Skip to Main Content
HBS Home
  • About
  • Academic Programs
  • Alumni
  • Faculty & Research
  • Baker Library
  • Giving
  • Harvard Business Review
  • Initiatives
  • News
  • Recruit
  • Map / Directions
Faculty & Research
  • Faculty
  • Research
  • Featured Topics
  • Academic Units
  • …→
  • Harvard Business School→
  • Faculty & Research→
Publications
Publications
  • February 2016 (Revised March 2019)
  • Case
  • HBS Case Collection

Suncor and the Future of Oil Sands

By: Richard H.K. Vietor
  • Format:Print
  • | Language:English
  • | Pages:28
ShareBar

Abstract

Suncor, Canada's largest producer of "oil sands," faces a host of issues involving prices, costs, and the environment. The Government of Canada recently put an explicit limit on carbon emissions from oil sands and a price on carbon. Suncor, which produces more than 400,000 barrels per day of bitumen and synthetic oil must reduce its emissions at the same time that crude oil prices have been dropping. Reduction of cash operating costs, therefore, becomes key. Yet environmental organizations in the U.S. remain adamantly opposed to the production of oil sands and its movement into the U.S. by either pipeline (e.g., Keystone XL) or railcar. The concrescence of these issues poses immense challenges to Suncor management.

Keywords

Oil Sands; Energy; Price; Operations; Cost; Energy Industry; Canada

Citation

Vietor, Richard H.K. "Suncor and the Future of Oil Sands." Harvard Business School Case 716-065, February 2016. (Revised March 2019.)
  • Educators
  • Purchase

About The Author

Richard H.K. Vietor

→More Publications

Related Work

    • February 2016 (Revised March 2019)
    • Faculty Research

    Suncor and the Future of Oil Sands

    By: Richard H.K. Vietor
Related Work
  • Suncor and the Future of Oil Sands By: Richard H.K. Vietor
ǁ
Campus Map
Harvard Business School
Soldiers Field
Boston, MA 02163
→Map & Directions
→More Contact Information
  • Make a Gift
  • Site Map
  • Jobs
  • Harvard University
  • Trademarks
  • Policies
  • Accessibility
  • Digital Accessibility
Copyright © President & Fellows of Harvard College