investment CapEx, and the equity that we will deploy to our joint ventures. All that will imply more or less, $500 million negative cash flow after our investment. That is what will bring the cash position from $1.2 billion to $700 million, roughly. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:31:05All right. What else? The price of oil. Gustavo MarianiEVP and CEO at Pampa EnergÃa00:31:11Yeah. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:31:12The price of oil assumed for the budget. Gustavo MarianiEVP and CEO at Pampa EnergÃa00:31:15Ah. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:31:15Which I think was, less than 58. Adolfo ZuberbuhlerCFO at Pampa EnergÃa00:31:19That's the one assuming the budget. I think what is relevant here is the hedge price that is around $66. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:31:27Mm-hmm. Yeah, that's right. A little bit above $66, right? Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:31:32The hedge is Brent, right? Gustavo MarianiEVP and CEO at Pampa EnergÃa00:31:34Yeah. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:31:35After discounts and export duty, which is 8%, is roughly a little bit lower than... It's roughly a little bit above $58, depending on the discount. Gustavo MarianiEVP and CEO at Pampa EnergÃa00:31:49Well, hedge you mean? Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:31:50The world hedge is realized FOB. Gustavo MarianiEVP and CEO at Pampa EnergÃa00:31:53Okay. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:31:53Because world hedge, you have to account the. Gustavo MarianiEVP and CEO at Pampa EnergÃa00:31:55Transportation. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:32:00Okay. Next question. Someone. We're never doing this 6:30. We are never doing this 6:30 again. This is that. Caterusi Matthias from ASCA. How should we think the quarry production ramp up through 2026, particularly toward the around 24,000 barrels per day level by second quarter of 2026 and around 28,000 by third quarter of 2026? Gustavo MarianiEVP and CEO at Pampa EnergÃa00:32:36We've been through that. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:32:37Mm-hmm. Yeah. Gustavo MarianiEVP and CEO at Pampa EnergÃa00:32:38That is the last step. Gustavo MarianiEVP and CEO at Pampa EnergÃa00:32:39That is exactly. He's answering the question. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:32:41Yeah. He's answering. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:32:42After the eight, 28 hole. In the chart we put, it's 28 and then sharply goes up to the plateau. Gustavo MarianiEVP and CEO at Pampa EnergÃa00:32:50No, that's not gonna happen. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:32:52What do you think? Gustavo MarianiEVP and CEO at Pampa EnergÃa00:32:53[audio distortion] Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:32:55Vertically down. Gustavo MarianiEVP and CEO at Pampa EnergÃa00:32:56Unfortunately. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:32:56It's not asking. Gustavo MarianiEVP and CEO at Pampa EnergÃa00:32:57No. It's not financially efficient. It's probably gonna be a ramp up curve going from 28,000 to 45,000 in around five to six months. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:33:11Okay. Matthias is asking. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:33:16Given that Pampa has more gas reserves that it can currently monetize, would you consider monetizing part of your gas aggregate volume through farm out or farm downs or asset sales? Gustavo MarianiEVP and CEO at Pampa EnergÃa00:33:35We could consider, but we are not actively seeking to do so. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:33:43Could you update us. Another from Matthias. Could you update us on Southern Energy FLNG project, specifically timing, expected volumes, and potential EBITDA CapEx contribution from Pampa, and what the LNG FOB price assumption? It's basically the Coca-Cola. Everything. Gustavo MarianiEVP and CEO at Pampa EnergÃa00:34:03Yes. Coca-Cola. In terms of timing, we are expecting the first boat by second half of 2027, and second one by the second half of 2028, for a total demand of six million tons per year. That's around, roughly around 24-25 to 26 million cubic meters per day. We have 20% out of that. And the biggest capital or the biggest CapEx involved in the project now is the construction of the dedicated gas pipeline from Tratayén to San Antonio Este, which will account for probably around $1.5 billion. Hopefully less than that. Gustavo MarianiEVP and CEO at Pampa EnergÃa00:34:59Hopefully less than that. From $1.3-1.5 billion. Out of which we could consider that 60% will be financed and maybe 30%-40% is gonna be equity. Out of that we have 20%. That's the major CapEx that we'll be facing. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:35:19Francisco Cascarón from Santander. He's asking what new opportunities do you foresee in the generation segment, if any? Do you expect. Gustavo MarianiEVP and CEO at Pampa EnergÃa00:35:30I'm sorry. Just to add something that's relevant. We signed our first long-term contract with SEFE, the German agency, for two million tons per year. