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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.

Currently headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, after relocating from Toronto, Ontario in 2005.

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.

Corporate governance

Current members of the board of directors of Imperial Oil are: Randy Broiles, Brian Fischer, Tim Hearn, Jack Mintz, Roger Phillips, Jim Shepard, Paul Smith, Sheelagh Whittaker, and Victor Young.

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