IMPERIAL OIL LTD
Imperial Oil Limited (French: Compagnie Pétrolière Impériale Ltée) is a Canadian petroleum company. It is Canada's second-largest integrated oil company and is also occasionally known as Imperial Esso. It is majority-owned by American oil company ExxonMobil, with a 69.6% ownership stake in the company. It is a producer of crude oil, diluted bitumen, and natural gas. Imperial Oil is one of Canada's major petroleum refiners and petrochemical producers. It supplies Esso-brand service stations.
Basic company information
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- Business sectors
- petroleum industry [1]
- Company / filing name
- IMPERIAL OIL LTD [2]
- Headquarters location
- Calgary; Toronto; Sarnia [1]
- Founded
- 1880 [1]
- Legal form
- business corporation [1]
- Official website
- https://www.imperialoil.ca/en-ca/; https://www.imperialoil.ca/fr-ca [1]
- ISIN (reported securities)
- CA4530384086 [1]
- CIK
- 49938 [2]
- Country in background record
- Canada [1]
- Symbols / exchanges
- IMO (NYSE) [2]
Company positioning and business
Imperial Oil Limited (French: Compagnie Pétrolière Impériale Ltée) is a Canadian petroleum company. It is Canada's second-largest integrated oil company and is also occasionally known as Imperial Esso. It is majority-owned by American oil company ExxonMobil, with a 69.6% ownership stake in the company. It is a producer of crude oil, diluted bitumen, and natural gas. Imperial Oil is one of Canada's major petroleum refiners and petrochemical producers. It supplies Esso-brand service stations. [3]
Imperial owns 25% of Syncrude, which is one of the world's largest oil sands operations. It also has holdings in the Alberta Oil Sands, and operates the Kearl Oil Sands mining operation with ExxonMobil. [3]
Imperial Oil is headquartered in Calgary, Alberta. It was based in Toronto, Ontario, until 2005. Most of Imperial's production is from its natural resource holdings in the Alberta oil sands and the Norman Wells oil field in the Northwest Territories. [3]
Background text: Wikipedia contributors, Imperial Oil. Selected introductory paragraphs, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Official filing data is cited separately.
Financial year, securities and disclosures
Listed securities: IMO (NYSE). Multiple symbols may represent different share classes or securities of the same registrant. [2]
History and key events
Founding / inception date recorded in Wikidata. [1]
Financial results and regulatory disclosures
No individual financial documents have been indexed yet. Open the source to consult company disclosures. [2]
Related entities and concepts
Frequently asked questions
When was IMPERIAL OIL LTD founded?
Founded: 1880. The linked source provides the background record. [1]
Where is the headquarters of IMPERIAL OIL LTD?
Headquarters location: Calgary; Toronto; Sarnia. The linked source provides the background record. [1]
Which business sectors are recorded for IMPERIAL OIL LTD?
Business sectors: petroleum industry. The linked source provides the background record. [1]
Sources and review dates
- Wikidata — company background record (CC0) ↗
- Company identity and profile data ↗
- Wikipedia contributors — Imperial Oil (CC BY-SA 4.0) ↗
Reviewed 23 October 2026. Financial periods and historical event dates are shown separately. Figures reflect their stated source dates; this page is not a live quote or investment recommendation.