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Mise à jour #3 - Suncor intervient lors d’un déversement aux installations...

Message de Bruno Francoeur, vice-président, raffinerie Suncor de Montréal ...Je désire faire un suivi concernant les efforts que nous avons déployés relativement à notre intervention suite à l’incident...

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Update #4 - Suncor responds to spill at Montreal refinery port facilities

At this time, our investigation into the cause of the spill continues and will continue without interruption. Today we have also started the excavation of contaminated soil, working in consultation...

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Mise à jour #4 - Suncor intervient lors d’un déversement aux installations...

À l'heure actuelle, notre enquête sur la cause du déversement se poursuit sans interruption. Aujourd'hui, nous avons commencé l'excavation du sol contaminé et nous travaillons en collaboration avec les...

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Update #5 - Suncor responds to spill at Montreal refinery port facilities

Our work has continued through the weekend and we would like to update a couple key areas:Investigation:We completed our investigation into the cause of the spill over the weekend. Our investigation...

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Mise à jour #5 - Suncor intervient lors d’un déversement aux installations...

Nous avons poursuivi nos travaux au cours de la fin de semaine et nous aimerions faire le point sur quelques éléments clés.EnquêteNous avons terminé notre enquête sur les causes du déversement au cours...

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Update #6 - Suncor responds to spill at Montreal refinery port facilities

This will be the final update regarding the spill of diesel to the St. Lawrence River that occurred near Suncor’s Montreal refinery on Tuesday September 28, 2010.At this point, with the agreement and...

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Mise à jour #6 - Suncor intervient lors d’un déversement aux installations...

Ceci sera la dernière mise à jour au sujet du déversement de diesel dans le fleuve Saint-Laurent survenu près de la raffinerie de Suncor à Montréal le mardi 28 septembre 2010.À ce moment-ci, en accord...

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Suncor Energy information on employees and contractors in Libya

As tensions heightened in the Middle East and North Africa in recent weeks, Suncor has been paying close attention to the situation. Building on the actions that had already been taken as part of the...

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Update

Update: French translation added at 7:03PM CST on Feb 27, 2011For security reasons, we have been unable to provide details of our evacuation process from Libya. And, because we continue supporting the...

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Our understanding of sanctions against Libya

Update: French translation added at 1:25PM CST on Feb 28, 2011We have begun to receive questions about how sanctions against Libya may affect Suncor’s business there.   Until we understand the details...

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Suncor’s operations in Libya - brief backgrounder

Update: French translation added at 3:08 p.m. EST on March 3, 2011Suncor’s Libyan assets were acquired in the company’s 2009 merger with Petro-Canada which, in turn, assumed interests in Libya through...

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Update on response team activities

Update: French translation added at 3:44 p.m. EST on March 4, 2011As mentioned in our February 25 and 27 updates, Suncor has been helping evacuate workers from non-Suncor operated oilfields in Libya,...

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Suncor supports humanitarian relief efforts

Update: French translation added at 2:16 p.m. EDT on March 16, 2011In response to the growing need for humanitarian aid and relief in North Africa, including for refugees leaving Libya, Suncor and the...

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Suncor discusses Libya in first quarter report

Update: French translation added at 11:36 a.m. EDT on May 13, 2011Last week, Suncor released its first quarter report.Quarterly reports, by their nature, are not necessarily designed to reflect the...

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Suncor Energy’s response to northern Alberta wildfires

Suncor is currently monitoring and responding to the forest fire situation in northern Alberta where a number of wildfires continue to burn. At this time, we are fortunate that these wildfires do not...

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Suncor Energy continues to monitor wildfire situation

The health and safety of our employees and contractors remains our top priority as we continue to monitor our operations in northern Alberta. The wildfire situation is generally improving in the area...

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Alberta Sustainable Resource Development (SRD) downgrades fire risk

Due to lower fire activity and higher precipitation, Alberta Sustainable Resource Development (SRD) has downgraded the fire risk in the Fort McMurray/Wood Buffalo region to Moderate. In addition, they...

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Update on Libya in Suncor's Q2 report

The last time we posted to this website was to draw your attention to the Libya-related information in Suncor’s first quarter report. Today, we’ve got a similar message, because the company just...

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Suncor’s business in Syria

In light of the civil unrest in Syria, we’ve received messages expressing concern about our work there.  For security reasons, we won’t be getting into details publicly (at least for now) about the...

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Q&A with Rick George on Suncor in Syria

Further to the information posted about our business in Syria earlier this week, Rick George, our president and CEO, thought it important to provide some additional background. Please watch the video...

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Our initial reaction to latest events in Libya

We've received a few questions today on whether the latest events in Libya mean that we'll be going back to work there. For now, it's early days. Like many others, we're watching to see how the current...

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Some FATQ (Frequently Asked Tough Questions) about Suncor and Syria

Regarding Syria, the questions we are getting seem to fit three general themes. We'll try to address each one here, but we also recommend you watch the video below, "Q&A with Rick George on Suncor...

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Canada announces lifting of sanctions on Libya – what’s next for Suncor?

The above question is one we’ve received several times in a relatively short period.Yesterday, the Canadian government has announced it is lifting its sanctions against Libya immediately. Similar to...

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Harouge joint venture planning to resume production

Update: French translation added at 9:30 a.m. EDT on Sept. 27, 2011There has been recent media coverage about Harouge re-starting production in Libya. Harouge is the joint venture company in Libya that...

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A brief update on Syria

Update: French translation added at 3:30 p.m. EDT on Sept. 29, 2011As it has been some time since we posted an update to this site regarding Syria, we thought our readers would like to know that we are...

