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Afternoon Price Check, September 2: Oil Prices Post More Gains on Economic Data and Hurricane Threat

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Posted by Josh Garrett on September 2, 2010 at 3:51 pm 0 Comments



Fresh tidbits of positive economic news brought increases in crude and heating oil prices at the NYMEX for the second day in a row today. Official data released on Thursday showed a small decrease in new unemployment claims this week, an increase in pending home sales during July, and a rise in factory orders [...]

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How to Prepare Your Heating Oil System for a Hurricane

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Posted by Josh Garrett on September 2, 2010 at 3:00 pm 0 Comments



Although Hurricane Earl was downgraded to a category 3 storm on Thursday afternoon, it’s still a whopper of the storm whose effects could soon be felt in much of the Northeast. According to a report by the Washington Post released at 2:30 pm Eastern time on Thursday,
Forecasters were trying to determine whether the storm [...]

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HeatingOil.com Profiles: Energy Audits by Atlas Glen-Mor

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Posted by Josh Garrett on September 2, 2010 at 11:19 am 0 Comments



In business, “diversification” is an oft-repeated buzzword, but one that certainly deserves its buzz. By offering a wider range of products and/or services, businesses can expand their customer base, increase revenue, and protect themselves from any sudden changes to their industries. This is as true in the heating oil industry as any other—by [...]

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Heating Oil Price Trend for September 2: +4¢

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Posted by Josh Garrett on September 2, 2010 at 9:55 am 0 Comments



A brief spate of economic optimism brought major gains to US stock markets and oil prices yesterday. Increases in Chinese and US manufacturing activity bolstered investors’ hopes that global oil demand would soon improve, and a weak US dollar made oil a more attractive investment to those holding foreign currencies. Resulting jumps in [...]

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Afternoon Price Check, September 1: Oil Prices Bounce Back on Stock Market Gains

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Posted by Josh Garrett on September 1, 2010 at 4:08 pm 0 Comments



After dropping sharply to end the month of August yesterday, crude and heating oil prices rose steeply at the NYMEX today, following surging stock markets. News that both US and Chinese manufacturing increased last month gave a major boost to perceptions of the American economy and future global oil demand. This morning’s petroleum [...]

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New Jersey Joins Low-Sulfur Heating Oil Club

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Posted by Josh Garrett on September 1, 2010 at 2:34 pm 2 Comments



New Jersey enacted low-sulfur heating oil mandates on Tuesday, becoming the fourth Northeastern state to require cleaner-burning heating oil. The state’s Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), which began considering the new rules in January, announced their official adoption with a statement from DEP commissioner Bob Martin, NorthJersey.com reported.
Martin said that the rules will make [...]

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Heating Oil Price Trend for September 1: -4¢

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Posted by Josh Garrett on September 1, 2010 at 9:50 am 2 Comments



Oil prices ended the month of August with a whimper on Tuesday, sinking under the weight of huge supplies of petroleum products and a weak US economy. The price of crude dropped by more than 10 percent over last month, reversing the upward trend seen in June and July. With the summer driving [...]

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Afternoon Price Check, August 31: Oil Prices Continue Slide on High Supplies

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Posted by Josh Garrett on August 31, 2010 at 4:20 pm 0 Comments



The huge supplies of crude oil, gasoline, and distillates (a fuel category that includes heating oil and diesel) weighed heavily on oil prices today, sealing considerable declines during the month of August. A bearish supply and demand picture in the US was aided in bringing prices down by the closure of the September contract [...]

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NJ Non-Profit Offers Heating Oil Assistance to Middle-Income Residents

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Posted by Josh Garrett on August 31, 2010 at 12:15 pm 0 Comments



Many families around the nation rely on government assistance to pay their heating oil bills each winter. The federal program that provides that assistance, the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), generally works well but struggles more and more each year to meet the huge demand from needy families. To fill the assistance [...]

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HeatingOil.com Dealer Profiles: Petro Heating and Air Conditioning

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Posted by Josh Garrett on August 31, 2010 at 10:22 am 0 Comments



Petro is one of the largest heating oil dealers in the country, serving the entire Northeast. Its blue trucks and blue and gold logo are recognizable to millions to Northeastern residents. As one of the largest and, according to Vice president of Sales and Marketing Joe McDonald, one of the oldest heating oil [...]

