is an Irish oil company, part of McMullan Bros. Limited.
- 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)
- Maxol Oil Ltd. (Main Petrol Station retail network and bulk fuel seller)
- Maxol Direct (NI) Ltd. (Home heating oil)
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 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.
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.
