The Think Tank

I have been checking of and on for several weeks now and while the price of crude oil has been dropping steadily and the price of gasoline has been dropping steadily, fuel oil prices have been lagging behind and staying high.  Of course, it is getting cold and since prices are driven only by how bad the corporation can pillage consumers……… the prices stay high.

Good news:  On the 4th of November the prices had dropped from 3:47 g for 200 gallons to 3.44 at Pioneer Oil.  Last year in November I paid 3.49 a gallon for 200 gallons.  So that was an improvement, not a great improvement, but an improvement.  It was 3.42 gal for 400 gallons.  At Best Oil it was even better.  It was 3.38 gal for 200 gallons and 3.34 gal for 400 gallons.  Also if you order online at Best Oil you get 5 dollars off.

Today 8 November 2013 the price is better.  At Pioneer Oil for 200 gallons it was 3.33 per gallon.  For 400 gallons it was 3.31 per gallon.

At Best Oil it is cheaper:

200 gallons is 3.27 per gallon and for

400 gallons is 3.25 per gallon .  Much better

I guess it is almost time to order.  I will check on Monday to see if it changes.

Yesterday, Tuesday 12/18, prices were holding at 200 g @ 3.25  and 400 g @ 3.21 at Best Oil.  Pioneer 200g @ 3.25 and 400g @ 3.23.  TODAY Wednesday 12/19 prices are up .  Best Oil = 200g @ 3.28 and 400g @ 3.24,  Pioneer = 200g @ 3.30, 400g @ 3.28.  Crude is up today also,  up 1.38 per barrel to 89.38. 

Hope the trend goes down again.

Well, the prices are still dropping. Oil today is 3.25 for 200 gallons and 3.21 for 400 gallons at Best Oil. At Pioneer Oil it is 3.25 for 200 gallons and 3.23 for 400 gallons. Down 22 cents per gallon since I bought ours on Nov19. Hope it keeps going down.

Well, today was the day. I have been checking and the price has been coming down, Hard to believe that 3.49 is a good price but it is about 20 cents less than it was at the end of summer. SO glad we waited. Today the market price for heating fuel closed at 3.02. I hope it drops for the next month or so so I can get some more in Jan, or Feb.

It has been a few days since I posted and the prices have generally fallen.  A few ups and downs, but as luck would have it,  Heating Oil has dropped steadily since I purchases ours.  I paid, and it hurts to say it, 3.72 per gallon.  It has dropped nearly every day since.  I just knew it was going to go down, and on some days when the price at market close rose,  the price of heating oil still dropped at Larsen Oil.  Shoot.  So today at Larsen Oil  for 200 gallons  the price is 3.29 per gallon,  for 400 gallons   it is 3.26 cents.  Larsen continues to be the lowest heating oil price.