How much does Home Heating Oil cost in your area?

[CaptFlippy]

I bought this house in June and haven't bought Home Heating Oil for many years, a house I owned about 5 years ago was heated with fuel so that was the last time I bought it. I have a brand new Oil Burner and heat system and the company that installed it fills your tank for free (yeah right, like I didn't know it was in the price somewhere, still got a great deal) anyway I have a little less then a half tank and started to call around, I remember Fuel was cheaper than gas and now I am being told because of futures Home Fuel is higher, What the fuck, anyone know about this shit? I am getting prices around $2.79 a gallon in southeastern Pa. Gasoline is like $2.09 a gallon. Thanks.

 

[Doug]

Heating oil and diesel fuel are about the same thing. Diesel is much higher than gas, so just look at diesel prices to get an idea. Its a bit cheaper than diesel because its taxed higher as a motor fuel.

 

[Doug]

you can't take crude oil and refine it into all diesel fuel, or all gasoline. It makes a certain amount of certain stuff.

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[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Product[/FONT]​

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[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Gallons per barrel [/FONT]​

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[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]gasoline[/FONT]​

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[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]19.5[/FONT]​

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[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]distillate fuel oil
(Includes both home heating oil and diesel fuel)[/FONT]​

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[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]9.2[/FONT]​

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[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]kerosene-type jet fuel [/FONT]​

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[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]4.1[/FONT]​

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[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]residual fuel oil
[/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif](Heavy oils used as fuels in industry, marine transportation and for electric power generation)[/FONT]​

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[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]2.3[/FONT]​

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[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]liquefied refinery gasses[/FONT]​

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[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]1.9[/FONT]​

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[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]still gas[/FONT]​

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[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]1.9[/FONT]​

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[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]coke[/FONT]​

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[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]1.8[/FONT]​

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[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]asphalt and road oil[/FONT]​

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[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]1.3[/FONT]​

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[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]petrochemical feedstocks[/FONT]​

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[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]1.2[/FONT]​

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[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]lubricants[/FONT]​

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[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]0.5[/FONT]​

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[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]kerosene[/FONT]​

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[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]0.2[/FONT]​

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[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]other[/FONT]​

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[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]0.3[/FONT]​

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