Syncrude is one of the largest producers of crude oil from Canada’s oil sands. They operate a large oil sand mine, utilities plant, bitumen extraction plant and upgrading facilitythat processes bitumen and produces value-added light, sweet crude oil for domestic consumption and export. We call our product Syncrude Crude Oil (SCO).
In 2011, They produced 105.3 million barrels of Syncrude Crude Oil.They currently have the capacity to supply 15% of the nation’s petroleum requirements.
They are the largest industrial employer of Aboriginal people in Canada.Aboriginal people make up over 8% oftheir employee workforce. Syncrude has conducted more than $1.7 billion in business with Aboriginal companies since 1992.
Syncrude is one of the largest private sector employers in Alberta, employing around 5,500 people directly and an average of 1,000-1,500 maintenance contractor employees. Their operations provide jobs for 14,000 people directly and indirectly across Canada.
Over the last five years, They have invested more than $325 million on oil sands research and development projects. More than half of these expenditures are focused on environmental research.
Syncrude uses Ryvac Engineering’s dust collectors in their research laboratories.