Who owns Burnaby Refinery?
Burnaby Refinery is owned by Sunoco (the United States, NYSE: SUN), which has owned the brand since 31 October 2025.[1]
Evidence: Sunoco LP Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-19, SEC EDGAR, 19 February 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Sunoco LP verified
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇺🇸 United States, Dallas
- Origin
- 🇨🇦 Canada
- Category
- Energy › Oil & gas › Refining & marketing
- Parent ticker
- NYSE: SUN
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Burnaby Refinery
The Burnaby Refinery in British Columbia has capacity of about 55,000 barrels per day and makes gasoline, diesel and jet fuel. Sunoco LP's 10-K says it came with the Parkland acquisition completed on 31 October 2025 and is the company's Refinery segment.
What Sunoco's annual report says about Burnaby Refinery
Sentences about Burnaby Refinery from Sunoco's latest annual filing[1], copied word for word.
Refinery Segment Our Refinery segment is composed of the Burnaby Refinery, which was acquired in the Parkland Acquisition, with an operational capacity of approximately 55,000 barrels per day.
In the Refinery segment, our Burnaby Refinery competes with other refineries owned by major energy companies.
The majority of the Burnaby Refinery's production remains in British Columbia, Canada but faces competition with Alberta, Canada-based refineries which consume crude from Alberta, Canada and sell to the British Columbia market with transportation through the Trans Mountain Pipeline ("TMPL") and other means.
How often Sunoco names Burnaby Refinery in its annual report
A plain count of the times the name appears in the text of each annual report, not counting the start of a sentence. A brand that an owner writes about more is usually one it treats as central. The brand is named more often than it was three years earlier.
Ownership timeline of Burnaby Refinery
Where Burnaby Refinery sits in Sunoco
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Sunoco
Sunoco controls 3 brands on Brandtree, 3 of them in energy.
Also in energy
Other brands in refining & marketing, and who owns them
The 21 brands in refining & marketing on Brandtree belong to 18 owners. The largest is Saudi Aramco, with 2.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Lima Refinery | Cenovus | 🇨🇦 Canada |
| Petro-Canada Lubricants | HF Sinclair | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Aramco Trading | Saudi Aramco | 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia |
| Castrol | bp | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| Moove | Cosan | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| Cosmo Oil Marketing | Cosmo Energy | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| Certas Energy | DCC | 🇮🇪 Ireland |
| Reficar | Ecopetrol | 🇨🇴 Colombia |
About the owner: Sunoco
Sunoco is a publicly listed company headquartered in Dallas, United States. Brandtree records 3 brands under its control, and it is listed as NYSE: SUN.
Sunoco LP's 2025 Form 10-K says it is a master limited partnership managed by a general partner owned by Energy Transfer, which held 28,463,967 common units on 13 February 2026. It says it is the exclusive wholesale distributor of Sunoco, Aloha, Sol, Pioneer, Fas Gas, Ultramar and EcoMaxx-branded motor fuels, and completed the acquisition of Parkland on 31 October 2025.
🇨🇦 Burnaby Refinery and other Canadian brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 174 brands that began in Canada. 41 of them (24%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Burnaby Refinery among them.
- Algoma Tubes — Tenaris 🇱🇺
- CNOOC Petroleum North America — CNOOC 🇨🇳
- Cameco — Cameco 🇨🇦
- Canadian Natural — Canadian Natural 🇨🇦
- Canwest Propane — Superior Plus 🇨🇦
- Cenovus Energy — Cenovus 🇨🇦
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Burnaby Refinery?
The parent company of Burnaby Refinery is Sunoco, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.
Is Burnaby Refinery Canadian or American?
Burnaby Refinery originated in Canada, but it is owned today by Sunoco, which is headquartered in the United States. So Burnaby Refinery is a Canadian-origin brand under American ownership.
Since when has Sunoco owned Burnaby Refinery?
Sunoco has owned Burnaby Refinery since 31 October 2025.
Is Burnaby Refinery still owned by Sunoco?
Yes. As of 11 October 2026, Burnaby Refinery is still owned by Sunoco. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Sunoco LP Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-19 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 19 February 2026; retrieved 5 October 2026.
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