Type Public Products Petrochemical products Number of employees 5,263 Parent organization ExxonMobil | Industry Petroleum Headquarters Calgary, Canada Founded 1880, London, Canada | |
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Traded as TSX: IMO
NYSE MKT: IMO
S&P/TSX 60 component Key people Richard Kruger, Chairman, President & CEO Revenue $26.888 billion CAD (2015) Stock price IMO (TSE) CA$ 41.06 -0.32 (-0.77%)10 Mar, 4:00 PM GMT-5 - Disclaimer CEO Richard Michael Kruger (1 Mar 2013–) Subsidiaries Celtic Exploration, North West Co. Ltd | ||
The imperial oil research centre
Imperial Oil Limited (French: L'Impériale) is a Canadian petroleum company. It is Canada's second-biggest integrated oil company. Exxon Mobil Corp. had a 69.6 percent ownership stake in the company as of December 31, 2012. It is a significant producer of crude oil, diluted bitumen and natural gas, Canada’s major petroleum refiner, a key petrochemical producer and a national marketer with coast-to-coast supply and retail networks. Its retail operations include Esso-brand service stations and On the Run/Marché Express and Tiger Express-brand convenience stores. It is also known for its holdings in the Alberta Oil Sands. Imperial owns 25 percent of Syncrude, which is one of the world’s largest oil sands operations. Imperial is also in a joint venture oil sands mining operation with ExxonMobil Corp., called Kearl Oil Sands.
Contents
- The imperial oil research centre
- Toy hockey game offer 1960 imperial oil esso television commercial
- History
- Involvement with Hockey Night in Canada
- Corporate governance
- Retail
- References
Currently headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, Imperial Oil was based in Toronto, Ontario, until 2005.
Most of Imperial's production is from its vast natural resource holdings in the Alberta Oil sands and the Norman Wells oil field in the Northwest Territories.
Toy hockey game offer 1960 imperial oil esso television commercial
History
The company was incorporated in London, Ontario, in 1880 (Filey 1998:62).
Imperial Oil discovered the Leduc Woodbend Devonian oil reef in 1947, marking the beginning of the contemporary period in Canadian oil and gas development. Drilling began on the landmark discovery well Leduc No. 1 on November 20, 1946.
In 1989, Imperial Oil acquired Texaco's Canadian operations.
Involvement with Hockey Night in Canada
From the 1934-35 season through the 1975-76 season, Imperial Oil was a sponsor of the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. program Hockey Night in Canada for both radio and television broadcasts.
Corporate governance
In February 2013, Richard Kruger, President of ExxonMobil Production Co. and a Vice President of Exxon Mobil Corp., was appointed to be Chief Executive of Imperial Oil. His predecessor, Bruce March, left to become senior vice president of global operations for ExxonMobil Chemical Co.
Besides Richard Kruger, other members of the Board of Directors of Imperial Oil are Krystyna Hoeg, Jack Mintz, David Sutherland, Darren Woods, Sheelagh Whittaker and Victor Young.
Retail
Imperial Oil has 1700 service stations with majority owned third parties and sold 497 stations in 2016. In the late early 1990s Imperial Oil acquired retail operations from Texaco's Canadian unit Texaco Canada Incorporated.