Table of Contents

Illustrations

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Prologue

• PART ONE • FOUNDATIONS 1860–1917

1 Origins

2 When Empires Collide

3 Resurrection

• PART TWO • Before Leduc 1917–1947

4 Adventures in the Tropics

5 Cogs in the Wheel

6 The Winning of the West

• PART THREE • After Leduc 1947–1980

7 Golden Age

8 Diversification

9 A More Complex World

10 Northern Visions

• EPILOGUE • Since 1980

11 The Roller Coaster

12 Exxon and Imperial: Ties That Bind

13 A Change in the Climate

Conclusion

Appendices

Appendix 1

Imperial Oil Company Financial Statements, 1892–98

Appendix 2a

Imperial Oil Production, Sales, and Net Earnings, 1912–20

Appendix 2b

Imperial Oil Ltd., Income Received and Dividends Paid,
1921–47

Appendix 2c

Imperial Oil Sales, Production, Earnings, and Dividends,
1947–80

Appendix 3a

Canadian Oil Companies, Comparison, 1947

Appendix 3b

Canadian Oil Companies, Comparison, 1994

Notes

Bibliography

Index