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36-701: The CER is mandated to: Furthermore, the CER is mandated to exercise its powers and perform its duties and functions in a manner that respects the rights of the Indigenous peoples of Canada. The agency was established on August 28, 2019, under the provision of the Canadian Energy Regulator Act. The CER superseded the National Energy Board from which it took over regulatory responsibilities. In August 2020, Gitane De Silva

72-403: A benzene leak into Sand Creek was discovered in the fall of 2011. Employees at Suncor and the nearby Metro Wastewater Reclamation District Plant were exposed to benzene through the air and through drinking water. In April 2018, Suncor and ExxonMobil were sued by the city and county of Boulder, and the county of San Miguel over allegations that they were responsible for climate change in

108-466: A "farce" by former public officials objecting to lack of oral cross-examination. Suncor Suncor Energy Inc. ( French : Suncor Énergie ) is a Canadian integrated energy company based in Calgary , Alberta . It specializes in production of synthetic crude from oil sands . In the 2020 Forbes Global 2000 , Suncor Energy was ranked as the 48th-largest public company in the world. Suncor

144-677: A Canadian subsidiary, the Sun Oil Company Limited. In 1932, the company transferred its headquarters from Montreal to Toronto. In 1950 the Sun Oil Company drilled its first successful Canadian oil well in Alberta. In 1953 it opened a new refinery in Sarnia. Great Canadian Oil Sands was incorporated on 29 December 1953, however, the company originated in several previous ventures dating back to 1920. In 1962, GCOS received

180-866: A blowout such as the one that happened with BP in the Gulf of Mexico. But the NEB has said that other equally effective methods would be considered. Economist Robyn Allan, questioned the July 28, 2015 appointment by the Governor in Council on behalf of the Office of the Prime Minister, of Steven J. Kelly — a former Kinder Morgan consultant — as a full-time member of the National Energy Board (Board). In

216-475: A conflict of interest with Kelly's appointment which is effective October 13. Alternative dates have not yet been provided. Kinder Morgan has already filed copious amounts of IHS evidence with affidavits that was submitted by Steven Kelly in support of Kinder Morgan's application for the proposed pipeline expansion Trans Mountain. According to the NEB, all Kelly's evidence will be struck from the record. The NEB process has been sharply criticized and even called

252-520: A cyber attack. The company stated no customer information was stolen but some of the companies services, such as digital payment, crashed. In October 2023, Suncor Energy acquired TotalEnergies ' Canadian operations for C$ 1.47 billion($ 1.07 billion). In North America, Suncor develops and produces oil and natural gas in Western Canada, Colorado, and offshore drilling in eastern Canada. Its international efforts include offshore developments in

288-567: A letter dated August 21, 2015 NEB Board of Directors chair David Hamilton and fellow Members, Alison Scott and Philip Davies wrote a In 1996 Kelly joined Purvin & Gertz, Inc. now IHS Inc. and was vice-president of IHS Global Canada, "an oil industry consulting firm hired by Kinder Morgan to do an economic study justifying the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion." NEB postponed oral hearings scheduled for August 24 in Calgary to avoid

324-585: A majority-owned subsidiary of Sun Oil, it is now wholly owned by the independent Suncor. It was the first commercial development on the Athabasca oil sands , although small, earlier projects like that at Bitumount also played a role in development. The company held a 36.75% interest in the Joslyn north oil sands project which was shelved pending an economic review by operator Total S.A. in May 2014. The Joslyn project

360-689: A permit from the Government of Alberta to build a plant in the Athabasca Oil Sands. The following year, Sun purchased a majority stake in GCOS. The GCOS plant went online in 1967. In 1979, Sun formed Suncor by merging its Canadian refining and retailing interests; Great Canadian Oil Sands (a majority-owned subsidiary, which constructed and operated the first commercial plant to develop Canada's Athabasca oil sands and went on production in 1967); and its conventional oil and gas interests. In 1981,

396-514: A second Commerce City refinery from Valero Energy . Suncor moved its retail brand from Phillips 66 to Shell from 2009 to 2013. Suncor added the Exxon and Mobil brands in Colorado and Wyoming in 2015. On March 23, 2009, Suncor announced its intent to acquire Petro-Canada . This merger created a company with a combined market capitalization of C$ 43.3 billion. On June 4, 2009, a 98% approval rate

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432-785: A subsidiary of Sunoco). In 2009, Suncor acquired the former Crown corporation Petro-Canada , which replaced the Sunoco brand across its existing outlets. Suncor also markets through a retail network of Shell and ExxonMobil branded outlets in the United States. The Sun Oil Company began operations in Canada in 1919 when it formed the Sun Company of Canada. The company opened offices in Montreal and began importing American products to Canada for sale. On 31 March 1923, Sun incorporated

468-450: A total of 180 aboriginal / indigenous groups). Opposition to Northern Gateway and Energy East is strong among natives. A veto is supported by some Canadian oil extraction corporations such as Suncor and Tembec . Indigenous groups have a long history of winning court challenges in Canada. While the NEB does hear aboriginal oral evidence from 70 specific intervenors the NEB process created under Stephen Harper falls far short of

