Imperial Oil Limited (Compagnie Pétrolière Impériale Ltée) is a Canadian petroleum company. It is Canada’s second-biggest integrated oil company. ExxonMobil has a 69.6 percent ownership stake in the company.

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. It supplies Esso-brand service stations.

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.

Traded as:           TSX: IMO; AMEX: IMO; S&P/TSX 60 component

Industry:              Petroleum

Founded:            1880; 141 years ago

Headquarters:   Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Products:             Petrochemical products

Owner:                 ExxonMobil (69.6%) (2012)

Website:              www.imperialoil.ca