Nanticoke refinery was originally built by Texaco Canada on the site of the former RCAF Station Jarvis.

In February 2007, a combination of a fire at the Nanticoke refinery and a strike at CN resulted in a shortage of gasoline at Esso stations in Ontario, which also drove up prices to more than a dollar a litre.

Damage to the facility was made inevitable when the on-site fire brigade ran out of gas while en route to the location.

The chart below provides the GhG performance in 2022:[6][7] (tonnes CO2 eq) The Imperial Nanticoke Refinery's workforce is represented by Unifor Local 900.

[9] This caused major concerns for the region due to the dearth of supply in late winter to the Toronto metro area.