While diesel fuel oil, which is similar to heating oil, was around in the late 1800s, heating oil wasn't largely used until 1935. That's when forced air systems were invented, which made it possible to have a central furnace for home heating.
F-76 (diesel) fuel oil is a military-specific (MIL-SPEC) distillate normally used in massive shipboard diesels, gas turbines, and boilers. Obtained directly from naval facilities, F-76 has very specific quality control requirements concerning its storage and handling.
What is RFS? The acronym refers to renewable fuel sources and is used to describe the growing range of fuel oils formulated by blending fossil and biomass oils to generate heat and power in homes, businesses and industry.
Because heating oil contains waxy paraffin substances, it can be prone to gelling if it’s stored outdoors in freezing temperatures. The cold temperatures cause the waxy substances to thicken which affects flow rate and can clog the system filter.
Home heating oil tanks come in standard sizes of 288, 340, 420, 518, 550, 555, and 675 gallons. The best way to determine your tank's size is to have us fill it. We measure the oil level before and after filling to determine the capacity.
In 1859, the American oil industry started near Titusville, in northwestern Pennsylvania. It was there that Edwin Drake drilled the first commercially successful oil well in the United States. I wonder if he realized the scope of the industry that would follow.