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:35:42It's binding? Is it binding? Gustavo MarianiEVP and CEO at Pampa EnergÃa00:35:43It's already binding. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:35:44It's binding. Gustavo MarianiEVP and CEO at Pampa EnergÃa00:35:44Yeah. More than binding. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:35:46Great. Awesome. Never fail. Gustavo MarianiEVP and CEO at Pampa EnergÃa00:35:48Binding for both. For both sides. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:35:51Great. All right. Shifting to power generation. Francisco Cascarón from Santander, he's asking, do you foresee any opportunities there? Do you expect to increasing installed capacity this year or in the near term? Adolfo ZuberbuhlerCFO at Pampa EnergÃa00:36:09To increase this year impossible because these projects take several years to be installed. What could be done in the short term could be something like batteries. Today Adolfo ZuberbuhlerCFO at Pampa EnergÃa00:36:33Tanisa, our Secretary of Energy, announced new options of batteries similar to the one that was done. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:36:47Last year. Adolfo ZuberbuhlerCFO at Pampa EnergÃa00:36:47Last year. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:36:49Right. Adolfo ZuberbuhlerCFO at Pampa EnergÃa00:36:50The one done last year was within the Buenos Aires area, and this one is all around the country. Has been published today. Honestly, I didn't have time to take a look at it. Usually these are more projects, very competitive. We have colleagues, very aggressive on pricing. Not sure whether we are gonna be actively in this, in this option. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:37:27Right. Well, that's it. Okay. Austin Pacheco from Maria, he's asking, given the improvement in power prices under the new wholesale electricity market framework, are you now seeing higher returns in power generation relative to shale oil? What a question. Adolfo ZuberbuhlerCFO at Pampa EnergÃa00:37:48Relative to shale oil. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:37:50Possible. Adolfo ZuberbuhlerCFO at Pampa EnergÃa00:37:56We are seeing higher returns on the power generation, but vis-à -vis previous year, relative to shale oil. We have the power generation margins have improved. I still think that shale oil provides a higher expected returns than power generation. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:38:28They are two animals, right? Adolfo ZuberbuhlerCFO at Pampa EnergÃa00:38:29Yeah, two different animals. Exactly. Different risk. Exactly. Despite these changes, we are very comfortable with the development of that we are doing in Rincón de Aranda and adding the oil segment to Pampa. That is where the question is put. I don't know. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:38:52Talk about. Yeah. Adolfo ZuberbuhlerCFO at Pampa EnergÃa00:38:53Yes. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:38:59With the recent extension of the RIGI, are you thinking to apply? I think we answered that. Adolfo ZuberbuhlerCFO at Pampa EnergÃa00:39:05Yes, we are starting to apply for the upstream part of Rincón de Aranda. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:39:13He's asking, I think it's sort of to answer, but expected impact on project economics and timing. We can give him a quick summary of the RIGI, if I may. It's basically, after the first year, you get export duties abolished, removed, right? Adolfo ZuberbuhlerCFO at Pampa EnergÃa00:39:34Mm-hmm. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:39:34The first year. The tax break rate goes down from 35% to 25%. Accelerated depreciation, so the imposable amount, it's smaller as well, so that helps through the first years of the operation. VAT credits can be monetized. What else? If I can remember. Adolfo ZuberbuhlerCFO at Pampa EnergÃa00:40:02I think that's pretty much... Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:40:03I think it's pretty much that, right? It's a, it's a three-year, time that they give you, right? Adolfo ZuberbuhlerCFO at Pampa EnergÃa00:40:11Yes. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:40:11The RIGI. Of course, free disposal of all the proceeds abroad. If you export, you can keep it. I think that's the key takeaways from RIGI. Adolfo ZuberbuhlerCFO at Pampa EnergÃa00:40:26Sorry. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:40:29That's not AI who produced that. I have to think about it. He said, well, congratulations, from Thais Abadia, from Proficio. He's asking the RIGI upstream, how broadens the scope of the Rincón de Aranda project, and how could accelerate the development? He's asking about how it impact. Gustavo MarianiEVP and CEO at Pampa EnergÃa00:41:00Okay. The RIGI or the possibility of the RIGI is gonna give a significant help to develop the northern part of Rincón de Aranda, which will have an impact both in the ramp-up curve and also in the total amount of oil to be recovered from the area. We think that this is a major change in the overall economics of the project. