Maxol
{{short description|Irish oil company}}
{{Infobox company
| name = The Maxol Group
| logo = Maxol_logo_2023.png
| logo_caption =
| type = Private
| industry = Oil
| foundation = {{start date and age|1920}}
| location = Dublin, Republic of Ireland.
Mallusk, County Antrim, Northern Ireland.
| key_people = Brian Donaldson (CEO)
Laurence Donegan (CFO)
| products = Petrochemical
| revenue =
| num_employees =
| homepage = {{URL|maxol.ie}}
}}The Maxol Group is an Irish oil company which serves all of Ireland, It was founded in 1920 and is part of McMullan Bros. Limited.{{Cite web|url=https://www.dnb.com/business-directory/company-profiles.maxol_oil_limited.9813fd19f3788ddc1392d019f2ca800e.html|title=Maxol Oil Limited|last=|first=|date=27 August 2020|website=dun & bradstreet|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}
Organisation
=Republic of Ireland=
- Maxol Lubricants Ltd. (Lubricant supplier to the automotive, industrial, marine, and agricultural markets)
- Maxol Direct Ltd. (Home heating oil)
- Maxol Ltd. (Main petrol station retail network and bulk fuel seller)
- Estuary Fuel Ltd. (Oil terminal operator, petrol stations and various oil products)
- Marsh Oil Products Ltd. (Main import terminal)
=Northern Ireland=
- Maxol Oil Ltd. (Main petrol station retail network and bulk fuel seller)
- DGS Logistics, Fuel Distribution for Maxol petrol stations in Northern Ireland and some Republic of Ireland regions. Formerly Trevdon Oil Distribution.
- Maxol Leebody Fuels (Home heating oil){{cite web|url=http://www.leebodyfuels.com/|title=Leebody Fuels - Home Heating Oil, Red Diesel, Diesel - Northern Ireland|website=www.leebodyfuels.com}}
- Maxol Irwin Fuels (Home heating oil){{cite web|url=http://www.irwinfuels.co.uk/|title=Home Heating Oil Lisburn & Belfast|website=www.irwinfuels.co.uk}}
History
In 1919, William and James McMullan signed a supply agreement with the Anglo Mexican Oil Company (AMOC) and in 1920 founded McMullan Bros. Limited. In 1924, AMOC was acquired by Shell; however, McMullan Bros. retained the rights to use the Mex brand name in Ireland.{{Cite web|title=Irish independent petrol brands selling maps|url=http://www.petrolmaps.co.uk/irish.htm|website=PetrolMaps|access-date=2022-01-29}}
In 1972, the existing brand names of Mex, Silensol and Daisy, began to be replaced by the Maxol brand, though all operating companies only completed this process in 1981. In 1986, Maxol acquired Ola, operator of an oil terminal at Drogheda, County Louth. In 1996, Maxol acquired 80 retail sites from Statoil and Jet which were to be disposed of as a condition of their merger.{{Cite web|title=Maxol Group continues to expand with acquisition of Estuary|url=https://www.maxol.ie/press-releases/archived-press-releases-ri/maxol-group-continues-to-expand-with-acquisition-of-estuary|access-date=2020-10-30|website=www.maxol.ie|language=en-GB}} In 1997, the group signed a partnership with Mace, a convenience store group, to allow development of joint Maxol/Mace filling stations.
In 2000, Maxol acquired Northern Ireland's leading heating oil distributor, Connors Fuels Ltd.. This became Maxol Direct (NI) Ltd. In 2002, it acquired Estuary Fuel Limited which operates an oil terminal, a retail network and markets various oil products.{{Cite web|date=2004-11-22|title=McMullans get €1.2m Maxol payout|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/business/arid-10051325.html|access-date=2020-10-30|website=Irish Examiner|language=en}}
In 2011, Maxol Direct home heating oil was sold to DCC Energy, which also owns Emo. That same year, they stopped producing the alternative e85, a type of biofuel made from whey in cheese processing for FFV (Flex Fuel Vehicle).{{cite web |url=http://www.maxol.ie/northen-ireland-news/maxol-direct-sold-to-dcc-energy |title= Maxol Direct sold to DCC Energy - Maxol Group - Fuel for All Engines. Maxol is Irelands leading independent oil company|website=www.maxol.ie |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120102120752/http://www.maxol.ie/northen-ireland-news/maxol-direct-sold-to-dcc-energy |archive-date=January 2, 2012}}
In 2016, Maxol began opening forecourts, with the first one opening in Mulhuddart, Dublin, the company has franchise agreements with Burger King, Supermac's and Abrakebabra for these forecourts.
The Irish petrol station convenience stores began to rebrand around 2017 to use its own name and brands (Rosa Coffee and Maxol Deli) under a deal with BWG Foods, the Northern Irish petrol stations still use Spar and its brands (Daily Deli, Subway franchises and Barista Bar) as its own franchises for shops due to having a contract with NI Spar holder Henderson Foodservice.
References
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- [http://www.maxol.ie/maxol_group/company_history.html www.maxol.ie: Company history]
- [http://www.maxoldirect.com/index.cfm/area/information/page/MaxolGroup www.maxoldirect.com: Group information]
Category:Oil companies of the Republic of Ireland
Category:Non-renewable resource companies established in 1920