504-485: Is Petro-Canada. Suncor previously operated and franchised retail locations under the Sunoco brand, but post-acquisition, nearly all remaining Sunoco stations were converted to Petro-Canada. In addition, the company terminated all of its independent Sunoco franchises, as it planned to implement Petro-Canada's model of requiring franchisees to operate multiple locations. Presently, at least one Sunoco branded station exists, and

540-759: Is located in North Bay, Ontario. A group of affected franchisees filed a class-action lawsuit over the matter, claiming that Suncor had violated Ontario's Arthur Wishart Act. However, the case was blocked by an Ontario court. In the United States, it operates retail outlets in Colorado under the Shell and Phillips 66 brands. On April 13, 2012, Suncor paid a $ 500,000 fine after being found guilty of price-fixing in Ontario. Suncor Energy owned and operated three Bombardier CRJ900ER aircraft but sold them in late 2016 and now uses WestJet to shuttle Suncor employees to

576-839: Is the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples . Under the UNDRIP, indigenous peoples on unceded lands, including those over which Northern Gateway and Energy East would need to pass, appear to most authorities to have a strict veto and not mere "consultation" rights as under Canada's 1981 constitution. That constitution was not agreed to by the province of Quebec nor aboriginal authority at any level. This especially affects Energy East , as New Brunswick and Quebec Maliseet accordingly have strict authority under UNDRIP to unilaterally reject it, as its proposed route crosses their territory (and those of

612-533: The Pembina Institute estimate that "Energy East would cause 32 million tonnes of added greenhouse-gas emissions every year, which would cancel out the emissions reductions Ontario achieved by closing all of its coal-fired power plants". Another complicating factor is the position of Brad Wall , Premier of Saskatchewan, that equalization can be withheld from provinces that do not support raw bitumen export. A final issue requiring federal clarification

648-568: The Board had been announced. The NEB's lack of coherence on climate change is a major source of uncertainty. Ontario and Quebec had initially imposed approval conditions on Energy East re "upstream" emissions in Alberta, similar to those imposed both upstream and downstream by the EPA and Obama administration on Keystone XL . Both dropped these climate change concerns in December 2014 despite

684-664: The Commerce City refinery, the largest settlement with a single facility over air pollution violations in Colorado history. By 2009, Suncor was working to reduce the amount of bitumen entering tailings ponds . In 2009, under the auspices of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), Suncor teamed with the University of Alberta and Matrikon, an Edmonton-based software company, to develop separation-cell technology to potentially reduce

720-515: The Government of Ontario purchased a 25% stake in the company; it divested in 1993. In 1995 Sun Oil also divested its interest in the company, although Suncor maintained the Sunoco retail brand in Canada. With these two divestitures, Suncor become an independent, widely held public company . In 2003, Suncor acquired a refinery and associated Phillips 66 gas stations in Commerce City, Colorado from ConocoPhillips . In 2005, Suncor acquired

756-719: The North Sea, and conventional, land-based efforts in Libya, Syria, and Trinidad and Tobago. Suncor operates refineries in Edmonton, Alberta; Sarnia, Ontario; Montreal, Quebec and Commerce City, Colorado. These refineries supply industrial, retail and commercial consumers. The company is also one of the largest Canadian retailers of petroleum products. Suncor is the world's largest producer of bitumen , and owns and operates an oil sands upgrading plant near Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. Originally developed by Great Canadian Oil Sands,

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792-551: The United States, Suncor has also been fined by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment . In April 2012, a fine of $ 2.2 million was assessed for air pollution. Suncor failed to monitor and control emissions a number of times throughout 2009 and 2010, and numerous emissions exceeded regulations. Suncor was also cited for "failure to conduct equipment inspections, train employees, and fully develop standard procedures for operating equipment". Additionally,

828-474: The company's operations have increased because of growing oil sands production. On April 2, 2009, Suncor was fined $ 675,000 for failing to install pollution control equipment at its Firebag operation near Fort McMurray , Alberta in July 2006. On the same day, Suncor was fined $ 175,000 for dumping untreated wastewater from a company work camp near Fort McMurray into the Athabasca River in 2007. In

864-542: The construction and operation of oil and natural gas pipelines crossing provincial or international borders. The Board approved pipeline traffic, tolls and tariffs under the authority of the National Energy Board Act . It dealt with approximately 750 applications annually, through written or oral proceedings. The National Energy Board also had jurisdiction over the construction and operation of international power lines , defined as lines built "for

900-615: The demands of aboriginal groups themselves. In 2014 John Bennett, national program director for the Sierra Club Canada (SCC) criticized the NEB for considering changes in its approach to preventing oil spills in future offshore drilling in the Beaufort Sea . Current policy requires companies working in the Arctic to have the capability to drill a relief well in the same season to release pressure and stop oil flow in case of

