Historical behavior of incidents
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Historical behavior of incidents
Jan 1, 2024
Behavior of incidents affecting the environment
The following graphs shows the results of proactive risk management, which has led to a reduction in incidents affecting the environment and spilled volumes.
Source: Ecopetrol, HSE Vice-Presidency
Source: Ecopetrol, HSE Vice-Presidency
Source: Ecopetrol, HSE Vice-Presidency
Note: *Does not include incidents affecting the environment of assets not currently operated by Ecopetrol.
According to the information collected from the different assets of the Vice Presidency of Upstream, VPU, since 2022, more than 128 km of line piping have been replaced in VPU as part of the implementation of integrity plans.
In the following graph, the index of the number of spills per million tons of Ecopetrol production is referenced, with respect to that registered by IOGP (International Association of oil & gas producers), evidencing that the data recorded by the company are lower than the international average for the Onshore segment.
Source: Ecopetrol, HSE Vice-Presidency and IOGP. Environmental performance indicators - 2021 data. Table A.22: Number of oil spills >1 barrel in size and quantity spilled per unit of hydrocarbon production.
The IOGP index takes into account incidents with hydrocarbon spills greater than 1 barrel and of operational origin. At the time of update the values of the oil spill index per million tonnes of production, the IOGP has not published the results of the Aug 2023.
Incident Behavior 2024
Between 2019 and 2022, there have been 462 incidents with hydrocarbon spills caused by actions of third parties with potential effects on the environment, in the regions where we operate, as shown in the following graph.
Source: Ecopetrol, HSE Vice-Presidency
Source: Ecopetrol, HSE Vice-Presidency
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