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Canada adds sanctions to Syria

As you may know, new sanctions against Syria were announced by the Canadian government on Oct. 4. Suncor is, and will remain, compliant with all applicable sanctions on Syria.The recent Canadian...

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Suncor Visit to Tripoli with Minister Baird

In our most recent update on Libya from a couple of weeks ago, we noted that we have a number of considerations to work through before returning fully to business in Libya.First and foremost on that...

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Discussion of Libya in the third-quarter results

Update: French translation added at 3:46 p.m. EDT Nov. 7, 2011Suncor has released its third-quarter results for 2011, and it is online if you wish to review. Similar to what we’ve done for the second...

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Discussion of Syria in our third-quarter report

Update: French translation added at 10:30 a.m. EST Nov. 8, 2011Below, and as we have been doing throughout 2011, Suncor provides an update about our business in Libya as part of our quarterly reporting...

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2012 production and capital spending estimates as they relate to Libya and Syria

Update: French translation added at 5 p.m. EST Nov. 14, 2011We recently provided information about how Suncor’s third-quarter results for 2011 relate to Libya and to Syria.We’d like to do something...

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Suncor Energy contains Sand Creek leak

Update: French translation added at 2:25 p.m. EST Dec. 2, 2011Commerce City, Colo. (Nov. 30, 2011) – Suncor Energy today reported it has isolated the material previously entering a section of Sand...

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Update 1: Suncor's response to Sand Creek leak

Update: French translation added at 5:10 p.m. EST Dec. 6, 2011This is an update regarding Suncor’s response to a leak near our operations in Commerce City, Colo.Our containment and clean-up efforts...

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Suncor Energy announces withdrawal from Syria

Today, Suncor announced that we have declared force majeure under our contractual obligations and are suspending operations with the General Petroleum Corporation (GPC) in Syria.These actions are taken...

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Summary of fourth quarter report

Update: French translation added at 1:45 p.m. EST Feb. 8, 2012Similar to our posts related to Suncor’s first and second quarter statements, and the two posts (one on Syria and one on Libya) related to...

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Libya and Syria response site moves to archives

Just over one year ago, we began using this “Suncor Response” website to update our employees, media contacts and the general public about Suncor’s efforts to evacuate expatriate workers from Libya as...

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Suncor responds to break in frozen process water line

Update: French translation added at 7:18 a.m. MDT March 26, 2013March 25, 2013 - Sometime today at our oil sands base plant, a line froze and broke, allowing process affected water to flow to a...

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Suncor responds to break in frozen process water line - Update 1

françaisYesterday, a four inch-diameter line, approximately 10 feet in length, froze and broke at our oil sands base plant, allowing process affected water (water used in our operations) to flow to a...

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Suncor responds to break in frozen process water line - Update 2

Update: French translation added at 7:45 a.m. MDT March 27, 2013We have determined that some process affected water flowed out of the partially frozen pond and into an approved discharge point.  It was...

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Suncor responds to break in frozen process water line - Update 3

Update: French translation added at 7:48 a.m. MDT March 28, 2013Efforts to engage with our stakeholders, work with regulators and investigate the nature and scope of the process affected water release...

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Suncor responds to break in frozen process water line – Update #4

Update: French translation added at 5:43PM MDT March 28, 2013The following is an update from Mark Little, Suncor’s Executive Vice President, Oil Sands and In Situ As you have seen on Suncor’s online...

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Suncor responds to break in frozen process water line – Update #5

Update: French translation added at 7:29 a.m. MDT April 3, 2013We have been asked for photos of the site of the release and the Athabasca River.  Below are photos taken during third party sampling near...

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Suncor responds to break in frozen process water line – Update #6

Our investigation into the March 25 release of process affected water continues. We are working closely with third-party experts and with the independent investigations by the regulators. We are also...

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Biodegradable liquid leak at Burrard Terminal

Update: French translation added at 8:40 a.m. MDT April 12, 2013 On April 6, workers at our Burrard Products Terminal, located in Port Moody, British Columbia discovered a leak of a product called R100...

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Suncor responds to break in frozen process water line – Update #7

Update: French translation added at 11:43 a.m. MDT April 13, 2013As part of our investigation into the March 25 release of process affected water, we have received interim testing results for samples...

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Biodegradable cleaning product leak at Edmonton refinery

Update: French translation added at 7:29 a.m. MDT April 17, 2013At approximately 9:30 a.m. MT on Tuesday, April 16, 2013 Suncor responded to a report of foam being discharged from the outfall pond at...

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Liquid Leak at Burrard Terminal

Update: French translation added at 2:30 p.m. MDT May 15, 2013Posts related to this incident will be archived on May 21.  Thank you for your understanding and patience as we responded to this event....

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Biodegradable cleaning product leak at Edmonton Refinery – final update

Update: French translation added at 2:30 p.m. MDT May 15, 2013Our investigation into the April 16 leak at Suncor’s Edmonton refinery has determined that the release was a combination of water intended...

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Suncor responds to break in frozen process water line – final update

Update: French translation added at 2:33 p.m. MDT May 15, 2013As part of our investigation into the March 25 release of process affected water, we have received testing results for samples taken from...

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Marine transportation operator experiences spill at Suncor refinery dock

At approximately 5 p.m. ET on Monday, June 10, a ship docked at the Suncor Energy Sarnia Refinery experienced a bunker fuel spill. The ship’s operator, McAsphalt Marine Transportation (McAsphalt),...

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Marine transportation operator experiences spill at Suncor refinery dock -...

Under the direction of the Canadian Coast Guard, the Eastern Canada Spills Response Centre (ECRC) has completed the clean-up at the Suncor Energy Sarnia Refinery dock.  The ECRC conducted surveys of...

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