936-582: The largest owner of the Syncrude project with 37% ownership (compared with Suncor's 12%), with proposals for acquisition and hostile takeover . In January 2016 they reached an agreement with Suncor acquiring COS for C$ 6.6 billion, raising its Syncrude ownership to 49%. On April 27, 2016, Suncor announced that it had reached a $ 937-million deal to acquire Murphy Oil 's 5% stake in the Syncrude project, growing its interest in Syncrude to nearly 54%, making it

972-498: The majority shareholder of the project. In fall 2021, Suncor assumed operatorship of the Syncrude Joint Venture oil sands project in a bid to improve its performance. Suncor holds a majority stake in Syncrude with 58.74 per cent. In July 2022, president and CEO Mark Little resigned amid investor pressure and after a series of workplace deaths and safety incidents. Executive vice-president for downstream Kris Smith

1008-475: The oil sands. As of February 2023, Suncor Energy owns a Bombardier Global Express (BD-700) and operate as ICAO airline designator JSN, and telephony JETSUN. According to a Pollution Watch fact sheet, in 2007 Suncor Energy's oil sands operations had the sixth highest greenhouse gas emissions in Canada. While Suncor has reduced the greenhouse gas emissions intensity of its oil sands operations by more than 50% since 1990, total greenhouse gas emissions from

1044-432: The purpose of transmitting electricity from or to a place in Canada from or to a place outside of Canada." The NEB authorized imports of natural gas, and exports of crude oil, natural gas, oil, natural gas liquids (NGLs), refined petroleum products and electricity. The NEB also had jurisdiction over designated inter-provincial power lines, by determination of the federal Cabinet, but no such line has been designated, leaving

1080-738: The regulation of existing interties to provincial regulatory bodies. Recent NEB decisions in favour of petroleum-industry interests have led to increasing controversy. On 28 August 2019, the NEB Act was repealed by the coming into force of the Canada Energy Regulator Act (CER Act). Prime Minister Justin Trudeau condemned the Harper-era process of regulation, and especially the NEB, citing serious conflict of interest and mandate flaws. As of December 2016, no changes to

1116-543: The state. The lawsuit was unique as it was one of the first to be based on these effects on a landlocked area, as opposed to those citing Sea level rise as a factor. In 2020, Suncor reached a US$ 9 million settlement agreement with authorities in Colorado for more than 100 air pollution violations from its Commerce City refinery. In 2024, Suncor settled with state regulators for US$ 10.5 million (a US$ 2.5 million fine and US$ 8 million in mandatory improvements) for violations by

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1152-533: Was appointed as CEO of the Canada Energy Regulator. National Energy Board The National Energy Board was an independent economic regulatory agency created in 1959 by the Government of Canada to oversee "international and inter-provincial aspects of the oil, gas and electric utility industries." Its head office was located in Calgary , Alberta . The NEB mainly regulated

1188-443: Was created by Sun Oil in 1979 by the merger of its Canadian conventional and heavy oil companies, the Sun Oil Company and Great Canadian Oil Sands . Until 2010, Suncor marketed products and services to retail customers in Ontario through a downstream network of 780 company-owned, and 700 customer-operated retail and Diesel fuel sites, primarily in Ontario under the Sunoco brand (owing to Suncor having originally been established as

1224-504: Was named as interim CEO. On February 21, 2023, Suncor announced that former Imperial Oil Ltd. president and CEO Rich Kruger had been named its new chief executive officer after a months-long search. Kruger replaced interim Suncor CEO Kris Smith on April 3, 2023. Smith assumed the role of chief financial officer and executive vice-president of corporate development after Suncor's annual general meeting on May 9, 2023. June 2023 transactions with customers and suppliers were impaired due to

1260-656: Was reached by Suncor's shareholders for the acquisition of Petro-Canada and the Competition Bureau approved the merger on June 21, 2009. The merger with Canada's 11th largest company was completed on August 1, 2009 in a $ 21 billion deal to form the second-largest company in Canada (after Royal Bank of Canada ) in terms of market capitalization. In December 2009, as a condition of the merger, Suncor sold 98 gas stations in Ontario to Husky Energy , consisting of 68 Sunoco-branded locations and 30 Petro-Canada-branded locations. In 2015 Suncor courted Canadian Oil Sands ,

1296-893: Was sold to CNRL in September 2018. The company also produces conventional oil , heavy crude oil , and natural gas . In Canada, Suncor operates refineries in Alberta, Ontario and Quebec. The company's 135,000-barrel-per-day Strathcona , refinery runs entirely on oil sands-based feedstocks and produces a high-yield of light oils. A 137,000-barrel-per-day Montreal Refinery produces gasoline , distillates , asphalts, heavy fuel oil , petrochemicals , solvents and feedstock for lubricants. An 85,000-barrel-per-day refinery in Sarnia , Ontario produces gasoline, kerosene , jet and diesel fuels. A 98,000-barrel-per-day refinery in Commerce City, Colorado produces gasoline, diesel fuel and paving-grade asphalt . Suncor's main downstream brand in Canada

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