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Historical behavior of incidents
Mar 12, 2025
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: Corporate Vice-Presidency for Territorial Transformation and HSE
Source: Corporate Vice-Presidency for Territorial Transformation and HSE
During the 2024 term, in the direct operation of ECOPETROL S.A, there were 5 incidents with hydrocarbon spills greater than 1 barrel, which affected the environment, with a total spilled volume of 161.49 barrels of hydrocarbon.
Of the 5 incidents mentioned, 2 were of operational origin with a volume of 7.83 barrels, which represents a decrease of 48.8% compared to 2023 (15.29 barrels), 87.7% with 2022 (63.7) and 95% with 2021 (157.8). The decrease in the volume spilled in incidents of operational origin is a consequence of the implementation of the integrity strategy, which has focused on: keeping the inventory of lines updated, ensuring the coverage of their criticality and risk assessments, the development of preventive inspection and maintenance plans and their compliance, monitoring the health status of the high-impact lines. The replacement of more than 200 km of lines during the years 2022 to 2024 is highlighted. (128 Km: 2022 and 2023; 80.5 Km: 2024).
Source: Corporate Vice-Presidency for Territorial Transformation and HSE
Note: Does not include incidents affecting the environment of assets not currently operated by Ecopetrol
For spills due to incidents greater than 1 barrel and in order to monitor their performance, ECOPETROL S.A. uses as a threshold reference, the index "Number of oil spills >1 barrel in size and quantity spilled per unit of hydrocarbon production" of the IOGP (International Association of oil & gas producers). This index is calculated and published towards the end of the third quarter of each year, with the information from the previous term. In the 2023 report (Environmental performance indicators, Table A.22: Number of oil spills >1 barrel in size and quantity spilled per unit of hydrocarbon production), a value of 5.39 is evidenced in this index for the Onshore segment. The calculation of this index for Ecopetrol in the same period is 0.08. This represents 98.5% below the global result in the Onshore segment. The results of the global index for 2024 will be published by IOGP in the fourth quarter of 2025. The performance of the index for ECOPETROL direct operation compared to the global index for the Onshore segment can be seen in the following graph.
Source: Ecopetrol, Corporate Vice-Presidency for Territorial Transformation and HSE and IOGP. Environmental performance indicators - 2023 data. Table A.22: Number of oil spills >1 barrel in size and quantity spilled per unit of hydrocarbon production.
Note: According to IOGP guidelines, the index does not include incidents with oil spills greater than 1 barrel that have been caused by terrorist acts/attacks on infrastructure, for this reason some values calculated for Ecopetrol direct operation are re-expressed.
INCIDENTS BEHAVIOR 2025
Source: Corporate Vice-Presidency for Territorial Transformation and HSE
Source: Corporate Vice-Presidency for Territorial Transformation and HSE
