Petro-Canada

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The former headquarters of Petro-Canada in Calgary

Petro-Canada was an oil and gas companies from Canada , based in Calgary . It was established as a state-owned company in 1975 by law passed by the Canadian Parliament. In 2006 it had approximately 5,000 employees and annual sales of approximately 19 billion Canadian dollars .

At the end of March 2009, the Canadian company Suncor Energy offered 19 billion Canadian dollars (the equivalent of 11 billion euros) for a takeover of Petro-Canada. At the beginning of August 2009 the merger of the two companies was completed. Since then, Petro-Canada has only been used by Suncor as a sales brand (e.g. for petrol stations ). The corresponding petrol station network had more than 1,500 branches with around 4,000 employees in 2018.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Suncor, PetroCan merger will forge oil giant. Financial Post, March 23, 2009
  2. ^ Suncor Energy completes merger with Petro-Canada to create Canada's premier energy company. Marketwire, Aug. 8, 2009
  3. ^ Online Job Application for Petro Canada Jobs

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