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Five-year performance data
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| environment | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | Greenhouse gas emissions
(million tonnes of CO2 equivalent) [1]
| 11.8 | 11.7 | 11.9 | 11.7 | 11.8 | Sulphur dioxide
(thousand tonnes) | 44.8 | 44.2 | 49.3 | 48.5 | 47.7 | Nitrogen oxides
(thousand tonnes) | 21.7 | 22.9 | 23.1 | 21.8 | 20.8 | Volatile organic compounds
(thousand tonnes) | 23.0 | 22.1 | 21.6 | 20.8 | 19.9 | NPRI criteria air contaminants
(thousand tonnes) [2] | 96.2 | 93.1 | 105.5 | 93.0 | 93.3 | NPRI substances excluding criteria air contaminants
(thousand tonnes) [2] | 4.1 | 3.8 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 37.4 [3] | Gas flaring from oil production
(million cubic feet per day) | 1.9 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.1 | Solution gas recovery from oil production
(percent of total solution gas produced) [4]
| 99.7 | 99.8 | 99.9 | 99.9 | 99.9 | Fresh water use at Cold Lake operation
(cubic metres of fresh water used per cubic metre of bitumen produced) | 0.57 | 0.48 | 0.53 | 0.41 | 0.45 | Total energy use
(petajoules) | NA | 184.5 | 190.6 | 193.1 | 197.8 | Refinery energy intensity
(normalized energy intensity index) [5] | 0.880 | 0.872 | 0.831 | 0.828 | 0.826 | Oil and chemical spills
(number) [6] | 49 | 37 | 50 | 28 | 34 | Volume of product from oil and chemical spills
(barrels) [7] | 2,176 | 371 | 1,332 | 199 | 8,389 [8] | Hazardous waste
(thousand tonnes) [9] | 9.2 | 12.2 | 11.9 | 14.1 | 28.3 [10] | Environmental regulatory compliance incidents
(number) [11] | 15 | 25 | 37 | 19 | 21 | Environmental fines and penalties
(thousand dollars) [12] | 125 [13] | 0 | 1,138[14] | 0 | 0 | Environmental expenditures
(million dollars) [15] | 346.6 | 291.9 | 129.9 | 268.4 | 153.9 | | workplace | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | | Health and safety | | | | | | | Fatalities - employees | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Fatalities - contractors | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost-time incident frequency
- employees
(per 200,000 work hours) [16] | 0.10 | 0.06 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.02 | Lost-time incident frequency
- contractors
(per 200,000 work hours) [16] | 0.16 | 0.13 | 0.10 | 0.01 | 0.11 | Total recordable incident frequency - employees
(per 200,000 work hours) [16] | 0.83 | 0.47 | 0.32 | 0.20 | 0.35 | Total recordable incident frequency - contractors
(per 200,000 work hours) [16] | 1.20 | 1.17 | 0.93 | 0.71 | 0.99 | | Workforce | | | | | | | Number of employees [18] | 6,460 | 6,256 | 6,083 | 5,096 | 4.869 | Workplace representation
(percent) [19] | | | | | | | Women | 28.1 | 28.1 | 28.3 | 24.9 | 25.8 | | Visible minorities | 7.6 | 7.8 | 7.9 | 7.3 | 7.6 | | Aboriginal peoples | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 1.8 | | Persons with disabilities | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.9 | | community and social | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | Community investment
(million dollars) [20] | $ 7.8 | $ 9.1 | $ 10.4 | $ 12.0 | $ 12.4 | Contributions to the United Way-Centraide campaigns
(million dollars) [20] | $ 2.4 | $ 2.5 | $ 2.7 | $ 3.0 | $ 2.9 | | financial and operating [22] | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | Net income
(million dollars) | $1,214 | $ 1,705 | $ 2,052 | $ 2,600 | $ 3,044 | | Annual shareholders' return (percent) [23] | 3.2 | 30.5 | 25.3 | 64.0 | 12.5 | Return on average capital employed
(percent) | 20.0 | 25.3 | 27.7 | 32.6 | 35.9 | Gross crude oil and natural gas liquids production
(thousand barrels per day) | 247 | 256 | 262 | 261 | 272 | Gross natural gas production
(million cubic feet per day) | 530 | 513 | 569 | 580 | 556 | Refinery throughput
(thousand barrels per day) | 447 | 450 | 467 | 466 | 442 | Chemical sales volumes
(thousand tonnes per day) | 3.5 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| [1] Imperial reports both direct and indirect greenhouse gas emissions from owned and operated facilities. Direct greenhouse gas emissions are from Imperial’s own operations, while indirect emissions are those associated with externally purchased energy, primarily electricity.
