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Oil Prices

Crude Oil prices vs. local heating oil prices
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  • Oil Prices Today Still Dropping October 21, 2014Sue

    Oil prices dropping, slowly but still dropping

    today at Larsen Oil/Discount Oil/First Call McCall:

    100 gallons at    3.32 per gallon

    200 gallons at 3.07 per gallon

    400 gallons at 3.05

    today at Best Oil PDX

    100 gallons at 3.30 per gallon

    150 gallons at 3.20 per gallon

    200 gallons at 3.04 per gallon

    400 gallons at 3,01 per gallon

    600 gallons at 2.99 per gallon

     

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  • Oil Prices still dropping October 17, 2014Sue

    Hello.

    I am happy to report that the prices are still dropping.  And the prices have reverted to the way they have been for 2 years, with Best Oil having the best prices.

    the prices at First Call/Discount Oil/ Larsen Oil have not changed since the last post

    the price for 50 gallons of heating oil at Best Oil is 217.

    100 gal is 3.30 per gal

    150 gal is 3.20 per gal

    200 gal is 3.04 per gal

    400 gal is 3.02 per gal

    600 gal is 2.99 per gal

    I am going to remain in my waiting for under 3.00 gallon to come true.  Hope it happens !!!!!

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  • Heating Oil prices today October 16, 2014Sue

    well, the price foroi today at Best Oil is:

    400 gallons is now 3.08 per gallon.  300 gallons is 3.11.   200 gallons is 3.25 per gallon.  100 gallons is 3.35 per gallon.

    50 gallons is 215.00

    First Call McCall/Discount Oil/ Larsen Oil :

    400 gallon is 3.07       300 gallons is 3.09      200 gallons is 3.11

    I have to say I was pretty stunned by this.  Last year McCalls etc was no less than 20 cents per gallon HIGHER each time I checked.  Today they are a cent LOWER.

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  • Oil Prices today October 9, 2014Sue

    well, the price today at Best Oil is 3.12 cents per gallon for 400 gallons.  Been here for several days,  Hoping it drops lower.  I will wait a few more days before I call to order.  I hope to wait til Thanksgiving to turn on the furnace.  Cross your fingers that my Indian Summer continues.

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  • a little bit of good news September 24, 2014Sue

    On July 3, 400 gallons was 3.50 per gallon.  Last Friday it was 3.47 per gallon when purchasing 400 gallons,  Today it is 3.33 per gallon when I ordering 400 gallons.  I hope this down trend continues.   I will need to order in a week or two. The prices quoted are from Best Oil Portland.  They have consistently been lower by several cents for the last couple of years.

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  • Fuel Oil Cost July 3, 2014Sue

    hello,

    been absent for a while, but I have been checking.

    Today, July 3 the prices of heating oil are as follows:

    Best Oil is                                                  3.37 for 400 gatraons

    First Call/Discount/Larsen Oil is       3.50 for 400 gallson

    Deluxe Oil is                                             3.50 for 400 gallons

    the above prices are for cash/check.  Everyone seems to be adding .10 cents per gallon for debit / credit

    That seems to be the newest gambit of the big bank/ big corporation assault on the average person.  FIRST : the banks begin with credit cards.  Cheap, easy way to afford what you want before you can REALLY afford it.  Once everyone is hooked on that idea, the interest prices begin jumping  higher and higher.  Now they are usurius because the big banking lobby convinced Congress to allow them to charge whatever interest rates they want.  THEN they come up with the DEBIT card.  This is BETTER THAN CASH, better than checks, better than travelers checks because they cannot be stolen.  OH REALLY ?  The push was on, with some places like Costco gas stations not even taking cash.  THEN this little idea.  IF you do not use cash or checks , and insist on using the newfangled beall and endall credit or debit card (the invention of the big banks/big corporation) it will cost you dearly.  Wow.

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  • Heating Oil today 3/31/2014 March 31, 2014Sue
    Best OIl  3/31/2014 200g 3.39 400g 3.37 down  .07
    Larsen/Discount/First Call  3/31/2014 200g 3.59 400g 3.48 up.    .09
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     3/25/114  Close 99.60 Crude   3/31/2014   101.60
    up 2.00
    3/25/2104 2,91 Heating OIL  3/31/2014  2.96 up   .05

    Well, today is a mixed bag.  Best Oil heating oil price dropped .  Larsen/Discount/first Call McCall has gone up.

    the stock market close on Crude Oil and Heating oil closed up from my last post which sadly was a week ago.  I will try to do better.  🙂

     

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  • March 25, 2014Sue
    Best OIl  3/25/2014 200g 3.46 400g 3.42 up  .10
    Larsen/Discount/First Call  3/25/2014 200g 3.45 400g 3.43 down .03
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     3/20/114  Close 99.45 Crude   3/25/114 Close   99.60
    up  .15
    3/25/2104 2,91 Heating OIL down .29

    A mixed bag today,  some up some down.  Heating oil at my favorite, is down.  For those who are interested gasoline also dropped a smidge today.  I bet it does not drop at the pump.

    Hope oil prices continue to trend down.

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  • March 20, 2014Sue
    Best OIl  3/20/2014 200g 3.36 400g 3.33 down. 02
    Larsen/Discount/First Call  3/19/2014 200g 3.45 400g 3.43 down .03
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     3/19/114  Close 99.70 Crude   3/20/114 Close   99.43 up
     down .27

    well, today was a better day for the oil prices.  Down across the board.  Unfortunately the reason , I think, is because there was a report today by leading economists who said of people who have been unemployed for more than 6 months, only 11% will find full time employment.  That does not sound very good.  AND they further stated that the reason the unemployment numbers look better is because many of the long time unemployed have reached retirement age, or simply quit looking.  Sad but true I fear.

    i do hope the price for heating oil and gasoline continues to fall as that will be good for all of us folks who actually work for a living and have to pay for things as opposed to those who run the oil companies, destroy economies with greed and pillage the pockets of the average citizen.

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  • Oil Prices today 3.19.2014 March 19, 2014Sue
    Best OIl  3/19/2014 200g 3.38 400g 3.36 down. 02
    Larsen/Discount/First Call  3/19/2014 200g 3.48 400g 3.46 down .02
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     1/21/114  Close 94.37 Crude   3/19/114 Close   99.70 up
     up   5.39

    So it has been a while since I posted.  The market has been up and down quite a bit.  Hopefully the prices will continue to show a downward trend price wise.  That is what I always hope and it is very seldom the case.

    I really will try to post several times weekly, so check back.

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