Imperial Oil

Imperial Oil Limited {{TSX|IMO}} is Canada's largest petroleum company. It is controlled by ExxonMobil, which owns 69.8% of its stock. In turn it owns 25% of Syncrude Canada Ltd., the world's largest producer of synthetic crude oil from strip mining of tar sands. Imperial Oil Ltd., also known as "Esso Imperial," operates service stations in Canada under the trade name Esso as well as other brand names. Imperial Oil Ltd. was incorporated in 1880.

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Canada - Petroleum - ExxonMobil - Syncrude Canada Ltd. - Synthetic crude - Strip mining - Tar sands - Service station - Trade name - Esso - Brand - Incorporated - 1880

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Imperial is one of Canada's top natural gas producers, the country's major refiner and marketer of petroleum products and an important manufacturer of petrochemicals. Most of its production is from its vast natural resource holdings in Alberta and the Northwest Territories.

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Natural gas - Refiner - Marketer - Manufacturer - Petrochemical - Natural resource - Alberta - Northwest Territories

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