[2] Environment Canada collects information from industry on releases and offsite transfers of substances under the National Pollutant Release Inventory (NPRI) program. The NPRI contains data on air, land and water, as well as material sent to licensed facilities for disposal or recycling/reuse. Since 2002, SO2 and NOx, along with VOCs, particulate matter and carbon monoxide (collectively known as “criteria air contaminants”), have been included for annual NPRI reporting. Imperial has reported NPRI data annually since 1994.
[3] The increase in NPRI non-criteria air contaminant substances for 2006 was due to a new regulatory requirement that requires the inclusion of spent sulphuric acid, which is recycled.
[4] This measures the amount of gas recovered and used (as opposed to being flared or vented) as a percentage of total solution gas production in Imperial’s Upstream business.
[5] The energy intensity index is a measure of energy efficiency for petroleum refineries. Performance is shown on a normalized basis with 1990 as a base index of 1.0. A lower energy intensity index number indicates a more energy-efficient facility.
[6] This measures the number of oil and chemical spills to land and water that are one barrel or greater.
[7] This measures the volume of product from oil and chemical spills to land and water that are one barrel or greater.
[8] This increase was largely the result of a failure on the Rainbow Pipeline that released about 7,900 barrels of crude oil in northern Alberta.
[9] Hazardous wastes are substances requiring specialized procedures for handling and disposal. They come from a variety of sources, the most common being spent catalyst and tank residue, which are generated from tank cleaning and other routine maintenance activities. Volumes of hazardous wastes fluctuate each year, depending on these activities.
[10] This increase was the result of increased waste from Strathcona refinery, additional tank cleaning activities and contaminated soil from the Rainbow Pipeline spill.
[11] These are the number of environmental regulatory incidents where government environmental regulations were temporarily exceeded or other regulatory reporting requirements were not met. Generally, these include the temporary exceedance of licence limits (such as higher sulphur dioxide emissions), documentation errors and monitoring equipment failures.
[12] Environmental fines or penalties are recorded in the year of the incident rather than in the year of conviction or when the fine was paid.
[13] A penalty of $125,000 was recorded for a release of catalyst in 2002 from Sarnia refinery.
[14] In 2004, environmental fines totalling $1.1 million were recorded. Of this total, $469,000 was associated with two spill incidents that occurred at the Sarnia site, $200,000 was for a wastewater release from Strathcona refinery and $469,000 was for an underground gasoline leak at a service station near Odessa, Ontario.
[15] This is the annual total of capital expenditures for improved environmental protection. In 2006, capital expenditures primarily consisted of investments to lower sulphur content in fuels.
[16] The lost-time incident frequency is based on the number of injuries or illnesses requiring absence from work per 200,000 hours worked (the equivalent of 100 workers working for one year).
[17] The total recordable incident frequency is based on the number of recordable incidents per 200,000 hours worked (the equivalent of 100 workers working for one year). Recordable incidents are work-related injuries and illnesses that require medical attention, or could restrict a person’s ability to do his or her normal job, or prevent a return to work for one or more days.
[18] All Imperial career employees as of December 31.
[19] Statistics are collected from self-identification questionnaires. Figures do not include subsidiaries or affiliates.
[20] Community investments consist of contributions to Canadian communities. Contributions are voluntary donations of cash or goods and services made to organizations in compliance with the company’s ethics policies and all applicable laws and regulations. Recipient organizations may include registered charities, non-governmental organizations and non-profit education, community, health-related and cultural organizations. Community investments in 2006 included a $2-million contribution to the Imperial Oil-Alberta Ingenuity Centre for Oil Sands Innovation and $6 million in contributions made through the Imperial Oil Foundation.
[21] This represents combined donations from the company, employees and retirees.
[22] For complete disclosure and additional information on Imperial’s financial and operating performance, see the 2006 Imperial Oil Annual Report.
[23] This includes share appreciation and dividends.
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