As Canada's premier integrated energy company, Suncor needs outstanding assets, people and financial strength — and of course, operational excellence. That means running our basic business really well in the four key areas of:
- Personal and process safety
- Environment and sustainability
- People
- Reliability
The President's Operational Excellence Awards enables us to recognize and celebrate the employees and contractors who are the driving force and energy behind operational excellence.
Watch a video about the President’s Operational Excellence Awards 
Nominations are now closed.
Employees and contractors can visit Suncor's intranet for updates. Direct your questions about nominations or the nominations process to ssommerfeld@suncor.com.
The President’s Operational Excellence Awards event was held Nov. 1 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada — truly a celebration of excellence across the company.
The 2011 award recipients are…
- Libya Evacuation emergency response management team, E&P
- Personal Safety Suncor Individual
Tony Topolinsky, area construction manager, Major Projects
- Personal Safety Suncor Team
Large team - Oil Sands Mining Slips Trips and Falls rapid results team, Mining, Oil Sands
Small team - Transmission and Distribution Services ‘Look Up and Live’ campaign, Oil Sands
- Personal Safety Contractor Individual/Team
In Situ Drilling, Completions, Logistics Nabors 102 Rig crew, In Situ
- Overall Health and Wellness
No award this year
- Overall Process Safety
Three teams doing similar work were bundled together under the title ‘Safety Instrumented System Improvements’ and are joint recipients:
- Firebag Process Safety and Plant Operability Project, In Situ
- Improving Safety Instrumented Systems at the Sarnia refinery, R&M
- Safety Instrumented Systems Test Procedure Development & Execution, Edmonton refinery, R&M
- Overall Personal Safety
Libya Evacuation response management team, E&P
- Suncor Individual
Martin Mudryk, EHS supervisor, In Situ Drilling, Completions and Logistics, Operations Support
- Suncor Team
Mine Operations Learning and Competence, Mine Operations Support, Oil Sands
- Contractor Individual/Team
No award this year
- Overall People
No award this year
- Suncor Individual
Bryan Mueller, rotating equipment reliability engineer, Commerce City refinery, R&M
- Suncor Team
Oil Sands Turnaround Maintenance and Reliability Improvements, Oil Sands
- Contractor Individual/Team
Schlumberger and Baker-Hughes, High Temperature Electric Submersible Pump team, Business Services
- Overall Reliability
Oil Sands Maintenance and Reliability Improvements, Oil Sands
- Suncor Individual
Jean-Simon Bouret, energy conservation engineer, Montreal refinery, R&M
- Suncor Team
Crude #10 Heat Integration Initiative, Montreal refinery, R&M
- Contractor Individual/Team
No award this year
- Overall Environment and Sustainability
Montreal Refinery Leadership on Energy Efficiency, R&M