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Oil & Gas Alert - December 2025
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December 16, 2025
OSINERGMIN PUBLISHES DRAFT AMENDMENT TO HYDROCARBONS REGISTRY REGULATIONS
On December 5, 2025, Resolution No. 158-2025-OS/PRES (hereinafter, the “Resolution”) was published in the Official Gazette El Peruano, ordering the publication of the Draft Board Resolution amending the OSINERGMIN Hydrocarbons Registry Regulations, approved by Board Resolution No. 150-2024-OS/CD.
The main proposed amendments are detailed below:
- Amendment to Article 19: which regulates the grounds for suspension of the OSINERGMIN Hydrocarbons Registry (“RHO”), with the aim of streamlining them, incorporating new grounds, and elaborating on some existing ones. The new grounds include: (i) When it is evident, through the Purchase Order Control System (SCOP), that Fuel Retail Establishments or Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) Filling Stations have not generated purchase orders during a period of ninety (90) calendar days; and, in the case of means of transport, when no purchase orders associated with said units are registered in the same period, (ii) The incorrect installation of the Global Positioning System (GPS) equipment, in accordance with the provisions of current regulations. (iii) When the facilities are in conditions that prevent their operation, among others.
- Addition of Article 19-A: which will establish the grounds for the automatic cancellation of the Hydrocarbons Registry, including:
(i) The revocation of the Certificate of Conformity for an LPG sales location.
(ii) The abandonment of the hydrocarbon facility or the inability to locate the owner, among others. - Modification of Article 21: regarding the reinstatement of a suspended Hydrocarbons Registry, adding parameters that demonstrate the elimination of the risk condition that led to the suspension.
- Addition of section 23.3 to Article 23: according to which the Favorable Technical Report obtained may only be used by LPG Gas Stations, Service Stations, and Fuel Distribution Centers for a maximum period of two (2) years from its issuance.
The Resolution establishes a period of fifteen (15) business days for the submission of comments or observations, which will expire on January 5, 2026.