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OPEC’s Crucial Missteps

The jig is up for non-committal cartel members
The jig is up for non-committal cartel members Last year, OPEC decided to scrap their strategy of flooding the market with crude oil to drive prices lower and put shale oil… https://oilandenergyonline.com/articles/all/opecs-crucial-missteps/

Assume Nothing

Predictive analytics depend on customer data, not marketer presumptions There are two things energy marketers know about their new customers, according to Phil Baratz, president of Angus Energy. First, they know that they don’t know much about new custom…
Predictive analytics depend on customer data, not marketer presumptions There are two things energy marketers know about their new customers, according to Phil Baratz, president… https://oilandenergyonline.com/articles/all/assume-nothing/

Real-Time Delivery, Inventory & Visibility

How mobile computing empowers today’s “smart” fuel fleets There was a feeling of progress in the room, as Dennis Disabatino of Cargas Systems gave his presentation on “The Evolution of Mobile Truck Computing: From Early Adopters to Being an Essential Too…
How mobile computing empowers today’s “smart” fuel fleets There was a feeling of progress in the room, as Dennis Disabatino of Cargas Systems gave his presentation on “The… https://oilandenergyonline.com/articles/all/real-time-delivery-inventory-visibility/

Behind the Numbers

Today’s energy marketers have a wealth of valuable data at their fingertips. The question is how does one parse all that info, and what to do with it afterward…
Today’s energy marketers have a wealth of valuable data at their fingertips. The question is how does one parse all that info, and what to do with it afterward… You’ve probably… https://oilandenergyonline.com/articles/all/behind-numbers/

2017 Legends of Oilheat Recognizes Industry’s Past, Present and Future

On Tuesday, June 13, NEFI held its Legends of Oilheat Awards Dinner at the architecturally magnificent Mechanics Hall in Worcester, MA. Richard “Dick” Horan emceed the ceremony, with assistance from NEFI Acting President Martha Leshine as well as Director…
On Tuesday, June 13, NEFI held its Legends of Oilheat Awards Dinner at the architecturally magnificent Mechanics Hall in Worcester, MA. Richard “Dick” Horan emceed the ceremony,… https://oilandenergyonline.com/articles/all/2017-legends-oilheat-recognizes-industrys-past-present-and-future/

A Slow Merge Onto Acquisitions Expressway

Cetane Associates’ Steven Abbate and Oilheat Associates’ John Levey trade tips for buyers and sellers
Cetane Associates’ Steven Abbate and Oilheat Associates’ John Levey trade tips for buyers and sellers According to Gray, Gray & Gray, LLP, 37% of retail fuel oil and propane… https://oilandenergyonline.com/articles/all/slow-merge-acquisitions-expressway/

Is New York City’s B5 Standard Becoming THE Standard?

A uniform biodiesel-blending standard could be coming to the New York Metro Area by July 2018. On March 27, 2017, New York State Senator Phil Boyle (R, C, I – Bay Shore) introduced Senate Bill S5422. If signed into law, it would require that “On and after…
A uniform biodiesel-blending standard could be coming to the New York Metro Area by July 2018. On March 27, 2017, New York State Senator Phil Boyle (R, C, I – Bay Shore)… https://oilandenergyonline.com/articles/all/new-york-citys-b5-standard-becoming-standard/

Wind-Powered Oil Recovery?

Wind-powered water injection concept moves closer to implementation
Wind-powered water injection concept moves closer to implementation DNV GL, the world’s largest technical consultancy to the renewable energy, oil and gas industries, recently… https://oilandenergyonline.com/articles/all/wind-powered-oil-recovery/

Keeping Energy Dollars from Leaving the State Economy

State economic engines are getting a real boost from energy efficiency programs. Each year, states spend billions on energy, and energy efficiency is helping them recapture some of those dollars. Lower energy bills put money in the ratepayer’s pocket, and…
State economic engines are getting a real boost from energy efficiency programs. Each year, states spend billions on energy, and energy efficiency is helping them recapture some… https://oilandenergyonline.com/articles/all/keeping-energy-dollars-leaving-state-economy/

Will OPEC’s Strategy Succeed or Fail?

