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Winter 2023-2024 First Impressions

El Niño returns, and could bring significant winter weather in early 2024
El Niño returns, and could bring significant winter weather in early 2024 After a three-year run of La Niña winters, Mother Nature has decided it is time to get back to a… https://oilandenergyonline.com/articles/all/winter-2023-2024-first-impressions/

Act Now on Biodiesel Contracts

Securing your fuel supply early makes winter easier
Securing your fuel supply early makes winter easier Fuel wholesalers and retailers moving into the renewable fuels market often learn the hard way that biodiesel supply operates… https://oilandenergyonline.com/articles/all/act-now-biodiesel-contracts/

Storing Renewable Energy in Cement

Future homes may have supercapacitor foundations
Future homes may have supercapacitor foundations MIT engineers have created an energy-storing supercapacitor from three of the world’s most abundant materials: cement, water,… https://oilandenergyonline.com/articles/all/storing-renewable-energy-cement/

Why You Need a Comprehensive Compensation Policy

Your most potent tool to retaining quality employees
Your most potent tool to retaining quality employees In the competitive landscape of the modern business world, the success of a propane or heating oil company, like any other,… https://oilandenergyonline.com/articles/all/why-you-need-comprehensive-compensation-policy/

Expanding the Definition of Equipment Sales

Customers will stick with companies who offer them more
Customers will stick with companies who offer them more When you think of equipment sales, you probably think of boilers, furnaces and central air conditioners. After all,… https://oilandenergyonline.com/articles/all/expanding-definition-equipment-sales/

Raise Sales with a Forklift Exchange Tank Program

Increase your local footprint and enhance your supply with a new sales line.
Increase your local footprint and enhance your supply with a new sales line. Propane marketing can be hard to predict. One way to protect against market volatility is to… https://oilandenergyonline.com/articles/all/raise-sales-forklift-exchange-tank-program/

Is It Déjà Vu All Over Again?

Echoes of last year in backwardated markets and rising prices.
Echoes of last year in backwardated markets and rising prices. Though we are a year and a half removed from the oil price shock precipitated by the Russia invasion of Ukraine, the… https://oilandenergyonline.com/articles/all/it-deja-vu-all-over-again/

Why Market Renewable Propane for Your Business?

Offering a viable energy solution to the effects of climate change
Offering a viable energy solution to the effects of climate change The scrutiny of traditional fossil fuels is not going away. Our industry can continue to fight it, advocating… https://oilandenergyonline.com/articles/all/why-market-renewable-propane-your-business/

NORA Net-0 Home Update

The need to lower carbon emissions has driven many industries to find alternative methods to minimize their contribution to a warming planet
Based on field and lab testing, it was found that a home can be successfully heated using 100 percent biodiesel, providing up to 90 percent reduction in carbon emissions compared… https://oilandenergyonline.com/articles/all/nora-net-0-home-update/

Are Carbon Handprints a Better Metric?

Footprints are left behind. Handprints are carried forward.
Footprints are left behind. Handprints are carried forward. The phrase “carbon footprint” is used ad nauseum, and often by individuals who don’t quite understand what exactly… https://oilandenergyonline.com/articles/all/are-carbon-handprints-better-metric/

Why Are Fuel Prices So High?

While the surpassing of $90/bbl of oil is cause for serious concern, it’s not completely unfamiliar territory, as it was back in 2007 when oil was trading at the same price
It is no secret that the cost of oil has been steadily increasing over the last several months. On July 4, WTI Crude was trading at $69.79/bbl, and on September 15, that price had… https://oilandenergyonline.com/articles/all/why-are-fuel-prices-so-high/

Supply and Demand Report: Used Cooking Oil

Last Month, Clean Fuels Alliance America released a report, compiled on their behalf by GlobalData, on the worldwide supply of used cooking oil (UCO).
Last Month, Clean Fuels Alliance America released a report, compiled on their behalf by GlobalData, on the worldwide supply of used cooking oil (UCO). UCO is a low carbon… https://oilandenergyonline.com/articles/all/supply-and-demand-report-used-cooking-oil/

U.S. DOE Releases Home Energy Rebate Guidance

In a surprise move in late July, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) released guidance to assist states in rolling out new federally funded rebate programs for residential electrification and efficiency improvements.
In a surprise move in late July, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) released guidance to assist states in rolling out new federally funded rebate programs for residential… https://oilandenergyonline.com/articles/all/us-doe-releases-home-energy-rebate-guidance/

Making a Lasting Impression

Good communication is the key to productive customer relationships
Good communication is the key to productive customer relationships How do you quantify the value of a 30-year relationship with a homeowner? What is the cost of a bad review?… https://oilandenergyonline.com/articles/all/making-lasting-impression/

Is Another Basis Blowout Brewing?

Losses in imports and lower production add additional pressure to anemic US inventories
Losses in imports and lower production add additional pressure to anemic US inventories During the 2022-2023 heating season, we saw U.S. distillate supplies fall to critically… https://oilandenergyonline.com/articles/all/another-basis-blowout-brewing/

Delivering ALL Your Gallons with Fewer Trucks, ALL Year Round!

Your customers aren’t average. Their delivery schedule shouldn’t be, either
Your customers aren’t average. Their delivery schedule shouldn’t be, either The largest expenses for heating oil and propane distributors are those related to deliveries. Fixed… https://oilandenergyonline.com/articles/all/delivering-all-your-gallons-fewer-trucks-all-year-round/

Gray, Gray & Gray’s 2023 National Energy Survey Results Released

Staffing remains a challenge despite rising salaries, but companies remain optimistic about their futures
Staffing remains a challenge despite rising salaries, but companies remain optimistic about their futures Energy industry accounting and advisory firm Gray, Gray & Gray has… https://oilandenergyonline.com/articles/all/gray-gray-grays-2023-national-energy-survey-results-released/

The Season of New and Approved

Manufacturers break barriers with equipment releases later this year
Manufacturers break barriers with equipment releases later this year From food products to health care to home appliances, “New and Improved” gets plastered across packaging and… https://oilandenergyonline.com/articles/all/season-new-and-approved/

Forging a Stronger Supply Chain

All systems are pointing to go for equipment wholesalers, installers and repair services
All systems are pointing to go for equipment wholesalers, installers and repair services Is the light at the end of the tunnel an on-time truckload of equipment? It’s been a… https://oilandenergyonline.com/articles/all/forging-stronger-supply-chain/

Is Process Automation the Key to Higher Efficiency and Better Margins?

A more efficient company is a more profitable company
A more efficient company is a more profitable company As your energy business grows and expands, it is exponentially more important to maximize efficiency and productivity by… https://oilandenergyonline.com/articles/all/process-automation-key-higher-efficiency-and-better-margins/

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