December
1947
Theodor Weisser Founds Marquard & Bahls
December
1947
First Day of Business: Sensational Profit
December
1949
Marquard & Bahls Ends its First DM-Year with Excellent Results
June
1950
Marquard & Bahls Acquires the Company Wilhelm Schliemann
June
1950
First Subsidiary Founded in Karlsruhe: MABAG
October
1950
The First Seagoing Vessel
August
1951
Marquard & Bahls Goes Abroad
July
1952
The First Merchant Trading Deal: ‘MS Kleopatra’
December
1953
For the First Time in its History, Marquard & Bahls is in the Red
June
1954
The Heating Oil Amendment: Marquard & Bahls Buys the Tank Terminal on Veringkanal in the Port of Hamburg
December
1955
Founding of the GEFO, Society for Oil Shipments
September
1956
Construction of the Danube Tank Terminal in Deggendorf
December
1956
Founding of Mabanaft Inc., New York
January
1958
Marquard & Bahls Getting into the Business with Crude Oil
March
1959
Mabanaft NV Founded near Rotterdam
October
1960
Establishment of Gas Station Company, Uno-X Kraftstoffgesellschaft
February
1961
Hans Weisser Takes on the Leadership at Mabanaft NV
May
1961
Formation of AFM, Arbeitsgemeinschaft Freier Mineralöl-Importeure e.V.
December
1962
Mabanaft AG, Switzerland Gets Active
March
1964
Foundation of Mabanaft Ltd., London
April
1965
Successful Businesses of Wilhelm Schliemann GmbH in Scandinavia
September
1965
Introduction of Compulsory Stockpiling
August
1967
Founding of Mabanaft Nord
May
1968
Franchise Agreement in Libya for Crude Oil
June
1968
Marquard & Bahls Gets a New Structure
June
1968
Christening of the Second of Three Coastal Tankers
July
1969
Inauguration of Mabanaft Tank Terminal at the Teltow Canal, Berlin
October
1970
Expansion of Business Relations: Trading with Newfoundland
July
1971
Extension of Hamburg Tank Terminal
October
1971
Development of Mabanaft GmbH's Trading Activities in the South-West
May
1972
North Sea Oil Rush: a Concession in the English North Sea Awarded
December
1972
25 Years of Marquard & Bahls
December
1973
Theodor Weisser Announces his Resignation from Management
February
1979
Mabanaft GmbH Leaves Hamburg and Moves to Neuss
January
1985
Management Changeover
January
1987
Change in Capital and Management Structure: From Stumm Back to Marquard & Bahls
May
1990
Opening of the New Company Headquarters on Admiralitätstraße
April
1991
Mabanaft Representative Office in Poland
June
1994
Takeover of FINA's Network of 12 Stations in Northern Germany
November
1994
Takeover of One of the Swedish Nynacs-Group's Trade Deals – Mabanaft Paris Becomes Mabanaft S.a.r.l.
February
1996
Founding of Petronord Energie- und Wärmekonzepte GmbH
February
1996
Petronord Launches New End-Consumer Business Model with Mühlenbruch Stinnes in Bremen
January
1997
Executive Board Changes
December
1997
50 Years of Marquard & Bahls
October
1998
Petronord Grows with the Integration of Klindworth – Followed a Year Later by Kronol
December
1998
Wittemöller Mineralöle Marks Debut of Petronord Investment Model
November
1999
Further Growth at Petronord: Lipps Mineralöle GmbH in Hagen
April
2000
Mabanaft Founds a Trading Company in Moldova
September
2000
Discontinuation of the Mabanaft Location in France
February
2001
Digol Energieservice Strengthens Petronord in Hesse and Thuringia
April
2001
Petronord Puts Things Together, Creates Companies NEWCo Neue Energie- und Wärmekonzepte and Petrocargo
July
2001
MHK Acquires Another 54 Service Stations
November
2001
Striking New Paths: Petronord Expands Pool Service-Station Business Activities with Staack
July
2002
Petronord Acquires Stake in Arnsberg-based Kaiser Söhne Through Lipps Mineralöle in Hagen
August
2002
A New Company From Mabanaft: Benol Becomes Part of the Petronord Group
January
2003
The Petronord Network Expands: Deglmann Energie Becomes the Tenth Company in the Alliance
January
2003
Mabanaft Takes Over Gamma Mineralölhandelsgesellschaft, Vienna
February
2003
Mabanaft Acquires Viterra Contracting, Bochum
March
2003
Böttcher Energie – A Strong New Partner in the North Bavarian Region
June
2003
A New Look for OIL! – Service Stations in a New Guise
January
2004
