The word "Energy" is added to the Suncor name to better reflect the company's ability to provide a broad range of energy products.

Suncor starts trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol SU.

Suncor celebrates the 30th anniversary of its oil sands operation.

Oil sands business breaks a production record, producing more than 100,000 barrels of crude oil in a 24-hour period.

Sunoco introduces a new high-performance premium Gold Diesel Fuel to industrial and commercial customers at its new diesel truck stop business.

Sunoco receives a Pollution Prevention Award from the Ontario government for eliminating leaks from underground storage tanks.

Suncor files an application with the Alberta Energy and Utilities Board to develop Project Millennium, an expansion to Suncor's oil sands operation.

Start-up of Plant 25, a $200-million addition to its oil sands upgrading facility.

Sunoco opens its first FleetFuels Cardlock in Ontario. The fuelling centres are activated with security PIN numbers for automated fuelling 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

Opening of the Steepbank Mine in Fort McMurray — a major step in the company's plan to increase oil production and lower operating costs.

Suncor reaches an international greenhouse gas emission trade agreement with Niagara Mohawk.

Suncor launches the Suncor Energy Foundation, a private charitable foundation fully funded by Suncor, to manage donations to Canadian charitable initiatives.

Construction begins on Project Millennium, an expansion project to increase oil sands production capacity to 225,000 barrels per day by 2002.

TransAlta builds, owns and operates a cogeneration facility at Suncor's oil sands facility. The agreement provides steam and electricity for increased production rates.

Canada’s Outstanding CEO of the Year is Rick George.

Devastating January fire encases the upgrader in ice and cuts production by half for eight months. Thankfully, no injuries occur.

Commissioning of the oil sands upgrading expansion increases production capacity to 260,000 barrels per day of upgraded crude oil.

Suncor buys Valero Energy refinery, next to Commerce City, Colorado plant. Capacity increases to 90,000 barrels per day and 140 employees join Suncor.

Construction begins on a $120-million ethanol facility near Sarnia, Ontario to produce 200 million litres of ethanol per year then blended into Sunoco gasoline.

Suncor invests $3 million (largest in the company’s history) with the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology in Edmonton to address the shortage of skilled tradespeople in Alberta.

Suncor announces its third Alberta wind power plant near Taber, Alberta (30 megawatts) and first Ontario project near Ripley (76 megawatts).

On January 4, Suncor reaches a significant milestone at its oil sands facility — the sale of its billionth barrel of oil sands crude since operations began in 1967.

The first Suncor Energy-branded commercial "FleetFuels Cardlock" opens in Fort McMurray to meet the growing demand for high-quality, low sulphur diesel fuel and gasoline in the Wood Buffalo region.

In November, Suncor receives regulatory approval to construct and operate a third oil sands upgrader. Part of the Voyageur growth strategy, the upgrader is a key component of increasing oil production to more than half a million barrels per day by 2010 to 2012.

In January, Suncor and partner Acciona Wind Energy begin construction of a 76-megawatt wind power project near Ripley, Ontario.

Suncor initiates the regulatory approval and stakeholder consultation process on plans to develop an expanded oil sands mining operation.

Suncor ties for first place in the oil and gas category of the Globe & Mail Report on Business Magazine’s fourth annual Canadian corporate social responsibility ranking.

Suncor is named one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies by Ethisphere Magazine, a publication dedicated to illuminating the correlation between ethics and profit.

Suncor is named to the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index for the ninth consecutive year.

In September, employees celebrate the 40th anniversary of the oil sands operation, reflecting on how far the business has come and the bright future ahead.

In April at the company's Annual and Special meeting, shareholders approve a stock split of the company's common shares on a two-for-one basis.

In July, Suncor and the Fort McKay First Nation announce a joint partnership to establish a business incubator to promote economic development and entrepreneurship in the community of Fort McKay.

In October, Suncor announce a $6 billion capital spending plan.  Approximately $3.6 billion in spending is targeted to Suncor's Voyageur oil sands growth strategy.

In March, Suncor and Petro-Canada announce their intention to merge the two companies.

In July, Suncor announced that the Competition Bureau had approved the proposed merger of Suncor and Petro-Canada.

In August, Suncor announced the merger was effective August 1st, creating Canada's largest energy company and the fifth largest North American-based energy company.  Suncor Energy is an integrated energy company that combines a leading position in oil sands with complementary operations in refining and marketing, North American natural gas production and conventional oil production internationally and offshore East Coast Canada.  The combined new entity operates corporately and trades under the Suncor Energy Inc. name, while maintaining the strong brand presence and customer loyalty of Petro-Canada in refined products.