Jet

Jet is the European brand of filling stations which is owned by American-based conglomerate Phillips 66. Jet filling stations are located in Austria, Germany and the United Kingdom, and formerly in Denmark, Sweden, Ireland and Thailand. In 2006 the owner sold its stations in Belgium, the Czech Republic, Finland, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia to its Russian affiliate, Lukoil. History Jet Petroleum was formed in Yorkshire in 1954 by Canadian-born Bill Roberts. Conoco acquired Jet in 1961. The Jet service station network in Ireland was acquired by Statoil in 1996. Maxol acquired 50 Jet/Statoil-branded sites as a condition of the acquisition.