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:41:35He's asking, should we expect any updated production guidance and timing, meaning adding rigs or drilling capacity or having more capacity contracted? Gustavo MarianiEVP and CEO at Pampa EnergÃa00:41:48It will probably happen. It's not gonna change the short-term curve, but it's gonna have impact in the medium term. Something we're still analyzing and obviously is contingent to the, to the RIGI application. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:42:03All right. Someone I don't know, like, its name is Armando Moretti, which is very rare. He's asking a question that we will usually answer. Do the company planning distribute any dividends in the near future? Adolfo ZuberbuhlerCFO at Pampa EnergÃa00:42:20No. We're not planning to distribute dividends in the near future. As Peter explained, we have a negative free cash flow this year, and we expect still 12 to save. That's something that, Even so, slightly positive in 2027. We still see a lot of opportunities to continue growing. Because of this situation, we are not planning dividends in 2026. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:43:00From Moneda Patria, Ignacio Irrazabal asking, he wants to double check the CapEx estimates. For Rincón de Aranda $770 million budget for this year, how much is wells versus infrastructure? Adolfo ZuberbuhlerCFO at Pampa EnergÃa00:43:14Yeah. It's approximately $500 million in wells. The difference will be facilities. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:43:20Great. How much in maintenance for generation is $80 million that we set. TGS, what we said is considering Perito Moreno expansion and maintenance. Yes. It's $600 million of the expansion of the Perito Moreno. Adolfo ZuberbuhlerCFO at Pampa EnergÃa00:43:40This year. Okay. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:43:41This year. Yeah, this year. No, no. Total is over $700 million. Adolfo ZuberbuhlerCFO at Pampa EnergÃa00:43:44Okay. We haven't talked about TGS CapEx. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:43:48Very briefly. Adolfo ZuberbuhlerCFO at Pampa EnergÃa00:43:50Uh-huh. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:43:51evolves chart. Adolfo ZuberbuhlerCFO at Pampa EnergÃa00:43:52Okay. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:43:52Evolution chart. Adolfo ZuberbuhlerCFO at Pampa EnergÃa00:43:53I missed it. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:43:55Maintenance on TGS, like $90 million per year, more or less. Total, right? The trunk, the regulated trunk, the liquids and the what is left from midstream. That's $90 million per year. What should we expect for next year's? Whoa. That's for Rincón de Aranda, when we reach plateau, it's just maintenance. Adolfo ZuberbuhlerCFO at Pampa EnergÃa00:44:23Yeah. I mean, it's just drilling and completing to fill out the decline. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:44:29Mm-hmm. Gas, we. Adolfo ZuberbuhlerCFO at Pampa EnergÃa00:44:31Gas, we already reached our- Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:44:36Plateau Adolfo ZuberbuhlerCFO at Pampa EnergÃa00:44:36... our peak, our plateau. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:44:38When we have CESA, we will Gustavo MarianiEVP and CEO at Pampa EnergÃa00:44:40When we have CESA, we need to decide whether we're gonna be supplying all of the demand above CESA, or we will be replacing some of our demand with CESA. It's something that we need to... Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:44:52In power generation, we don't have any projects in the pipeline. Gustavo MarianiEVP and CEO at Pampa EnergÃa00:44:55Mm-hmm. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:44:56That's it. Next question from Ignacio is, what are the conditions of the B2B PPA that you signed? Which is very, very broad. Like, we have some in Isa, some in. Adolfo ZuberbuhlerCFO at Pampa EnergÃa00:45:12Yeah. You provide some better, information, but I think the volume is around 70 megas. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:45:17Yeah. Adolfo ZuberbuhlerCFO at Pampa EnergÃa00:45:17Prices for energy in the mid-fifties. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:45:22Yeah, we are doing summer, winter. We are doing peak of peak. Yeah. Adolfo ZuberbuhlerCFO at Pampa EnergÃa00:45:28They are one-year contracts. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:45:30One-year contracts. We have mostly of that 70 megas is first year, which is meaning, it's mandatory, but we have some second tier. That's it. Adolfo ZuberbuhlerCFO at Pampa EnergÃa00:45:43Yeah. In terms of capacity for the regulation has in order to incentivize the contractualization is that industries pay a higher capacity charge than what we collect. That incentivize contractualization because we sell our capacity a little bit better than what we sell to CAMMESA, and industries get a reduced price from what CAMMESA charged them. