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ASTM Considers New Grade for B20 Heating Oil

Heating oil dealers may soon be able to sell heating oil that contains 20 percent biodiesel with the full blessing of ASTM International, the recognized standards-setting body for petroleum fuels.
Heating oil dealers may soon be able to sell heating oil that contains 20 percent biodiesel with the full blessing of ASTM International, the recognized standards-setting body for… https://oilandenergyonline.com/articles/all/astm-considers-new-grade-b20-heating-oil/

Use B20 to Build Long-Term Relationships

While biodiesel isn’t new, its benefits are still new to many. There are obvious performance, domestic, and environmental benefits, as well as intangible benefits that are not widely known.
The days of representing yourself as only an “oil company” are over. You are the energy company that will thrive as your customers’ children and grandchildren buy houses and take… https://oilandenergyonline.com/articles/all/use-b20-build-long-term-relationships/

Strengthening the LPG Supply Chain

The National Propane Gas Association (NPGA) is developing a far-reaching set of initiatives and solutions to help distributors throughout the chain prepare to meet periodic supply challenges.
The National Propane Gas Association (NPGA) is developing a far-reaching set of initiatives and solutions to help distributors throughout the chain prepare to meet periodic supply… https://oilandenergyonline.com/articles/all/strengthening-lpg-supply-chain/

A Prevent Defense for Low Sulfur Heating Oil

Now that many of the Northeastern states are recipients of lower sulfur heating oil, fuel dealers are asking what precautions they should take to protect the heating oil which they sell their customers. The answer is simple: the same that they should h…
Now that many of the Northeastern states are recipients of lower sulfur heating oil, fuel dealers are asking what precautions they should take to protect the heating oil which… https://oilandenergyonline.com/articles/all/prevent-defense-low-sulfur-heating-oil/

NPGA: Be Prepared

When the National Propane Gas Association (NPGA) appointed a task force to study supply and infrastructure challenges in light of last winter’s supply shortages, marketer education was a top priority. The Task Force issued a set of marketer recommendation…
When the National Propane Gas Association (NPGA) appointed a task force to study supply and infrastructure challenges in light of last winter’s supply shortages, marketer… https://oilandenergyonline.com/articles/all/npga-be-prepared/

Powered by Propane

Alliance Autogas partners with dealers to convert vehicles and fuel fleets
Alliance Autogas partners with dealers to convert vehicles and fuel fleets (Date: September 1, 2012) Propane dealers throughout North America can tap into an emerging… https://oilandenergyonline.com/articles/all/powered-propane/

PERC Works to Grow Autogas Market

Vehicle manufacturers are getting involved, and fleet owners are embracing the low-priced alternative fuel Propane autogas is the third most widely used vehicle fuel in the world, but the U.S. lags behind other aggressive adopters, such as Australia, P…
Vehicle manufacturers are getting involved, and fleet owners are embracing the low-priced alternative fuel Propane autogas is the third most widely used vehicle fuel in the… https://oilandenergyonline.com/articles/all/perc-works-grow-autogas-market/

Building the AutoGas Market in New England

Oil & Energy speaks with Jim Proulx, of Proulx Oil & Propane, about his work with Alliance AutoGas, which is a national network that provides fueling and vehicle conversions AutoGas.
NH dealer discusses benefits of propane as a transportation fuel Oil & Energy speaks with Jim Proulx, of Proulx Oil & Propane, about his work with Alliance AutoGas, which is a… https://oilandenergyonline.com/articles/all/building-autogas-market-new-england/

Specification Changes Challenge Marketers, Wholesalers

Energy marketers and petroleum wholesalers in the Northeast face a fresh set of challenges this year as the state specifications for heating oil shift unevenly, leaving the New York and the six New England states with three different specifications for on…
Energy marketers and petroleum wholesalers in the Northeast face a fresh set of challenges this year as the state specifications for heating oil shift unevenly, leaving the New… https://oilandenergyonline.com/articles/all/specification-changes-challenge-marketers-wholesalers/

‘All In’ on Bioheat® Fuel

Renewable Energy Group Inc., the nation’s largest producer of biodiesel fuel, is very interested in working closely with the heating oil industry and helping energy marketers protect their customer bases and get on the right side of air emissions policy.
Renewable Energy Group Inc., the nation’s largest producer of biodiesel fuel, is very interested in working closely with the heating oil industry and helping energy marketers… https://oilandenergyonline.com/articles/all/all-bioheat-fuel/

