Management of Climate Threat and External Forces Based on Knowledge Management

Geotechnical conditions in Colombia make the Weather-related and Outside Force Threat one of the principal threats to take into account in managing hydrocarbon transmission lines. This, along with the rotation of the personnel who support the management of this threat nationwide, has led the office of the Vice-president for Transportation and Logistics (VIT) at Ecopetrol S.A. to implement a knowledge assurance strategy that will ensure the sustainability of efforts in geotechnical matters made in recent years. This paper presents the experience of how it has been possible for management of the Weather-related and Outside Force Threat, by the office of Vice-president for Transportation and Logistics of Ecopetrol S.A., to be strengthened by proposing a prospective scenario of sustainability and knowledge that for five years has been contributing to strengthening the acquisition of knowledge and the management of the threat itself.