The Company - Innovative, Affordable and Safe Energies | PRIO

PRIO distributes and commercializes liquid fuels and electric energy for mobility, having a tank terminal, a biodiesel plant and a gas filling unit located in the Port of Aveiro.

It has about 250 fuel stations all across Portugal, accounting for more than 2 million monthly customers and owns the largest private network of EV charging points in Portugal.

PRIO was born 12 years ago as a startup and it’s still that startup feeling that makes PRIO permanently innovative and daring.

PRIO might not have the market lead, but we took the lead on innovating our sector in Portugal: we were the first to offer rich biodiesel blends to the end-customer, the first to launch an app and the first to bet in electric mobility as a strategic area in the future of mobility. We are not afraid of the future, we want to get there first.

PRIO is more than just a pit stop. PRIO fuels people’s power and empowers people’s movement. We produce and provide innovative, accessible and safe energy to move people, ideas, vehicles and goods.

OUR VALUES

Courage: We face the challenges with confidence, dedication and perseverance, maintaining a firm, resilient attitude towards obstacles.

Ambition: We define goals that stimulate and challenge our skills and the sector's status quo, always keeping a strong ethical and humble basis.

Competitiveness: We work the business vertically from production to transformation and distribution to provide the final consumer with a much more competitive price.

Efficiency: We try to optimise the use of our resources, maximising their return. We encourage maximum efficiency on long-range projects.

Innovation: We constantly seek out excellence with innovative products and services developed in close collaboration with suppliers, clients and workers.

Simplicity: We simplify processes, procedures and operations to provide our clients with quick and easy solutions, always with the Prio guarantee of quality.

Accessibility: We work to ensure that all consumers have access to high-quality energy and mobility products at low prices.

Sustainability: We build the mobility of the future, investing strongly in innovative, environmentally-friendly solutions. We want to build a better world for future generations.

Responsibility: We take responsibility for our actions. We actively contribute to a better society with great concern for human development.

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2006

PRIO Energy, S.A. and PRIO Bio, S.A. were set up in October 2006. This was the year we began building our Biodiesel factory and started the design project for our Tank Facility in Aveiro.

2007

PRIO began producing Biodiesel in 2007 and opened its first fuel stations in Oliveira de Frades (own network) and Torres Novas (PRIO Express network).
This was also the year we started providing Biodiesel rich mixtures to various private fleets.

2008

We took a very important step in the history of PRIO in 2008 when we inaugurated the TGL - reception, storage and shipping terminal at the port of Aveiro.
We began selling B15, a mixture with 15% Biodiesel at the PRIO and PRIO Express stations.

2009

The PRIO Energy SGPS holding company was set up through the integration of PRIO Energy and PRIO Biocombustíveis, S.A..

The TGL Integrated Management System was awarded triple certification in Quality, Safety and the Environment, making PRIO the only Iberian petrol company with this distinction.

2010

Staying at the cutting edge in Portugal, PRIO inaugurated the first electric vehicle charging point in Greater Porto and installed the first Fast Charge point in Portugal.
PRIO Combustíveis received various certifications in terms of the environment (ISO 14001), healthy and safety (OHSAS 18001) and management quality (ISO 9001).
It was also in 2010 that PRIO released a premium product developed to reduce consumption and CO2 emissions, now called TOP Diesel.

2011

PRIO was the first operator in Portugal to get a licence to charge electric vehicles.
That same year it entered into an international fuel card agreement with the British multinational EDC and launched the Rede + and PRIO ISO international cards.

2012

PRIO.E is set up. This company is dedicated to electric mobility and the PRIO+ project was presented.
This was the year we launched PRIO bottled gas (9kg) with our own filling park in the port of Aveiro.

2013

The PRIO lubricants are presented, along with a new 45kg propane gas bottle.
PRIO adopts a new image “ENERGIAS TOP LOW COST”.
OXY Capital joins the PRIO shareholder structure.
The opening of the first service area – Mira Sintra.

2014

PRIO signs an agreement with CIPOL for long-term filling stations rents.
Top Diesel and Top 95 premium products are released.

2015

PRIO joins the Associação Portuguesa de Empresas Petrolíferas (APETRO), reaches 7% of market share and 5th place in the sector ranking in Portugal, in just 8 years.
18 PRIO filling stations install solar panels in an effort to reduce environmental impact.

2016

The PRIO now has more than 220 filling stations up and down the country.
The PRIO mobile App is launched.
Joint venture with Hardlevel to install oil recycling bins at the filling stations.
Construction of the LPG storage park.

2017

PRIO commemorates its 10th anniversary with 250 stations and 10% of the market share.

PRIO is considered the largest company in the district of Aveiro.

PRIO acquires PRIO Gás Lisboa and has a stake in PRIO Gás Porto.