Company: VIST
Filing Date: 2025-04-09
Form Type: 20-F
Source: 0001193125-25-076856
Chunk: 19

Company: Vista Energy, S.A.B. de C.V.
Filing Date: 2025-04-09
Form: 20-F
Item: Item 3
Chunk 19
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 new and existing regulatory permits. We expect that these challenges are likely to continue and could delay or prohibit operations in certain cases.

Compliance with legal and regulatory changes relating to climate change set out by the Argentine and Mexican governments, including those resulting from the implementation of international treaties (see “ Item 4 - Information on the Company - Business Overview - Argentine Regulatory Framework in Connection with Climate Change”) may in the future increase our costs to operate and maintain our facilities, install new emission controls on our facilities and administer and manage any GHG emissions program. Revenue generation and strategic growth opportunities may also be adversely affected.

In addition, environmental laws that may be implemented in the future could increase litigation risks and have a material adverse effect on us. For example, in 2019, the Argentine Congress enacted Law No. 27,520 on Minimal Standards on Global Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation, which focused on implementing policies, strategies, actions, programs and projects that can establish responsibilities for gas emissions and prevent, mitigate or minimize the damages or impacts associated with climate change (see “ Item 4 - Information on the Company - Business Overview - Argentine Regulatory Framework in Connection with Climate Change”). If additional requirements were adopted in Argentina, these requirements could add to our litigation costs and impact adversely on our results of operations.

We cannot predict the overall impact that the enactment of new environmental laws or regulations could have on our financial results, results of operations, and cash flows and the market value of our series A shares and ADSs.

The energy transition could result in reduced demand for the oil and gas we produce, negatively impact our long-term plans, and lead to opposition from certain stakeholders.

We expect that measures taken by governments, NGOs, customers, and end users of refined hydrocarbon products to reduce emissions will continue to suppress demand for hydrocarbons and their by-products, potentially impacting oil and gas prices. For example, demand could decline further if households increasingly adopt electric vehicles, public transportation transitions to electric or renewable fuel sources, power generation shifts more extensively to renewable energy, or hydrogen and other green energy alternatives achieve widespread adoption. These developments may contribute to a decline in global oil and gas demand, potentially leading to additional asset provisions, lower earnings, project cancellations, reduced access to capital, and impairments of certain assets.

Regulations and regimes promoting alternative energy resources may also lead to a decline in demand for crude oil and natural gas, or any of their by-products, in the long-term. In addition, increased regulation of GHG emissions may create greater incentives for the