Historical behavior of incidents
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Historical behavior of incidents
Jun 28, 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
Source: Ecopetrol, HSE Vice-Presidency.
Note: The values reported month by month may be adjusted depending on the progress in incident investigations.
Source: Ecopetrol, HSE Vice-Presidency.
Note: In the period from January to May 2024, there have been 76 total incidents (operational and third party) with a spilled volume of 8,42 barrels that have had an impact on the environment.
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