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Suncor in the Oil Sands Industry

By: Forest L. Reinhardt and Nazli Uludere
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Abstract

Describes the economics, technology, and politics of the oil sands industry, focusing on one of the industry's leading firms. Oil sands deposits in Alberta represent a potentially vast reserve of hydrocarbons, but the extraction, refining, and transportation challenges are formidable, and the environmental consequences of large-scare oil sands development potentially severe. Encourages students to examine Suncor's strategic positioning and cost structure, and the challenges that the firm's leaders confront as of 2007.

Keywords

Economics; Non-Renewable Energy; Government and Politics; Supply and Industry; Natural Environment; Competitive Strategy; Environmental Sustainability; Energy Industry; Alberta

Citation

Reinhardt, Forest L., and Nazli Uludere. "Suncor in the Oil Sands Industry." Harvard Business School Case 708-023, September 2007. (Revised August 2008.)
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Forest L. Reinhardt

Business, Government and the International Economy
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