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:46:22Yeah. Well, Andres Emiliano from Balanz, the liberalization of the power market contemplates self-procurement energy by distributors. When do you consider this will be fully implemented, and how do you expect to impact your power segment? I guess the B2C conference is what he's asking. That we haven't done any of it. Adolfo ZuberbuhlerCFO at Pampa EnergÃa00:46:46No, we haven't done any yet. Probably some of our colleagues, especially the, probably the hydro, the recently. The hydro units have that, but that is not yet public information. That is a market that we need to see how it will evolve. I don't have any clarity right now. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:47:15Another question comes from Andres Cardona from Citi. Regarding power generation, we already an answer. This, the second question, is there any short to mid-term M&A opportunity? Is there more likely to be for upstream or for power generation? Adolfo ZuberbuhlerCFO at Pampa EnergÃa00:47:36There's nothing in the short term, there's nothing in the pipeline. That is a question that we are studying, neither in E&P or power generation. Harder to see how that is going to evolve going forward, but we are not actively engaged in any M&A opportunity. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:48:03This question was answered in previous calls, well, There's always new audience, so. Adolfo ZuberbuhlerCFO at Pampa EnergÃa00:48:10Exactly. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:48:11Yes. Do you have any information about Rincón de Aranda, specifically in the type curve, like for example, whether estimated UR's, IP flurry, D&C cost per barrel? Gustavo MarianiEVP and CEO at Pampa EnergÃa00:48:28We don't give any guidance. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:48:30Very good. I don't think doing it. Other than it's like around $1.5. Gustavo MarianiEVP and CEO at Pampa EnergÃa00:48:36Okay. It's probably around 1.1 million barrels of EUR. In terms of cost, we should be hitting $15 million per well, approximately. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:48:52Your well is fully, consider the whole thing. Gustavo MarianiEVP and CEO at Pampa EnergÃa00:48:55All of it. All of it. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:48:57Ah. Gustavo MarianiEVP and CEO at Pampa EnergÃa00:48:58All the way to the, to the collecting pipeline. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:49:01Correct. Which, sometimes is different from the measures from other players. Gustavo MarianiEVP and CEO at Pampa EnergÃa00:49:08Yeah. Of course, of course. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:49:10Another question from someone I don't know. It's called Guillermo Gugu. How is Pampas involved in Transener sale? Adolfo ZuberbuhlerCFO at Pampa EnergÃa00:49:19No, we are not involved. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:49:25From Santiago Herrera, Allaria, can you give us some color from the next maintenances in power plants program the power plants? Usually we do it when it's off-peak, right? Adolfo ZuberbuhlerCFO at Pampa EnergÃa00:49:36No. Obviously, we do it either in autumn or in fall. It's. I think there are plan. This year I don't have anything in my mind for this fall. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:49:46Mm-hmm. Adolfo ZuberbuhlerCFO at Pampa EnergÃa00:49:46Probably during, Well, sorry. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:49:51Spring. Adolfo ZuberbuhlerCFO at Pampa EnergÃa00:49:52For spring. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:49:52Spring. Adolfo ZuberbuhlerCFO at Pampa EnergÃa00:49:53Spring or fall. I don't recall at this moment which plant has a significant maintenance. Most probably would be Genelba, Loma de la Lata. Those are the two relevant ones. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:50:09The legacy, right? The legacies. All right. Is there any change in 2026 CapEx considering the oil prices? This is a or recent price appreciation. No, nothing at all. Guido Visocero, his boss, he's asking, urea project. Is there any further information to share about this project? Adolfo ZuberbuhlerCFO at Pampa EnergÃa00:50:31No, not at this point. Not at this point. We're still working a lot. As it usually happens, there are delays. It will take at least another semester to have more information about this project. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:50:56Gustavo Faria from Bank of America. He's asking, a little bit different from the hedge, but he said, "How does..." Wait. Brandon. how does the Pampas oil prices hedge works in this new environment of high oil prices? Adolfo ZuberbuhlerCFO at Pampa EnergÃa00:51:20I would say that last year we realized like in average $7 profit. