| Refining petroleum or crude oil produces
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| | This is because consumption of heating
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| heating oil. Residential use for heating
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| | oil rises as it becomes colder.
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| accounts for most heating oil
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| | Extremely harsh weather conditions may
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| consumption; close to 8 percent of
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| | also have an adverse impact on supply
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| American homes use heating oil.Like
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| | routes. Thus, if a part of the country
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| gasoline and diesel prices, heating oil
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| | experiences an unusually mild winter,
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| prices depend to a large extent on the
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| | heating oil prices may be reasonable.
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| supply and price of crude oil. If there
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| | However, if winter is harsh, prices can
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| is too much crude oil available in the
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| | rise quite dramatically. Another reason
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| marketplace, oil prices, including
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| | for higher heating oil costs is the high
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| heating oil prices, fall. A crude oil
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| | cost of transportation to more remote
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| supply shortage, alone or combined with
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| | homes.Many oil suppliers offer fixed
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| increased demand for crude oil products,
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| | price schemes to help consumers control
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| drives heating oil prices up. Local
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| | the costs of using heating oil.
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| market factors also affect the price of
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| | Installing better insulation can also
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| heating oil. If a heating oil supplier
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| | keep heating costs down. For
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| sets its prices too high, consumers may
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| | lower-income families, there are some
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| switch to another supplier. When enough
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| | federal, state and supplier-supported
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| revenues are lost from customers who
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| | programs to make heating oil more
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| leave, the supplier will be under
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| | affordable. Some consumers try and avoid
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| pressure bring prices more in line with
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| | seasonal increases in heating oil prices
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| those offered by competitors.Heating oil
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| | by filling their tanks during the summer
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| prices tend to go up seasonally, with
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| | months, when prices are lower.
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| prices being highest during the winter.
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