Creating Confidence in RINs

The marketplace for federal energy credits known as RINs (Renewable Identification Numbers) is becoming more transparent and reliable with the development of a new auditing system designed to reduce RIN fraud.
The marketplace for federal energy credits known as RINs (Renewable Identification Numbers) is becoming more transparent and reliable with the development of a new auditing system… https://oilandenergyonline.com/articles/all/creating-confidence-rins/

NORA Develops Research Agenda

More than 40 participants from various corners of the heating oil industry gathered in New York last month to help the NORA formulate a research and development agenda for the next few years.
More than 40 participants from various corners of the heating oil industry gathered in New York last month to help the National Oilheat Research Alliance (NORA) formulate a… https://oilandenergyonline.com/articles/all/nora-develops-research-agenda/

Extraordinary Results: Unlocking the Possibilities Within You

A business lifecycle has four components, depicted as an arc. Organizations pass through the stages of starting up, growing, maturing, and eventually declining – unless of course they reinvent themselves. George Bernard Shaw, the Irish playwright and c…
A business lifecycle has four components, depicted as an arc. Organizations pass through the stages of starting up, growing, maturing, and eventually declining – unless of course… https://oilandenergyonline.com/articles/all/extraordinary-results-unlocking-possibilities-within-you/

Natural Gas Supply Into New England Appears to Max Out, Driving Gas Prices Higher

On December 30th Con Edison, National Grid and Orange and Rockland Utilities, Inc. (O&R) all notified their “interruptible customers” that they needed to stop burning natural gas on January 3rd, 2014 due to a forecasted cold air mass expected to envelop t…
On December 30th Con Edison, National Grid and Orange and Rockland Utilities, Inc. (O&R) all notified their “interruptible customers” that they needed to stop burning natural gas… https://oilandenergyonline.com/articles/all/natural-gas-supply-new-england-appears-max-out-driving-gas-prices-higher/

Making the Case for Oilheat

Associations file reports refuting the value of fuel conversion
Associations file reports refuting the value of fuel conversion   With state agencies in Massachusetts, New York and other states introducing plans to expand natural gas… https://oilandenergyonline.com/articles/all/making-case-oilheat/

Trunzo: What’s Up with NatGas Supplies During ‘Cold Weather’?

“Con Edison is interrupting Gas Sales and Transportation Notification Customers beginning Friday, January 3, 2014 at 1:00 A.M…” “…as a courtesy of National Grid. An interruption of natural gas service has been scheduled for all Temperature Controlled,…
EDITOR’S NOTE: During the extended stretch of polar vortex-induced cold that began in late December, utilities switched interruptible customers off of natural gas due to excessive… https://oilandenergyonline.com/articles/all/trunzo-whats-natgas-supplies-during-cold-weather/

State of Defense: Oilheat Dealers Work Together to Resist the Threat of Government-Sponsored Natural Gas Expansion

Officials in Connecticut, Massachusetts and New York are pursuing natural gas expansion.
Oilheat dealers are working together to defend the industry against a new generation of competitive threats launched by state officials trying to expand the natural gas footprint… https://oilandenergyonline.com/articles/all/state-defense-oilheat-dealers-work-together-resist-threat-government-sponsored-natural-gas-expansion/

Fuel Quality Marketplace 2014

Fuel Quality listings for 2014
EDITOR’S NOTE: Here are our Fuel Quality listings for 2014. Oil & Energy recently reached out to additive suppliers who serve the distillates marketplace. Some companies chose to… https://oilandenergyonline.com/articles/all/fuel-quality-marketplace-2014/

Portable Analyzer Reports Biodiesel Content in Seconds

The last thing a fuel distributor wants to hear from consumers is “An improperly blended fuel from your distribution center is causing problems to our equipment.” Such a claim is not taken lightly, and immediate action needs to be taken.
The last thing a fuel distributor wants to hear from consumers is “An improperly blended fuel from your distribution center is causing problems to our equipment.” Such a claim is… https://oilandenergyonline.com/articles/all/portable-analyzer-reports-biodiesel-content-seconds/

Clean Fuels Associates Aligns With Dealers

NFPA 110 compliance work and ethanol problems create opportunities
NFPA 110 compliance work and ethanol problems create opportunities   Fuel retailers can generate new business in the areas of fuel polishing and tank cleaning by partnering… https://oilandenergyonline.com/articles/all/clean-fuels-associates-aligns-dealers/

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