Maxol

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.

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.[4] In 1997, the group signed a partnership with Mace, a convenience store group, to allow development of joint Maxol/Mace filling stations.

Old Maxol logo used from 1988 until the early 2000s

The Maxol logo used from the 2000s until 2012

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.[5]

One of the two Maxol Direct logos.

The second Maxol Direct logo.

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).[6]

• www.maxol.ie: Company history
• www.maxoldirect.com: Group information