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:51:29Per barrel, right? Adolfo ZuberbuhlerCFO at Pampa EnergÃa00:51:30$7 per barrel profit from our hedge strategy. This year, since today, we are probably losing $4 or $5 per barrel in our hedge strategy. We will see how prices evolve throughout the remaining of the year. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:52:04Gustavo is also asking, are you open for new investments outside power and gas, oil and gas within Pampa structure? Adolfo ZuberbuhlerCFO at Pampa EnergÃa00:52:16As long as within the scope of energy of Pampa, we are open to anything. We are not studying, apart from the urea project, we're not planning any different investment. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:52:30Okay. Jonathan Swartz from Debtwire is asking, why did you retire production from Plan Gas.Ar, round one and round three? Why the capacity- Adolfo ZuberbuhlerCFO at Pampa EnergÃa00:52:41To reallocate our power generation. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:52:44To vertical integration. Adolfo ZuberbuhlerCFO at Pampa EnergÃa00:52:45To vertical integration. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:52:45Yeah. We still have some from the last round, the 4.2, right? Adolfo ZuberbuhlerCFO at Pampa EnergÃa00:52:50Yeah, we still have that. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:52:51Which we don't. Adolfo ZuberbuhlerCFO at Pampa EnergÃa00:52:52With ENARSA. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:52:53With ENARSA, which, no news. Gustavo MarianiEVP and CEO at Pampa EnergÃa00:52:54We are still negotiating, eventually the handing over of that gas back to Pampa to be able to say, again, decide what to do with that gas rather than selling to ENARSA. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:53:13Well, he's asking also, could you explain about the $55 million positive impairment, so recovery from impairment in generation? Yeah. Central Piedra Buena, our 620 MW in BahÃa Blanca, it's a true steam turbine that load factor is very low. Last year was high because it was a dry year, but usually it's low. Under the legacy scenario, under the old regulation remuneration, they have an impairment. Now that we have this new scheme that also recognizes a big, Like a big, it's a 30% boost in the capacity because Central Piedra Buena can also operate under alternative fuels. This is way better than any money can pay. Just because of that flexibility, it's cashing more money and cashing more cash flow. That's why we reversed that impairment. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:54:13I hope that was clear. Gustavo MarianiEVP and CEO at Pampa EnergÃa00:54:14Yeah. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:54:15Okay, next. News on the fertilizer plant. Does the sale of Profertil to Adecoagro affects your decision? Adolfo ZuberbuhlerCFO at Pampa EnergÃa00:54:27No, it does not. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:54:32okay. The one-off, off the agreement mentioned by César. No, the Germans. Adolfo ZuberbuhlerCFO at Pampa EnergÃa00:54:41The SEFE. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:54:41The price maturity. Gustavo MarianiEVP and CEO at Pampa EnergÃa00:54:44Okay. It's a nine-year contract until 2036. The pricing has to do with a formula that takes into account TTF and Brent. Adolfo ZuberbuhlerCFO at Pampa EnergÃa00:54:58Henry Hub and Brent. Gustavo MarianiEVP and CEO at Pampa EnergÃa00:54:59Sorry, Henry Hub and Brent. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:55:02No, that's it. Adolfo ZuberbuhlerCFO at Pampa EnergÃa00:55:03No Adolfo ZuberbuhlerCFO at Pampa EnergÃa00:55:0550/50 Gustavo MarianiEVP and CEO at Pampa EnergÃa00:55:07With certain percentages of discount, and... Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:55:10I think we did it all, it's 7:26. I can't believe it. Let me check. She's pulling for new, higher questions. We are doing this because we have agenda constraints. All the people that ask why the stock was halted in IC, because Argentina closed and we were not allowed to file after 6:00 P.M. Argentina, and that's 4:00 P.M. New York, and we are not allowed. It's trading hours in New York. That's why we were halted. No speculations here, because people ask me a lot of things. No questions? No more questions. Gus, Rocio, Fito, would you like to add something else that we didn't talk about? Adolfo ZuberbuhlerCFO at Pampa EnergÃa00:55:54No. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:55:54No. Adolfo ZuberbuhlerCFO at Pampa EnergÃa00:55:55We covered it all. Thank you all for joining. I hope it was useful. Lida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃa00:56:00All right. Thank you very much. See you next May. Bye.Read moreParticipantsAnalystsAdolfo ZuberbuhlerCFO at Pampa EnergÃaGustavo MarianiEVP and CEO at Pampa EnergÃaLida WangInvestor Relations and Sustainability Officer at Pampa EnergÃaRaquel CardaszAnalyst of Investor Relations at Pampa EnergÃaPowered by