AASEP

What AASEP does

AASEP (Asociación Argentina de Propietarios y Superficiarios Afectados por la Explotación Hidrocarburífera, Minera y Eléctrica) is a non-profit civil association founded in 1987 and headquartered at Av. Pres. Roque Sáenz Peña 846, Buenos Aires, Argentina. It was created to represent landowners and surface rights holders (superficiarios) whose properties are affected by hydrocarbon, mining, electrical transmission, aqueduct, wind energy, and solar energy activities across all of Argentina's petroleum-producing provinces, including Chubut, Santa Cruz, Tierra del Fuego, Neuquén, Mendoza, Río Negro, La Pampa, San Juan, and Salta. The association provides advisory services on applicable legislation, monitors and proposes new environmental regulations, negotiates updates to easement indemnification values, and represents members before government bodies and the courts.

The association's core activities are legal advisory, legislative advocacy, and compensation negotiation rather than product development. It operates as external advisor to the government's Comisión Asesora del Poder Ejecutivo Nacional en Hidrocarburos under Decree 6803/68, and holds an amicus curiae expert designation before the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation. AASEP's product/service surface includes advisory on legislation, easement representation across seven categories (hydrocarbon, gas pipelines, wind energy, electrical transmission, aqueducts, mining, and private transit), compensation valuation and update negotiations, environmental legislation monitoring, and member information services.

AASEP sustains itself exclusively through membership dues (cuota societaria) and provides all advisory services free of charge to both members and non-members. It does not generate commercial revenue and has never charged additional fees for advisory work. The organization distributes services via direct advisory (telephone, contact form, in-person at the Buenos Aires headquarters), periodic regional conferences in producing basins, and digital channels including its website, Twitter (@superficiarios), LinkedIn, YouTube, and Google Photos. Its acquisition channel runs through referrals from affiliated Rural Societies (Comodoro Rivadavia, Río Gallegos, Río Grande, Coronel Suárez) and the Sociedad Rural Argentina, of which it is an institutional council member.

Name

AASEP

Legal name

Asociación Argentina de Propietarios y Superficiarios Afectados por la Explotación Hidrocarburífera, Minera y Eléctrica

Website

https://aasep.org.ar

Company type

Private

Founded year

1987

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

AASEP is a non-profit civil association founded in 1987 that represents Argentine landowners and surface rights holders whose properties are affected by hydrocarbon, mining, and energy activities, providing free legal advisory, advocacy, and regulatory representation.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Nonprofit Landowner Advocacy Services

NAICS

Business Associations (813910), Social Advocacy Organizations (8133)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAGAFAB

Human Rights & Anti-Discrimination Organizations

Business & Public Services/Nonprofit, NGO & Social Services/Civil Rights, Advocacy & Public Policy Organizations

Keywords

• Surface rights advocacy
• Easement compensation services
• Landowner representation
• Hydrocarbon legislation advisory
• Nonprofit association

Headquarters

HQ city

Buenos Aires

HQ country

Argentina

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership Dues (Cuota Societaria): AASEP is a non-profit civil association sustained by the membership dues (cuota societaria) of its members. Services are provided free of charge to associated members. The association states it has never charged additional fees for its advisory services.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

AASEP is a non-profit civil association that provides free legal advisory, legislative advocacy, and representation services to property owners and surface rights holders (superficiarios) whose lands are affected by hydrocarbon extraction, mining, and energy activities in Argentina. The association negotiates and advocates for fair compensation for easements (servidumbres), operational damages, and environmental remediation, and serves as the recognized institutional voice for these landowners before government commissions and the Supreme Court. Services are sustained by member dues and provided free of charge to both members and non-members.

Product overview

AASEP (Asociación Argentina de Propietarios y Superficiarios Afectados por la Explotación Hidrocarburífera, Minera y Eléctrica) is a non-profit civil association founded in 1987 that represents property owners and superficiarios whose lands are affected by hydrocarbon, mining, and electrical activities. The organization does not offer a technology product but provides advisory and advocacy services, including: advisory services on legislation, representation before government bodies including the Supreme Court as Amicus Curiae, and comprehensive easement management services covering hydrocarbon, gas pipeline, wind energy, electrical transmission, aqueduct, mining, and private transit easements. Additional services include compensation valuation and update negotiations, environmental legislation monitoring, and member information services. The organization serves as external advisor to the National Executive Branch Commission on Hydrocarbons and represents superficiarios from all Argentine hydrocarbon-producing provinces.

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Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Legal and Legislative Advisory Services Advisory services on current legislation (Mining Code and Hydrocarbon Law), including monitoring of regulatory developments and proposition of new measures including environmental regulations affecting surface rights holders across Argentina.
• Easement Representation Services Representation of property owners in easement matters (servidumbres) across petroleum and gas installations, gas pipelines, wind energy farms, high-voltage electrical transmission lines, water aqueducts, mining operations, and private transit rights crossing private properties.
• Compensation Valuation and Update Services Services to negotiate and achieve updates to compensatory values for easements, operational damages, and surveillance/control costs affecting properties across Argentine hydrocarbon basins (Gulf of San Jorge, Austral, Cuyana, and Neuquina).