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Heating Oil Price Trend for August 31: -1¢

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Posted by Josh Garrett on August 31, 2010 at 9:28 am 0 Comments



Oil prices dipped at the NYMEX on Monday as huge supplies of petroleum products and the struggling US economy regained the focus of investors. Falling stock market indexes showed a lack of confidence in the economic recovery that once again underscored weak demand for fossil fuels. Total petroleum inventories are at 20-year highs, [...]

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Afternoon Price Check, August 30: Oil Prices Drop on Stock Market Declines, Economy

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Posted by Josh Garrett on August 30, 2010 at 4:00 pm 0 Comments



Crude and heating oil prices slipped at the NYMEX today, as the momentum from Fed Chairman Bernanke’s encouraging comments on the US economy wore off and stock markets sunk. With record-high supplies of petroleum products and relatively weak demand, oil prices of late have been increasingly led by stock market indexes and other economic [...]

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Police in Rural England Begin “Tagging” Heating Oil to Prevent Theft

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Posted by Josh Garrett on August 30, 2010 at 3:36 pm 0 Comments



Heating oil theft is not a very common occurrence, but it does happen. Tough economic times have driven increasing numbers of desperate thieves to victimize unsuspecting homeowners in recent years draining their heating oil tanks. Such thefts usually occur in rural areas, where shady characters operating a truck or oil pump are more [...]

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CFTC Regulators Call for Better Oversight of High-Tech Trading

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Posted by Josh Garrett on August 30, 2010 at 12:16 pm 0 Comments



In response to a report last week on a flawed trading algorithm that caused a spike in oil price volatility, two members of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission called for tighter regulation of computer-based trading. Reuters reported on Thursday that commissioners Scott O’Malia and Bart Chilton both characterized the flawed algorithm created by the [...]

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HeatingOil.com Helps Thousands of Heating Oil Users Find New Heating Oil Suppliers Every Month

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Posted by Andrew Heaney on August 30, 2010 at 10:22 am 0 Comments



A lot of our readers already know that HeatingOil.com is the authoritative voice on issues facing heating oil consumers. But many don’t know that it is also the number one destination for consumers looking for a new heating oil supplier.
With tens of thousands of consumers coming to our site every month to read our heating [...]

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Heating Oil Price Trend for August 30: +3¢

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Posted by Josh Garrett on August 30, 2010 at 9:26 am 0 Comments



Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke helped drive up oil prices at the NYMEX on Friday by injecting some semblance of confidence in the US economy with assurances that the Federal Reserve will take action to prevent a double-dip recession. Hurricanes threatening to disrupt refinery activity along the Gulf Coast also lent support to oil prices [...]

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Researchers Looking into Exactly How Much Cow Flatulence Contributes to Global Warming

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Posted by Josh Garrett on August 29, 2010 at 6:36 am 1 Comments



With all the eating grain and standing around cows do, their digestive systems produce a lot of gas. A main component of all that cow flatulence (a.k.a. farts) is methane gas, a greenhouse gas that is 26 times more effective than carbon dioxide at trapping heat in the earth’s atmosphere.
Flatulence from cows and other [...]

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Japanese Invention Turns Plastic Trash into Oil

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Posted by Josh Garrett on August 28, 2010 at 6:07 am 3 Comments



One of the reasons plastic disposable water bottles have become the arch-nemeses of environmentalists in recent years is that they are (like all other plastics) made out of crude oil. All those plastic bottles, plastic silverware, plastic toys, etc. use up a lot of oil. The GOOD Magazine blog posted a video from [...]

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Afternoon Price Check, August 27: Oil Prices Continue Climb on Stock Market Gains

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Posted by Josh Garrett on August 27, 2010 at 4:18 pm 0 Comments



Much-anticipated comments from Fed chairman Ben Benanke boosted confidence in the US economy and sent stocks rising, which brought oil prices higher for the third day in a row. Tropical storm Earl also lent some support to prices as it moved toward the Gulf coast, setting off concerns that it could disrupt US refining [...]

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Heating Oil Price Trend for August 27: +5¢

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Posted by Josh Garrett on August 27, 2010 at 9:17 am 0 Comments



Better-than-expected data on US unemployment combined with a weak dollar to drive up oil prices at the NYMEX on Thursday, bringing a major increase in retail heating oil prices on Friday. Initial unemployment claims declined last week, setting off a trend of slight optimism that the economic recovery in the US could pick up [...]

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