Lately, more analysts are questioning whether OPEC’s current strategy is headed to success or failure. OPEC success is considered to be supply/demand rebalancing, elimination of excess global stockpiles and WTI at $60 by year-end. The keys to success are …
Lately, more analysts are questioning whether OPEC’s current strategy is headed to success or failure. OPEC success is considered to be supply/demand rebalancing, elimination of… https://oilandenergyonline.com/articles/all/will-opecs-strategy-succeed-or-fail/

DOT Random Drug & Alcohol Testing

April’s article detailed the components of DOT pre-employment drug testing, so we know that a driver cannot begin operating a CDL-required vehicle until a verified negative test result has been received.
April’s article detailed the components of DOT pre-employment drug testing, so we know that a driver cannot begin operating a CDL-required vehicle until a verified negative test… https://oilandenergyonline.com/articles/all/dot-random-drug-alcohol-testing/

NORA Releases Results of 2016 Survey on Biodiesel Blend Usage

More Dealers Report Improved System Performance or No Impact
More Dealers Report Improved System Performance or No Impact “Most users of biodiesel blends for heating are not experiencing increased service requirements.” That’s the first… https://oilandenergyonline.com/articles/all/nora-releases-results-2016-survey-biodiesel-blend-usage/

Giving New Meaning to the Phrase “Oil Pump”

Dr. Tom Butcher provides Oil & Energy readers a first look at the oil-fired heat pump currently in development at NORA’s Long Island laboratory.
Dr. Tom Butcher provides Oil & Energy readers a first look at the oil-fired heat pump currently in development at NORA’s Long Island laboratory. According to a study released… https://oilandenergyonline.com/articles/all/giving-new-meaning-phrase-oil-pump/

Your Web Presence Can’t Live In the Past

On a constantly evolving internet, adaptability is key to the energy marketer’s relevance … and survival.
On a constantly evolving internet, adaptability is key to the energy marketer’s relevance … and survival. Depending on which scientist you ask, the universe is growing at a… https://oilandenergyonline.com/articles/all/your-web-presence-cant-live-past/

So You Want to Add Storage?

Ask any distributor or wholesaler who started out in delivery, and you’re likely to hear the same thing: taking on storage can be one of the most personally (and financially) rewarding moves of a fuel dealer’s career. Of course, to reap those rewards, one…
Ask any distributor or wholesaler who started out in delivery, and you’re likely to hear the same thing: taking on storage can be one of the most personally (and financially)… https://oilandenergyonline.com/articles/all/so-you-want-add-storage/

The Clean Power Plan: Repeal or Replace?

In late March, the president signed an executive order to roll back the Clean Power Plan, with a goal of taking restraints off businesses and boosting the coal industry. Targeting climate change regulations, saying they hinder U.S. energy production and j…
In late March, the president signed an executive order to roll back the Clean Power Plan, with a goal of taking restraints off businesses and boosting the coal industry. Targeting… https://oilandenergyonline.com/articles/all/clean-power-plan-repeal-or-replace/

Get Ready for NEFI EXPO 2017

It’s been a big year for the New England Fuel Institute (NEFI). In addition to overseeing a major website re-launch and working its way through one of the most widely discussed legislative sessions in recent memory, the organization celebrates its 75-year…
It’s been a big year for the New England Fuel Institute (NEFI). In addition to overseeing a major website re-launch and working its way through one of the most widely discussed… https://oilandenergyonline.com/articles/all/get-ready-nefi-expo-2017/

AEC E-Alerts Help Oilheat Marketers Get the Word Out

The American Energy Coalition (AEC) has for over five years published email blasts, known as “e-Alerts,” highlighting stories of interest to the Oilheat industry. Topics cover a wide range of subjects from natural gas pipeline safety, to increasing U.S. o…
The American Energy Coalition (AEC) has for over five years published email blasts, known as “e-Alerts,” highlighting stories of interest to the Oilheat industry. Topics cover a… https://oilandenergyonline.com/articles/all/aec-e-alerts-help-oilheat-marketers-get-word-out/

PPA Vs. Peoples

Gallitizen homeowners who converted to natural gas expressed their frustrations over the high monthly fees that appeared on their bills, more than twice what residents of nearby Cresson pay.
February 28 was an unseasonably warm day for Gallitzin, PA, with a high of 57º and a low that just barely hit freezing. However, the people of this central Pennsylvania borough… https://oilandenergyonline.com/articles/all/ppa-vs-peoples/

Oilheat Industry Stands Up for LIHEAP

On March 16, 2017, President Trump’s Office of Management and Budget released “America First: A Budget Blueprint to Make America Great Again.” Dubbed “the skinny budget,” the budget request comprised just 53 pages and called for the outright elimination o…
Editor’s Note: This article went to print before an omnibus spending bill was approved by Congress, which continued flat funding for LIHEAP through FY 2017. A follow-up story will… https://oilandenergyonline.com/articles/all/oilheat-industry-stands-liheap/

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