What is Domestic Heating Oil ? Heating Oil (C12H26) is a
flammable product not dissimilar to diesel, used to fuel
boilers. It is estimated that more than 1.5 million households
in the UK use domestic heating oil to power their heating.
Heating Oil is a distillate of Crude Oil, coming in the mid
range between Petrol/Gasoline (at the light end), and heavier
products such as lubricants and heavy oils at the other end.
Heating oil is normally coloured with a yellow dye in order to
differentiate it from red diesel, which is a petroleum for the
road (low tax). For every barrel of Crude Oil, around a quarter
can be distilled into Heating Oil. We are well placed, in the
UK, to have a wide ranging and competitive Heating Oil Supplier
market. What is the benefit of Heating Oil? Basically – cost.
The BTU (British Thermal Unit) cost is cheaper than electricity
powered heating, but typically more expensive than gas boilers.
Then again, you have your energy supply stored on your premises,
and are not subject to the particu