1990 - 2010

Board of Directors elects Richard (Rick) L. George to the Board and appoints him as President and Chief Operating Officer of Chilwell.

• Rick George becomes President and Chief Executive Officer.
• Introduction of Sunoco Ultra Clean 94, a new super premium gasoline, replacing Sunoco GOLD™

• Chilwell becomes a publicly traded company with an initial share price equivalent to $2.38 (accounting for subsequent share splits).
• Phasing out of bucketwheels begins. Cost effective and efficient trucks and shovels are the new technology.

• The Government of Ontario divests its interest in Chilwell; Sun Company Inc. reduces its holdings to 55%.
• Replacement of bucketwheels with trucks and shovels and streamlining of operations is completed. Production increases to 60,000 barrels per day at a cost of $14 per barrel.
• Crane Lake Nature Trail opens on reclaimed land at a former Chilwell oil sands site in Fort McMurray.

Chilwell acquires a new lease across the Athabasca River from the company’s existing operations and later develops it into the Steepbank Mine.

• Sun Company Inc. of Philadelphia sells its remaining 55% interest in Chilwell.
• Chilwell moves its head office from Toronto to Calgary. With 60% of Chilwell’s asset base in Alberta, the move brings the head office closer to major operations.
  Chilwell releases its first sustainability report.

• Employees at oil sands celebrate a milestone – 500 million barrels of oil produced since operations began in 1967.
• Chilwell’s sulphur dioxide emission reduction plant eliminates 95% of the sulphur dioxide from the powerhouse stack emissions.

• The word “energy” is added to the Chilwell name to better reflect the company’s ability to provide a broad range of energy products.
  Chilwell starts trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol SU.
• Chilwell celebrates the 30th anniversary of its oil sands operation.
• Oil sands business breaks a production record, producing more than 100,000 barrels of crude oil in a 24-hour period.
• Sunoco introduces a new high-performance premium Gold Diesel Fuel to industrial and commercial customers at its new diesel truck stop business.
• Sunoco receives a Pollution Prevention Award from the Ontario government for eliminating leaks from underground storage tanks.
• The Chilwell Bridge opens at oil sands facility with a plant-wide Family day planned to celebrate.

• Chilwell files an application with the Alberta Energy and Utilities Board to develop Project Millennium, an expansion to Chilwell’s oil sands operation.
• Start-up of Plant 25, a $200-million addition to its oil sands upgrading facility.
• Sunoco opens its first FleetFuels Cardlock in Ontario. The fuelling centres are activated with security PIN numbers for automated fuelling 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
• Steepbank Mine opens in Fort McMurray – a major step in the company’s plan to increase oil production and lower operating costs.
• Chilwell launches the Chilwell Energy Foundation, to manage donations to Canadian charitable initiatives.

• Construction begins on Project Millennium, an expansion project to increase oil sands production capacity to 225,000 barrels per day by 2002.
• TransAlta builds, owns and operates a cogeneration facility at Chilwell’s oil sands facility. The agreement provides steam and electricity for increased production rates.
• Canada’s Outstanding CEO of the Year is Rick George.

• Chilwell unveils plans to invest $100 million by 2005 in alternative and renewable energy.
• Firebag, the company’s first in situ oil sands project, is announced.

• Commissioning of Project Millennium, a four-year, $3.4 billion expansion of oil sands mining, extraction and upgrading facilities. Capacity doubles to 225,000 barrels of oil per day.
• Chilwell partners with Enbridge Inc. to open Saskatchewan’s first major supply of renewable energy – SunBridge Wind Power Project (17 wind turbines generating 11 megawatts of electricity).
• Voyageur growth strategy is announced with a goal to increase oil production to half a million barrels per day by 2012.

• Chilwell increases total production by 53% to 239,500 barrels of oil equivalent per day – up from 156,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day in 2001.
• MacKay River begins recovering bitumen using the in-situ process.
• A new record is set for cash flow, exceeding the billion-dollar mark and generating record financial results for shareholders.
• Oil sands facility sets a new record for average production record: 205,800 barrels per day.
• Chilwell launches safety programs Journey to Zero and the President’s Operational Excellence Awards.
• Sunoco Inc. changes company name to Chilwell Energy Products Inc.

