Imperial Oil
E891864
Imperial Oil is a major Canadian petroleum company involved in the exploration, production, refining, and marketing of oil and gas products.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Imperial Oil canonical | 5 |
| Imperial Oil Resources | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10902649 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Imperial Oil Context triple: [Chemical Valley, hasCompany, Imperial Oil]
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A.
Petro-Canada
Petro-Canada is a major Canadian oil and gas company, formerly a federal Crown corporation, involved in petroleum exploration, production, refining, and retail operations across Canada.
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B.
Shell Canada
Shell Canada is a major integrated oil and gas company operating in Canada, involved in exploration, production, refining, and marketing of petroleum and related energy products.
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C.
Chevron Canada
Chevron Canada is a major Canadian oil and gas company involved in exploration, production, and development projects, including offshore operations.
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D.
ExxonMobil Canada Properties
ExxonMobil Canada Properties is a Canadian subsidiary of ExxonMobil that manages and operates the company’s upstream oil and gas interests, including major offshore projects.
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E.
Suncor Energy
Suncor Energy is a Canadian integrated energy company best known as one of the largest oil sands producers and a major player in the country’s petroleum industry.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Imperial Oil Target entity description: Imperial Oil is a major Canadian petroleum company involved in the exploration, production, refining, and marketing of oil and gas products.
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A.
Petro-Canada
Petro-Canada is a major Canadian oil and gas company, formerly a federal Crown corporation, involved in petroleum exploration, production, refining, and retail operations across Canada.
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B.
Shell Canada
Shell Canada is a major integrated oil and gas company operating in Canada, involved in exploration, production, refining, and marketing of petroleum and related energy products.
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C.
Chevron Canada
Chevron Canada is a major Canadian oil and gas company involved in exploration, production, and development projects, including offshore operations.
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D.
ExxonMobil Canada Properties
ExxonMobil Canada Properties is a Canadian subsidiary of ExxonMobil that manages and operates the company’s upstream oil and gas interests, including major offshore projects.
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E.
Suncor Energy
Suncor Energy is a Canadian integrated energy company best known as one of the largest oil sands producers and a major player in the country’s petroleum industry.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Canadian company
ⓘ
oil and gas company ⓘ public company ⓘ |
| brand |
Esso
ⓘ
linked to:
Exxon
Mobil ⓘ |
| businessActivity |
natural gas exploration
ⓘ
natural gas production ⓘ oil exploration ⓘ oil production ⓘ petrochemicals production ⓘ petroleum product marketing ⓘ petroleum refining ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| formerHeadquartersLocation |
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
ⓘ
linked to:
Edmonton
Toronto, Ontario, Canada ⓘ
linked to:
Toronto
|
| founded | 1880 ⓘ |
| foundingLocation |
London, Ontario, Canada
ⓘ
linked to:
London, Ontario
|
| hasEnvironmentalImpact | greenhouse gas emissions ⓘ |
| hasSubsidiary |
Imperial Oil Resources
ⓘ
linked to:
Imperial Oil
|
| headquartersLocation |
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
ⓘ
linked to:
Calgary
|
| industry |
energy
ⓘ
oil and gas ⓘ petroleum industry ⓘ |
| jointVenturePartner |
Suncor Energy (via Syncrude)
ⓘ
linked to:
Suncor Energy
|
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| legalForm | corporation ⓘ |
| listedInIndex |
S&P/TSX 60
ⓘ
linked to:
S&P/TSX 60 Index
|
| majorShareholder |
ExxonMobil
ⓘ
linked to:
Exxon
|
| notableAsset |
Cold Lake oil sands project
ⓘ
linked to:
Cold Lake oil sands
Kearl oil sands project ⓘ Syncrude joint venture interest ⓘ |
| numberOfEmployeesApprox | thousands ⓘ |
| operatesInSegment |
chemical
ⓘ
downstream ⓘ upstream ⓘ |
| parentCompany |
ExxonMobil
ⓘ
linked to:
Exxon
|
| percentageOwnedByExxonMobil | about 69.6% ⓘ |
| product |
asphalt
ⓘ
aviation fuel ⓘ diesel fuel ⓘ gasoline ⓘ lubricants ⓘ petrochemicals ⓘ |
| regionServed | Canada ⓘ |
| regulator | Alberta Energy Regulator ⓘ |
| serviceStationBrand |
Esso
ⓘ
linked to:
Exxon
Mobil ⓘ |
| stockExchange | Toronto Stock Exchange ⓘ |
| tickerSymbol | IMO ⓘ |
| website | https://www.imperialoil.ca ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Imperial Oil Description of subject: Imperial Oil is a major Canadian petroleum company involved in the exploration, production, refining, and marketing of oil and gas products.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Imperial Oil