How Today's Oilheat Can Help Your Clients ... and You

Hands down, Oilheat is the comfort choice you and your customers can feel comfortable about. By addressing their concerns - and knowing the facts ...

YOU CAN

Add value to homes you are selling
Make it easier and more profitable to "seal the deal"
Enhance your reputation as a well-informed and reliable real estate professional
Increase buyers' immediate and long-term satisfaction with their homes

YOUR CUSTOMERS CAN

Be comfortable that they've made the right heating fuel choice
Feel they've purchased a home of value
Come to know you as a knowledgeable real estate professional
Be happy in their new homes

Benefits of Today's Oilheat

Oilheat Is Economical

Oilheat is still a terrific value! While energy prices are up across the board, the price of residential heating oil has actually increased less than many other products since the early 1980s (see chart below). This means Oilheat has had a more consistent price than most of the other products you purchase on a regular basis, year after year.

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* Source: U.S. Department of Labor - Bureau of Labor Statistics

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Oilheat Is Cleaner than Ever

Advancements in Oilheat technology have made Oilheat 95% cleaner than it was 25 years ago.*

Achievements in oil burner technology have resulted in emissions levels approaching zero.*
Oilheat burns so cleanly that its emissions aren't regulated by the Federal Clean Air Act.
New EPA emission ratings affirm that oil burners are now one of the cleanest combustion sources in the U.S.
Low sulfur products and Biofuels, such as those made from soybeans, will further reduce the already near-zero emissions.

*Source: USEPA, BNL Report 52249

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Oilheat Is Dedicated to Homeowners' Efficiency

Your customers will appreciate the fact that the money they spend to heat their homes will not "go up the chimney."

Today's technologically advanced equipment has an average efficiency rating of 85% or better.
In 1973, it took 1,294 gallons of oil to heat the average home. Today it takes only 833 gallons - that's 35% less fuel!
Research and development are leading to even more fuel-efficient heating systems.

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Oilheat Is Safe

Safety is everyone's concern ... and Oilheat offers consumers real peace of mind!

Oilheat does not pose a health hazard for homeowners, their families or their property.
Heating oil will NOT explode.
A match dropped into heating oil will go out as if it were dropped into water.
In a liquid state, heating oil will NOT burn.
To light on fire, heating oil must be heated above 140°F so it will vaporize.
If there is a burner malfunction, an Oilheat system creates visible smoke before deadly carbon monoxide is produced.
With Oilheat, homeowners benefit from having a fuel source safely stored on their property - with no need to worry about the weather or disruptions in the fuel supply. Click here for information on oil storage tanks.

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8 Valuable Oilheat Services BSOHA Members Can Offer Your Customers

High efficiency oil system installations
Automatic delivery
Certified efficiency tests
Oil tank repair, removal, testing and abandonment
Emergency Oilheat deliveries
Emergency equipment service
Money-saving payment plans
Courteous, personalized service

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Oilheat Is Secure and Dependable

Oilheat customers have tremendous petroleum reserves to rely on.

There are over 50 oil-producing nations worldwide.
Three of the four top oil importers to the U.S. are in the Western Hemisphere (Canada, Mexico and Venezuela).
85% of our nation's oil is refined here in the U.S.
The Strategic Petroleum Reserve is the world's largest emergency crude oil stockpile, with a capacity of 727 million barrels of crude oil.
- The Energy Policy Act of 2005 directs the Secretary of Energy to expand the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to one billion barrels.
- If it were necessary (assuming a rate of 1 million barrels a day), the Reserve could release oil into the market continuously for nearly two years.
The Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve is a 2-million barrel supply of emergency fuel oil for homes and businesses in the northeast United States. Established in 2000, the Heating Oil Reserve acts as an "emergency buffer" that can supplement commercial fuel supplies should the heavily oil-dependent region be hit by a severe heating oil supply disruption.

Source: Dept. of Energy

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Oilheat Is Versatile

Oilheat can be used in:

Forced air, boilers or radiant appliances
Indirect hot water heaters, which have the highest per-gallon hot water recovery rates.
Heating systems in which air conditioners and electronic air cleaners can be added.

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Oilheat Provides Real Service For Real People

When it comes to all the comforts of home, local, dependable Oilheat delivers prompt, personalized, value-added service. With so many concerns going into a home purchase, customers will enjoy knowing that Oilheat dealers want to get to know them as people, not merely account numbers.

In a recent survey, over 95% or consumers gave Oilheat the "thumbs up," citing personal service as one of its strongest benefits.
Oilheat provides dependable service from a local supplier that knows the homeowner and his/her heating system.
Oilheat companies customize their services to meet their customers' budgets and home comfort needs.
An Oilheat dealer's "full service" menu includes automatic delivery, service contracts, budget plans and much more. For more information on full service, click here.
Oilheat offers homeowners a choice of many suppliers.

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Start increasing your sales!

For more Oilheat news, facts and information, please visit:

www.oilheatamerica.com

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