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Canada produces approximately 2.7 million barrels (430,000 m 3) of crude oil a day, and 6.4 trillion cubic feet (180 km 3) of natural gas per year. In 2013, an IPSOS poll showed a majority (75%) of Canadians prioritize local crude before using imported oil from foreign sources, while just over one in ten (14%) ‘disagree’ (4% strongly/11% ...
While Edmonton (population 972,223 thousand in 2019 [20]) is the provincial capital and is considered the pipeline, manufacturing, chemical processing, research and refining centre of the Canadian oil industry, its rival city Calgary (population 1.26 million [20]) is the main oil company head office and financial centre, with more than 960 ...
Canadian Oil Companies, Limited was a Canadian integrated petroleum company that existed from 1908 to 1963. The company was known best for the White Rose gasoline brand it sold across Canada. At the time of its sale to Shell Canada in 1962, Canadian Oil Companies was the country's last major domestically-owned petroleum company. [1]
Of the 16 stations built in the Greater Toronto Area, only one station survives today, at Lake Shore Boulevard West and Windermere Avenue built in 1937. In April 2007, the City of Toronto moved part of the station from the site to a location across the street at Sir Casimir Gzowski Park. The station was restored and will be repurposed as an ...
Petro-Canada was founded as a Crown Corporation in 1975 by an act of Parliament. It started its operations on 1 January 1976. The company was given C$1.5 billion in start-up money and easy access to new sources of capital.
BP Canada was a Canadian petroleum company and subsidiary of British Petroleum that existed between 1955 and 1992. The name refers to a group of companies that engaged in various segments of the petroleum industry lifecycle. BP entered the Canadian market in October 1953, when it purchased a 23 percent stake in the Triad Oil Company.
The company was founded in 2001, and is one of the largest independent oil and gas producers in Canada, having a significant presence in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin. [1] In 2024, the company changed its name to Veren and is listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange and the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol VRN. [2]
Frontera Energy (formerly Pacific Exploration and Production) is a Canadian petroleum exploration and production company in the business of heavy crude oil and natural gas. Its focus is on Colombia and Peru where it holds numerous properties including 38 blocks in the Llanos, Sucre-Co Lower Magdalena and Cesar Valley , Rancheria, Upper and ...