2025						2024						2023
Net carrying amount of property, plant and equipment			19,926						19,456						20,532
Provision for obsolescence of materials and equipment			(484)						(223)						(171)
Provision for impairment of property, plant and equipment			(357)						(497)						(2,649)
			19,085						18,736						17,712

Changes in Group’s property, plant and equipment for the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023 are as follows:

 

 

 

The Group capitalizes the financial cost of loans as part of the cost of the property, plant and equipment. For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023, the rate of capitalization was 7.10%, 7.22% and 7.89%, respectively, and the amount capitalized amounted to 14, 6 and 17, respectively.

Set forth present is the evolution of the provision for obsolescence of materials and equipment for the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023:

 

 

Set forth present is the evolution of the provision for impairment of property, plant and equipment for the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023:

 

 

The Group estimates the recoverable amount of property, plant and equipment based on the guidelines and methodology mentioned in Notes 2.b.5) and 2.c).

The Group permanently monitors the outlook of the businesses where it operates. In general, it analyzes macroeconomic variables such as price indexes and currency devaluation, among others, and in particular, for the natural gas market, the demand volume to be covered and natural gas sales prices.

In relation to the natural gas market, incentive schemes were established in recent years in order to increase the domestic production of natural gas. As of 2018 and 2019, an excess in the supply from the increased production on unconventional fields with respect to the domestic demand was observed at specific times of the year, an unusual situation in the past, which affected natural gas production due to the temporary shutdown of wells. This situation generated a reduction in natural gas sales prices in the local market, which generated a drop in natural gas production due to the lack of incentives to develop projects. Consequently, on November 16, 2020, the National Government approved the Plan GasAr 2020-2024 with the aim of making viable investments to increase the production of natural gas in all the country’s basins and satisfy the hydrocarbon needs of the local market. Subsequently and with the same objective, on November 4, 2022, the National Government approved the Plan GasAr 2023-2028. Within this framework, YPF undertook natural gas production commitments in the Neuquina and Northwest basins. See Note 35.f.1).

As of September 30, 2023, the Group recognized an impairment charge of property, plant and equipment for the CGU Gas - Neuquina Basin of 506 (329 net of the income tax effect), generated by a combination of variables, including mainly, a higher competition in the domestic natural gas market which may lead to a drop in natural gas sales prices in the medium and long term and a consequent adequacy of our production. The discount rate after income tax used as of September 30, 2023 was 14.89%. In addition, as of December 31, 2023, the carrying amount of the net assets of the CGU Gas - Neuquina Basin amounted to 2,400 and approximated its recoverable amount.

On February 29, 2024 (see Note 11.a)) YPF’s Board of Directors resolved the disposal of certain groups of assets related to the Upstream business segment, mainly mature fields related to the CGU Oil, CGU Gas - Austral Basin and CGU Gas - Neuquina Basin and analyzed fair value less cost of disposal to be less than their carrying amount. The Company considered this to be an impairment loss indicator under IAS 36. Accordingly, the Company performed an impairment review separately from its CGU and recognized an impairment charge of property, plant and equipment of 1,782 (1,158 net of the income tax effect) as of December 31, 2023, considering the net assets and recoverable amount of each disposal group.

Considering, most of the transactions of oil and gas assets in Argentina during recent years are related to fields where the main targeted reservoirs are unconventional formations (specifically, the Vaca Muerta formation), and for the transactions that could be considered comparable to the assets evaluated in each disposal group, the publicly available information was insufficient to derive conclusions for a fair value in active markets for identical assets to those of each disposal group (Level 1), or inputs other than quoted prices included within Level 1 that are observable for the assets, either directly or indirectly (Level 2), the recoverable amount for each disposal group was determined applying an asset valuation technique commonly used in the oil and gas industry which is the discounted cash flow analysis technique. This valuation technique is considered to be Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy due to unobservable inputs used in the valuation, representing the fair value less costs of disposal measurement. In estimating the discounted cash flows of the disposal groups, the Company worked closely with a third-party qualified independent valuer not related to the Group, with appropriate qualifications, to establish the appropriate valuation techniques and inputs to the model.

This valuation technique required projections of production, operating expenses, capital expenditures, hydrocarbon wells abandonment costs, royalties and taxes and the date of the termination of the concessions. The key assumptions to which the disposal groups recoverable amounts are most sensitive are production, crude oil and natural gas prices, discount rate and macroeconomic variables. Values for reserves were expressed in terms of future gross revenues, future net revenues, present value and considering a extension of the termination of certain concessions expiring in the near term. Future net revenues were calculated by deducting from future gross revenues royalties paid in cash, operating expenses, capital expenditures and hydrocarbon wells abandonment costs, production taxes, and income tax. Operating expenses include fields operating expenses, transportation and processing expenses, and an allocation of overhead that directly relates to production activities. Capital expenditures include drilling and completion costs, facilities costs, and maintenance costs. Hydrocarbon wells abandonment costs are those costs associated with the removal of facilities, plugging of wells and reclamation and restoration associated with the abandonment of hydrocarbon wells. The recoverable amount was defined as future net revenues discounted at a discount rate after income tax, which as of December 31, 2023 was 15%.

As of December 31, 2024, the Group recognized an impairment charge of property, plant and equipment for the CGU Gas - Northwest Basin of 58 (37 net of income tax effect), generated by a combination of variables, but mainly due to production costs increases. The discount rate after income tax used as of December 31, 2024 was 14.80%, and the recoverable amount after income tax as of such date of the CGU Gas - Northwest Basin was 28. In addition, as of December 31, 2024, the carrying amount of the net assets of the CGU Gas - Neuquina Basin amounted to 2,769 and approximated its recoverable amount.

As of December 31, 2025, the carrying amounts of the net assets of the CGU Gas - Cuenca Neuquina and the CGU Gas - Cuenca Noroeste amount to 2,804 and 9, respectively. The Group will continue analyzing the prospects for the variables mentioned above to further estimate their impact on expected cash flows.

Likewise, in accordance with IFRS 8, the distribution of property, plant and equipment by geographic area is broken down below: