Refinery
Sarnia Refinery
Imperial Oil ·Sarnia, CA ·TSX:IMO / NYSE:IMO ·v1.1
A 121,000 barrels per calendar day petroleum refinery in Sarnia, CA, operated by Imperial Oil. Nelson Complexity 9.
Record
- Rated capacity
- 121,000 bpd (atmospheric crude distillation, calendar day)
- Nelson Complexity Index
- 9
- Status
- Operator
- Imperial Oil
- Parent
- Imperial Oil Limited (TSX:IMO / NYSE:IMO)
- Supplier graph
- bomforge.com/companies/imperial-oil
- Coordinates
- 42.9600, -82.3700
What coverage reports
3
days since one was reported
Imperial reports elevated flaring after Sarnia operating change
2026-08-18 · 1 publisher filed it
9
reported in 12 months
incident 9
2024-092026-08
stories filed per month · red = a disruption
These are counts of what publishers filed about this plant, not an operating status. A quiet month means nobody named this facility that month, which is a fact about coverage and not about the plant. Where this site states how a refinery is running it says so in the facts table above, from the curated dataset, and cites it there.
Wire
34 records30 May 2012 to 18 Aug 2026Incident 20 · General 8 · Maintenance 3 · Expansion 2
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Incident HighImperial reports elevated flaring after Sarnia operating changeQuantum Commodity Intelligence · matched sarnia
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Expansion MediumOntario Unveils Vision for Sarnia Refinery Expansionontario.ca + 1 other outlet · matched sarnia
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General LowPotential all-Canadian pipeline to Sarnia “fantastic” news
Ontario Premier Doug Ford and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith announced a proposed pipeline route to transport oil from Alberta to refineries in Sarnia, Ontario.
Prince Albert Daily Herald · matched sarnia -
General LowOntario, Alberta ink pipeline deal leading to SarniaPetrolia Lambton Independent · matched sarnia
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General LowShell, Suncor report upsets at Sarnia refineriesQuantum Commodity Intelligence · matched sarnia
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Maintenance CriticalSuncor shuts unit at Sarnia refinery for maintenanceQuantum Commodity Intelligence · matched sarnia
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Maintenance MediumSuncor Sarnia Refinery Reports Planned MaintenanceTradingView · matched sarnia
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Incident High'Pinhole' source of leak of 400 litres of fuel from pipeline in Sarnia: TSSAThe Sarnia Observer · matched sarnia
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Incident HighPipeline Leak in Sarnia ContainedWGRT · matched sarnia
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Incident HighSarnia pipeline leak pinpointed as cleanup continues along St. Clair RiverThe Sarnia Journal · matched sarnia
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Incident HighFirst Nation seeks transparency as questions loom over Sarnia, Ont., pipeline leakconstructconnect.com · matched sarnia
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Incident HighSarnia pipeline leak location determined, says Sun-Canadiantheobserver.ca · matched sarnia
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Incident HighPipeline leak in Sarnia located nine days after reports of sheen on Ontario riverThe Globe and Mail · matched sarnia
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Incident HighFirst Nation seeks transparency as questions loom over Sarnia, Ont., pipeline leakSt. Albert Gazette · matched sarnia
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Incident HighAamjiwnaang First Nation feels left in the dark after oil spill in St. Clair River in SarniaCBC · matched sarnia
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Incident HighOntario regulator probing Sarnia pipeline spillThe Sarnia Observer · matched sarnia
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Incident HighThird-party pipeline may be source of hydrocarbon spill into St. Clair RiverThe Sarnia Observer · matched sarnia
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Incident HighSuncor reports spill to St. Clair RiverSarnia News Today · matched sarnia
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Maintenance MediumImperial Oil restarts unit at Sarnia refinery after maintenanceQuantum Commodity Intelligence · matched sarnia
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Incident LowSecond hydrocarbon release reported at Suncor’s Sarnia refineryThe Sarnia Journal · matched sarnia
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Incident HighSuncor finds source of spill at Sarnia refineryReuters · matched sarnia
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Policy LowSarnia Refinery Plant Fined $900,000 for Environmental Protection Act Violationontario.ca · matched sarnia
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Incident HighSuncor reports spill at its Sarnia refinery on the St. Clair RiverThe Sarnia Observer · matched sarnia
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General LowSuncor’s Sarnia Refinery celebrating its 70th AnniversaryThe Sarnia Journal · matched sarnia
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Incident HighHeavy rain caused Sarnia refinery to spill diesel into St. Clair RiverClickOnDetroit | WDIV Local 4 · matched sarnia
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Expansion LowSarnia Suncor plant upgrade to take seven weeksThe Sarnia Journal · matched sarnia
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Incident HighSolvent spill being cleaned up at Suncor Sarnia refineryThe Sarnia Observer · matched sarnia
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General LowShell Sarnia-area plant donating hand-sanitizer chemicalThe Sarnia Observer · matched sarnia
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General LowNo charges for Imperial Oil despite Sarnia residents fearing the plant ‘was going to blow up’Global News · matched sarnia
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Incident HighSpill from Suncor Sarnia refinery led to complaintsThe Sarnia Observer · matched sarnia
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General LowCause of operating issue at Sarnia refinery being investigate by Imperial OilThe Sarnia Observer · matched sarnia
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Incident HighSarnia refinery 'fire' lights up night skyWXYZ Channel 7 · matched sarnia
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General LowPush to build new refinery in Sarnia-Lambton could lower prices at the pumpThe Sarnia Observer · matched sarnia
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Incident HighFire hits Imperial Oil's Sarnia refineryreuters.com · matched sarnia
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