Fuel Oil News articles from December 2000

Fuel Oil News archives from December 2000

NORA passes Congress; could be operational by July.
December 1, 2000... Officials of the National Oilheat Research Alliance didn't spend much time celebrating after Congress passed the measure in late October and sent it to the President for what was expected to be quick ratification. They were too busy preparing...

Maryland dealer accused of "cybersquatting".
December 1, 2000... Nine Baltimore area fuel oil dealers have accused another marketer of unfair business practices and several other offenses in a case involving "cybersquatting' a practice of registering Internet domain names expressly for the purpose of...

New Jersey follows N.Y.'s lead on interruptibles.
December 1, 2000... Taking the lead from New York state, the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities issued an order in October requiring all interruptible natural gas customers in the Garden State to have a seven-day supply of their alternate fuel, if that fuel is a...

NAOHSM to award six Nelsen Scholarships.
December 1, 2000... The National Association of Oilheating Service Managers will award a total of six technical education scholarships in 2001 to deserving students who aim to further their oil heat/HVAC education at technical and community colleges. In making the...

Star Gas announces seven acquisitions.
December 1, 2000... Star Gas Partners, L.P. has purchased or signed contracts to purchase seven propane and heating oil distributorships over the past few months. These acquisitions represent over 20,000 customers, with an annual volume of approximately 19 million...

How sweet she is!
December 1, 2000... It's a happy holiday season for the industry, thanks to Congress, which finally managed to pass the National Oilheat Research Alliance legislation. That loud "whooshing" sound you may have heard was a gigantic sigh of relief from NORA officials...

Second-largest AHR Expo nearly sold out.
December 1, 2000... The AHR Expo 2001 at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, according to the International Exposition Company, was nearly sold out by the end of October. More than 95 percent of the available exhibit space is taken and show management...

Enviromaster teams up with Davis Energy Group.
December 1, 2000... Enviromaster International of Rome, N.Y, the sole United States manufacturer of mini split ductless air-conditioning equipment, and Davis Energy Group, a leading mechanical engineering consulting firm in Davis, Calif., have entered into an...

The Oil Heating Industry 2000: The winter of the spike Part I.
December 1, 2000... Our 23rd annaul profile of marketers Just when we thought it was safe... the price spike of December 2000 jumped up and bit us. "O' happy dagger, this is thy sheath," said Shakespeare's Juliet as she stabbed herself. To some marketers...

Pick combustion chambers wisely.
December 1, 2000... Many of you may remember converting those old coal boilers to low- or high-pressure oil burners. We cut the coal grate hangers and built the chamber out of firebrick, and you could actually get inside some of the boilers to perform the work....

Remember those equalizing lines?
December 1, 2000... The day might come when you will be faced with the installation of a vacuum-condensate unit. If you attempt to install it the same way you would a standard condensate unit, you could be asking for trouble. The biggest problem I have seen in...

Fuel Price Index 12/00.
December 1, 2000... [TABLE HAS BEEN CLIPPED]