Mabanaft Gets Involved in End-Consumer Business in Austria Through Petronord
February
2004
Founding of Mabanaft Inc., Connecticut
May
2005
Mabanaft Centralizes its International Trading Activities in Rotterdam
September
2005
Mabanaft Expands to the Mediterranean Sea: Founding of Mabanaft Energy in Istanbul
October
2005
Petronord Achieves Further Growth in Austria with Another Lubricants Business: Lubes Services Austria
February
2006
Ethanol 85 (E85): OIL! Shows Its Pioneering Spirit
January
2007
Petronord Further Expands End-Consumer Business by Founding Hartmann Energie
July
2007
Mabanaft Opens New Trading Office in Singapore
September
2007
Mabanaft Founds New Trading Company: Mabanaft East Europe
January
2008
Number of Petronord Shareholdings Rises to Fifteen with Addition of Keck in Brakel
March
2008
Lubricants Business in the Petronord Group Grows Steadily – with JB GERMAN OIL
March
2008
Mabanaft Founds Joint Venture for Bunker Business in India and Singapore
April
2008
Petronord Further Increases Number of Lubricants Companies with OILTECH Lubes Service
September
2008
Marquard & Bahls Expands Its Executive Board
October
2008
Mabanaft, the Petronord Group and OIL! Tankstellen Found Initiative Pro Klima
November
2008
Mabanaft Limited Acquires South Eastern Fuels Limited
February
2009
Mabanaft Limited Acquires Thomas Silvey
May
2009
OIL! Issues Its Own KlimaCard
December
2009
Mabanaft Expands into Carbon Trading
February
2010
Expansion of the Bunker Business – Oman and South Africa
April
2010
A New Name at Petronord: Mabanol
October
2010
Mühlenbruch Stinnes Schmierstoffservice Marks Further Expansion of Petronord’s Lubricant Activities
October
2010
Marquard & Bahls Sells Its Energy Contracting Business
January
2011
Petronord Enters New Territory: Bitumen Enhances Product Diversity within the Group
January
2011
Realignment of the Pellets Business
July
2011
Expansion of the Petronord End-Consumer Business: Acquisition of Greiner GmbH in Wabern
September
2011
Expansion of the Bunkering Business: Mabanaft Acquires Bominflot
March
2012
Petronord Grows in North Rhine-Westphalia with Founding of Uhlenbruck & Kemmann Energie
August
2012
Bomin and Linde Establish Joint Venture in Liquefied Natural Gas for the Marine Market
January
2013
Intensification of the Staack Pooltankstellen Business
October
2013
OIL! Acquires 20 Service Stations in the Rhine-Ruhr Region from Eller-Montan
November
2013
Petronord Expands Competence and Offer in the Heating Market with EAG
January
2014
Number of Petronord Group Lubricants Sites Continue to Rise: John Schmierstoffe Added
January
2014
Another Family-Run Company Joins the Strong Petronord Network: ZIEGLMEIER Energie
January
2015
Mabanaft Announces New Organizational Structure
February
2015
Expansion of the Bunker Business along the Rhine – Acquisition of Vasco Bunker GmbH
May
2015
Mabanaft Acquires A/S Haahr Benzin Service Station Network, Denmark
May
2016
Founding of Kiessling Energie Strengthens Petronord’s Activities in Bavaria
July
2016
Bomin Launches Physical Operation in Mauritius
January
2017
Bomin Strengthens Regional Hub Structure
February
2017
Specialists in the Lubricants Business: Keck Schmierstoffservice GmbH & Co. KG
July
2017
Petronord and Hansen & Rosenthal Establish Joint Venture to Market Bitumen and Bitumen Components
July
2017
Petronord Expands Its Business Activities Towards Sweden
September
2017
Petronord Expands the Lubricants Business in Sweden
August
2018
Mabanaft Establishes Mabanaft Energy Trading Inc. in Houston, USA
October
2018
Strengthening of the Petronord Group in Sweden - Stockholms Diesel & Oljehandel
November
2018
Bomin Exits the Bunker Markets in Singapore and Antwerp
February
2019
Optimal Complement to the End-Consumer Business in North Rhine-Westphalia: Vöge Mineralölhandel
August
2019
Mabanaft Acquires Junction 29 Truckstop
January
2020
Mabanaft Invests in World-Scale Ammonia Production Facility
February
2020
Mabanaft Acquires Avon Lodge Truckstop
June
2020
With NB Oljor, Petronord Further Expands Its Presence in Sweden
July
2020
New Petronord Subsidiary in Sweden: Fundins Olja