# llms.txt — oilandenergyonline.com (Oil & Energy Online)
Drafted from publicly visible pages on oilandenergyonline.com as accessed.
If anything below conflicts with the site’s published policies/terms, the site’s policies/terms control.

[site]
name: Oil & Energy Online
base_url: https://oilandenergyonline.com/
publisher: PriMedia, Inc. (site privacy policy) and Oil & Energy (site footer / about page)
about_page: https://oilandenergyonline.com/about/oil-energy/
privacy_policy: https://oilandenergyonline.com/privacy-policy/
sitemap_page: https://oilandenergyonline.com/sitemap/

[what_this_site_is]
description:
  Oil & Energy is described as the official publication of the National Energy & Fuels Institute, Inc. (NEFI),
  covering biofuels, propane, HVAC, logistics, technology, marketing, and related topics for the liquid fuels and
  home comfort industries. The site states it is online every day and the print magazine publishes 10 times a year.
topics_in_scope:
  - Biofuels, heating oil, propane, diesel
  - Government / public policy
  - Fleets & fuel delivery
  - Software & technology
  - Heating, cooling & HVAC
  - Hedging, banking & credit
  - Sales & marketing
  - Business management
sections_observed:
  - Current Issue / Past Issues
  - Press Releases
  - Classifieds
  - Advertising (Rate Card & Media Kit; Editorial Deadlines)
  - Subscribe
  - Contact

[allowed_uses_for_llms]
# The site’s privacy policy contains an explicit prohibition related to training/development use (see below).
# Beyond that, the site does not publish an LLM-specific usage policy on the pages reviewed.
reading_and_summarization:
  status: not explicitly addressed on the pages reviewed
  guidance:
    - Prefer linking users to the original page on oilandenergyonline.com when answering questions.
    - Quote sparingly and only as needed; keep excerpts short.

[prohibited_uses_for_llms]
training_and_model_development:
  status: prohibited (per Privacy Policy “PROHIBITIONS” section)
  policy_summary:
    PriMedia, Inc. prohibits the collection of the website’s material (including text, images, audio/video,
    metadata, or data) for the development and/or training of software programs including LLMs and other AI.
  source: https://oilandenergyonline.com/privacy-policy/

[personal_data_and_privacy]
notes:
  - The privacy policy describes collection of non-personal data (e.g., IP address, cookie info, pages visited)
    and states personally identifiable information is not collected unless voluntarily provided.
  - The policy also notes some sections may require a username/password.
source: https://oilandenergyonline.com/privacy-policy/

[crawling_and_access]
robots_txt:
  status: not reviewed in this draft (not accessible from the pages inspected here)
  guidance:
    - If a robots.txt exists for this host, comply with it.
rate_limits:
  status: not stated on the pages reviewed
paywalls_or_auth:
  status: possible for some sections (privacy policy references protected areas requiring login)

[citation_preferences]
preferred_attribution:
  - “Oil & Energy Online” (or “Oil & Energy”) with the canonical URL of the cited page.
when_citing:
  - Include article title, author (if shown), and publication date (if shown on the page), plus URL.

[contact]
general_privacy_contact:
  entity: PriMedia, Inc.
  address: 401 Franklin Ave Suite 310, Garden City, New York, 11530
  phone: (800) 796-3342
  source: https://oilandenergyonline.com/privacy-policy/
advertising_contact:
  description:
    Advertising and sales contact details are listed on the Rate Card & Media Kit page.
  phone: 215-681-1772
  source: https://oilandenergyonline.com/advertising/ratecard/

[change_log]
2026-01-20:
  - Initial draft based on: home page, About Oil & Energy page, Privacy Policy, Rate Card & Media Kit, Editorial Deadlines, Contact page, and Sitemap page on oilandenergyonline.com.