Quantifiable outcome

• Successfully negotiated multiple updates to easement indemnification values, including 2026 updates with increases of up to 90.36% for certain zones in the Gulf of San Jorge and Austral basins.
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Sociedad Rural Argentina (SRA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAASEP is an institutional member of the SRA's Consejo Institucional (Institutional Council). The SRA provides a platform for AASEP to represent surface rights holders and advocate for their interests within Argentina's largest agricultural organization.
• Corte Suprema de Justicia de la Nación (Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation)coreOthersAASEP is officially recognized as an amicus curiae expert entity before the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation in matters related to surface rights, hydrocarbon easements, and indemnification — a unique institutional standing that gives it significant legal authority.
• Comisión Asesora del Poder Ejecutivo Nacional en Hidrocarburos (Advisory Commission on Hydrocarbons)coreOthersAASEP serves as the external advisor to the government Advisory Commission on Hydrocarbons (created by Decree 6803/68), which is responsible for setting indemnification values for easements. AASEP participates in the commission's calculations and provides technical input.
• Cámara de Exploración y Producción de Hidrocarburos (CEPH)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerAASEP has a dialogue relationship with CEPH (the Chamber of Exploration and Hydrocarbon Production) regarding easement values. In 2020, they agreed not to request indemnification updates until December of that year during the COVID-19 crisis. CEPH represents oil and gas companies operating in Argentina.
• Sociedad Rural de Comodoro RivadaviacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAASEP has a close operational partnership with the Rural Society of Comodoro Rivadavia (SRCR), which was the original birthplace of the surface rights movement. SRCR helped found AASEP and continues to co-host conferences and events for surface rights holders in Patagonia.
• Sociedades Rurales de Río Gallegos, Río Grande, and Coronel SuárezminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThese Rural Societies are founding supporters of the surface rights movement and have been adherents to AASEP's advocacy efforts, particularly in the southern hydrocarbon-producing provinces of Santa Cruz and Buenos Aires province.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Federación Agraria Argentina (FAA): FAA is a national federation representing small and medium Argentine farmers, operating a similar membership-based advocacy model focused on land tenure, rural economics, and producer rights vis-à-vis larger commercial interests.
• Coninagro: Coninagro is an Argentine agricultural cooperative confederation representing producers across multiple regions. It shares AASEP's non-profit advocacy model and focus on collective representation of agricultural constituencies before regulators and policymakers.
• Confederaciones Rurales Argentinas (CRA): CRA is a confederation of Argentine rural associations that advocates for agricultural producers on policy, taxation, and land rights, mirroring AASEP's function of representing landowners' collective interests before government bodies.
• Sociedad Rural Argentina (SRA): AASEP is an institutional member of SRA's Consejo Institucional. SRA is Argentina's largest rural producers association and operates as a peer advocacy body representing agricultural landowners, sharing AASEP's non-profit membership model and government-facing advocacy role.
• CARBAP - Confederaciones Rurales de Buenos Aires y La Pampa: CARBAP is a regional confederation of rural associations in Buenos Aires and La Pampa provinces, including Coronel Suárez where AASEP has partnership ties. It serves a comparable landowner-advocacy role within a similar membership-based civil association structure.

Regional players

• Instituto Argentino del Petróleo y del Gas (IAPG): IAPG is Argentina's primary oil and gas industry technical institution, providing standards, training, and policy input to the hydrocarbons sector. It is comparable to AASEP as a specialized, membership-driven Argentine institution engaged with government on extractive industry regulation.
• Federación de Asociaciones de Consorcios Camineros y Entidades Afines de la Provincia de Santa Fe (FACE): FACE is an Argentine federation of rural road consortiums, representing rural property owners in infrastructure and easement-type issues. While more focused on rural road maintenance, it shares AASEP's non-profit membership structure, Argentine rural constituency, and collective landowner advocacy function.
• Cámara de Exploración y Producción de Hidrocarburos (CEPH): CEPH represents upstream oil and gas operators in Argentina and is AASEP's counterpart in easement value negotiations. While serving the opposite side of the table (industry vs. landowners), CEPH operates within the same regulatory ecosystem and engages with the same government commissions, making it structurally comparable in scope and Argentine hydrocarbon policy focus.

Others

• Surface Rights Board (Alberta, Canada): Alberta's Surface Rights Board is a quasi-judicial tribunal resolving disputes between landowners and energy operators, addressing the same fundamental problem AASEP tackles: balancing surface landowner interests with subsurface mineral/energy development. While a government body rather than a private association, it represents the institutional approach to the same landowner-versus-extractive-industry issue.

Emerging players

• National Farmers Union (US): NFU is a US-based advocacy organization for family farmers and ranchers, with comparable functions of representing landowner rights, negotiating with extractive/energy industries over land use, and providing policy advocacy before government bodies. It serves as a peer model for grassroots agricultural advocacy organizations.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/superficiarios
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UC40Ffn-Rci3NSDbti6lc4FQ
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/aasep

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Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

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