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Environmental emergencies

Environmental emergencies

In order to contribute to the sustainability and continuity of our business, we seek to strengthen the culture of prevention in order to respond in a timely manner to an emergency due to operational or natural causes.

In this sense, to act in a timely manner in the event of an environmental emergency, we propose certain actions to reduce the impact on the environment:

  • We follow up on the Maintenance Master Plan.
  • We implement facilities aimed at protecting the soil and the environment.
  • We implement emergency response teams, procedures and plans, including barriers and response brigades.
  • We develop environmental assessments after closing remediation projects.
  • We remediate sites impacted by our previous operating activities and privatized units.
  • We investigate and remediate sites impacted by our facilities and operational actions.

During 2022, 32 environmental emergencies were reported, of which 18 were significant(*). Below is a breakdown of their presence in venues.

* We use the definition of significant emergencies in the OSINERGMIN regulations, which requires events greater than one barrel to be reported immediately, that is, within 24 hours. Meanwhile, events smaller than one barrel are reported each month to the competition entity.

Significant environmental emergencies by location during 2022

No.LocationDateLocationSubstanceVolume (barrels)
1Conchán Plant01/06/2022Dispatch IslandGasoline8.00
2Conchán Plant05/07/2022Dispatch IslandGasoline15.00
3Iquitos Refinery Tank watertight area 332-T-230Diesel 21.00
4North Peruvian Pipeline (ONP)21/01/2022km59 + 130 – Section IRaw517.00
5North Peruvian Pipeline (ONP)27/01/2022km609+510 – Section IIRaw114.70
6North Peruvian Pipeline (ONP)28/03/2022km24+320 – Section IRawTo be determined**
7North Peruvian Pipeline (ONP)31/03/2022km20+189 – Section IRawTo be determined**
8North Peruvian Pipeline (ONP)03/05/2022km184+528 – Section IRawTo be determined**
9North Peruvian Pipeline (ONP)23/06/2022km 24+259 – Section IRawTo be determined**
10North Peruvian Pipeline (ONP)01/07/2022km67+240 – Section IRawTo be determined**
11North Peruvian Pipeline (ONP)07/07/2022km55+396 – Section IRawTo be determined**
12North Peruvian Pipeline (ONP)29/07/2022km235+239 – Section IRawTo be determined**
13North Peruvian Pipeline (ONP)04/09/2022km104+190 – Section IRawTo be determined**
14North Peruvian Pipeline (ONP)10/09/2022km177+670 – NORTH BRANCH SectionRawTo be determined**
15North Peruvian Pipeline (ONP)16/09/2022km42+092 – Section IRawTo be determined**
16North Peruvian Pipeline (ONP)22/10/2022km404+605 – Section IIRawTo be determined**
17North Peruvian Pipeline (ONP)22/10/2022km15+476 – Section IIRawTo be determined
18North Peruvian Pipeline (ONP)26/12/2022km51+798 – Section IRawTo be determined**

** The “To be determined” volumes of the ONP emergencies correspond to values that will be determined when the ONP operations, currently paralyzed, are restored.

Source: Sustainable Development Corporate Management.

The ONP is the operational unit where the largest number of significant events occur, with a total of 15 environmental emergencies of which 14 were originated by Third Party Fact and 1 (one) contingency in root cause analysis.

As part of the application of the Contingency Plan, we hire specialized companies to carry out first response work, such as environmental remediation of the affected areas or containment actions. In addition to remediation activities, we carry out follow-up monitoring that allows the achievement of environmental objectives in the intervened areas.