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What Influences Heating Oil Prices?

What Influences Heating Oil Prices? Understanding the Ups and Downs While your New Jersey heating oil company cannot control what happens in the global energy markets, it’s helpful to have some understanding about why heating oil prices rise and fall on a steady basis. It begins with crude oil prices, which is usually the most […]

7 Reasons Ultra-Low Sulfur Fuel Oil Is Important

7 Reasons Ultra-Low Sulfur Fuel Oil Is Important Emissions Have Been Reduced by More than 70% The heating oil industry continues its commitment to fight climate change by improving efficiency and cleanliness. This is due to the combination of ultra-low-sulfur heating oil (ULSHO) and Bioheat® fuel. How ULSHO Lessens Impact on the Environment ULSHO has […]

What Kind of Oil Is Furnace Oil?

What Kind of Oil Is Furnace Oil? It’s the Same Product as Home Heating Oil You might hear the terms furnace oil, fuel oil and home heating oil from time to time, perhaps even in reference to the heating oil that powers your boiler or furnace. But are they all the same product? Well, not […]

How Does a Furnace Work?

How Does a Furnace Work? A Furnace Distributes Warm Air Through Vents Furnaces can be powered by either fuel oil, propane gas, natural gas or electricity. Also known as warm-air or forced-air systems, furnaces produce heated air in the unit’s combustion chamber. Here is how that warm air gets distributed throughout your home. Inside an […]

Boiler Vs. Furnace: What’s the Difference?

Boiler Vs. Furnace: What’s the Difference? How Heating Oil Furnaces and Boilers Work Do you know if you have a boiler or a furnace in your home? You would be surprised by how many people don’t know the answer to that questions. The fact is, the heating oil system in your New Jersey home can […]

Bioheat® Vs. Heating Oil

Bioheat® Vs. Heating Oil Why Is Bioheat Fuel Better than Heating Oil? Bioheat® fuel is one of the best ways to reduce carbon dioxide emissions in the environment without sacrificing comfort or needing to undertake expensive, disruptive equipment replacements. So how does Bioheat fuel compare to traditional heating oil? First, it’s important to understand that […]

How Long Does a Water Heater Last?

How Long Does a Water Heater Last? Proper Maintenance Extends Water Heater Life It’s impossible to stay comfortable at home without a reliable supply of hot water. As you know, people depend on it for showering and bathing, cooking, washing clothes and dishes, and more. But do you know how long you can depend on […]

How Does a Boiler Heat Your Home?

How Does a Boiler Heat Your Home? Be Better Prepared to Identify Any Boiler Problems Since North Jersey has five times the number of boilers as the national average–South Jersey has 2.5 times as many– there’s a good chance you may be among the many homeowners in the Garden State who rely on a boiler […]

What Is Heating Oil?

What Is Heating Oil? Heating Oil Is a By-Product of Crude Oil There is a lot of work involved long before heating oil eventually reaches your heating oil tank. It starts with heating oil being refined from crude oil, which is a complex mix of hydrocarbons plus oxygen, nitrogen, and sulfur. The refining process separates […]

Is Heating Oil a Safe Way to Heat My Home?

Is Heating Oil a Safe Way to Heat My Home? Oilheat Provides Multiple Safety Features Many families in New Jersey rely on heating oil to keep their homes warm. And they can do this with confidence, knowing that heating oil has always been a remarkably safe fuel. Think about it. When was the last time […]