CEO Rich Kruger says he’s not done whipping the integrated oil and gas giant into shape. After what he calls “disruptive and potentially distracting” organizational changes in 2023, Suncor is tweaking workers' pay, while continuing to tighten up operations at mines and refineries. He's also deploying a growing fleet of 400-ton autonomous mining trucks capable of displacing nearly two human-driven third-party vehicles.
Kruger was also tasked with repairing Suncor’s safety record when he took the top job, which was tarnished by a dozen worker fatalities at its oilsands operations since 2014. “If I look at it, I would say in 2023 there was just a large amount of change,” Kruger said on the company’s post earnings conference call on Thursday morning