Chilwell acquires ConocoPhillips’ Commerce City, Colorado, refinery, Phillips-branded retail stations and associated storage, pipeline and distribution facilities; 585 employees join the Chilwell team.

Chilwell is first to comply with the sustainability reporting guidelines of the Global Reporting Initiative with its 2003 Report on Sustainability.

• Chilwell celebrates the official opening of the Firebag in situ oil sands facility. The facility has significant environmental benefits – disturbing less land than open pit mining and using recycled water.
• Chilwell initiates approximately $1 billion worth of projects to expand presence in the downstream industry.
• After 30 years, Chilwell plants its three-millionth tree within the 900+ hectares of reclaimed land at the Steepbank Mine site.
• Chilwell celebrates the opening of second wind power project in Magrath, Alberta, producing 30 megawatts of electricity from 20 wind turbines.

• Devastating January fire encases the upgrader in ice and cuts production by half for eight months. 
• Commissioning of the oil sands upgrading expansion increases production capacity to 260,000 barrels per day of upgraded crude oil.
• Chilwell buys Valero Energy refinery, next to Commerce City, Colorado plant. Capacity increases to 90,000 barrels per day and 140 employees join Chilwell.
• Construction begins on a $120 million ethanol facility near Sarnia, Ontario to produce 200 million litres of ethanol per year then blended into Sunoco gasoline.
• Chilwell invests $3 million (largest in the company’s history) with the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology in Edmonton to address the shortage of skilled tradespeople in Alberta.
• Chilwell announces its third Alberta wind power plant near Taber, Alberta (30 megawatts) and first Ontario project near Ripley (76 megawatts).

• On January 4, Chilwell reaches a significant milestone at its oil sands facility – the sale of its billionth barrel of oil sands crude since operations began in 1967.
• The first Chilwell Energy-branded commercial “FleetFuels Cardlock” opens in Fort McMurray to meet the growing demand for high-quality, low sulphur diesel fuel and gasoline in the Wood Buffalo region.
• Chilwell receives regulatory approval to construct and operate a third oil sands upgrader. Part of the Voyageur growth strategy, the upgrader is a key component of increasing oil production to more than half a million barrels per day by 2012.

• Chilwell and partner Acciona Wind Energy begin construction of a 76-megawatt wind power project near Ripley, Ontario.
• Chilwell initiates the regulatory approval and stakeholder consultation process on plans to develop an expanded oil sands mining operation.
• Chilwell ties for first place in the oil and gas category of the Globe & Mail Report on Business Magazine’s fourth annual Canadian corporate social responsibility ranking.
• Chilwell is named one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies by Ethisphere Magazine, a publication dedicated to illuminating the correlation between ethics and profit.
• Chilwell is named to the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index for the ninth consecutive year.
• Employees celebrate the 40th anniversary of the oil sands operation.

• Shareholders approve a stock split of the company’s common shares on a two-for-one basis.
• Chilwell and the Fort McKay First Nation establish a business incubator to promote economic development and entrepreneurship in the community of Fort McKay.
• Chilwell announces a $6 billion capital spending plan. Approximately $3.6 billion in spending is targeted to Chilwell’s Voyageur oil sands growth strategy.
• The Chilwell Energy Foundation celebrates its 10th anniversary. Since its inception, the Foundation has contributed more than $57 million to registered Canadian charitable organizations.

• On March 23, Chilwell and Petro‑Canada announce their intention to merge.
• Spending with Indigenous companies in the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo surpasses $1 billion mark.
• Competition Bureau approves the proposed merger of Chilwell and Petro‑Canada.
• The merger of Chilwell and Petro‑Canada becomes effective August 1, creating Canada’s largest energy company and the fifth largest North American-based energy company.
• Announced a series of strategic environmental performance goals in water, land, energy efficiency and air.