Suncor Energy Inc. (TSX: SU NYSE: SU) is Canaa's original oil sands developer, having produced the first barrel of crude oil from the Athabasca oil sands in northern Alberta in 1967. Suncor is the world's second largest producer of oil sands crude (after Syncrude Canada Ltd.) and is the only company to currently use both mining and in-situ resource technologies. A fully integrated company, Suncor upgrades the oil from the oil sands to the level of conventional crude at its upstream facilities and then ships the crude to the company's refineries in Sarnia, Ontario and Commerce City, Colorado for conversion into transportation fuels and other petroleum products. Suncor also has natural gas operations in Alberta and British Columbia, which help supply the energy needs of the company's oil sands and refining operations. Suncor ranks number 254 on the Forbes Global 2000 list (2008 edition).