Maxol

Maxol is an Irish oil company, part of McMullan Bros. Limited. It was founded in 1920.

Organisation

Republic of Ireland

Northern Ireland

History

In 1919 William and James 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.

In 1972 the existing brand names; 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, north of Dublin. In 1996 Maxol acquired 80 retail sites from Statoil and Jet which were to be disposed of as a condition of their merger. In 1997 the group signed a partnership with Mace, a convenience store group, to allow development of joint Maxol/Mace filling stations.