Kerosene Prices

Kestrel in CT · Dec 17, 2008

Just wondering what you guys are paying for kerosene.

We're at $3.99 a gallon and hasn't changed for about 2 months. I buy in Rhode Island at a large truck/car fuel station.

Seems it should have dropped a bit more by now. Wishful thinking.....I know.

61-4010 · Dec 17, 2008

I paid $3.19 a gallon on Sunday. You are right...prices on K1 haven"t gone down much relative to gas prices. I suspect it"s because Big Oil knows that K1 is needed by many for heat. I was always under the impression that Diesel and K1 require less refining than gas and if that is the case, i bet oil companies are using diesel, k1 and home heating as their cash cows.

Holm · Dec 17, 2008

I wish we had your prices in northern Illinois.It is an even $6.00 per gallon. It has been that price for over a year.

rodgernbama · Dec 17, 2008

I bought a kerosene heater a few weeks ago for backup heat. Paid 3.79 at one place got more later at a different place and paid 3.99. It has not followed the price of gasoline

RN · Dec 17, 2008

Refining? Remember the Ultra low sulfur rules are in affect for road use and some area heating in EPA dirty alert areas. K1 and JP1 jet fuel about same, lighter low vapor pressure jet fuel used in winter so slight shift in demand. Kerosene cost is main fuel gripe among Amish- need more lamp oil in winter. RN

Anonymous-0 · Dec 17, 2008

Kerosene is not a petroleum product. It is distilled from tree sap.
Ken

Anonymous-0 · Dec 17, 2008

Kerosene is a petroleum product.

Sure you're not thinking of turpentine or something like that?

jimva · Dec 17, 2008

Its been 4.00/gallon here for the past 21 months hasnt budged a penny.

Anonymous-0 · Dec 17, 2008

Just what makes you say that Kerosene is tree sap. Back up your statement.

Anonymous-0 · Dec 17, 2008

Average price is 2.77 in central Maine.I paid 3.50 a gallon last January.Kero went over 5.00 for a while.I keep some on hand for lamps and to feed the furnace if it runs out.Oil tanks out side need a 50/50 blend or straight kerosene to avoid gelling.Mobile homes need kerosene.Diesel trucks in northen New England need a bit of kerosene to keep running,illegal but it has to be done.Suits are too stupid to understand this basic fact.Big truck traffic is down on my road.

Mike (WA) · Dec 17, 2008

Yep, he must be thinking of turpentine. It fits his definition.

Anonymous-0 · Dec 17, 2008

$2.87 from the pump at Fleet Farm in Wisconsin.. They post it below the gas prices right on the sign. Must sell a lot of it. Wonder why the nossle is chained only six inchs to the pump?

Kestrel in CT · Dec 17, 2008

$2.77 ? That's great. Might be worth stockpiling it at that price.

buickanddeere · Dec 17, 2008

Go to the airport if there isn't a local bulk pump. Purchasing kerosene at the hardware store is not economical.

MarkB_MI · Dec 17, 2008

I've been paying $3.50 a gallon, but another station a couple of miles from where I buy wants four bucks. It was running fifty cents to a dollar higher last winter.

Kerosene is a pretty low-volume product around here and there are very few stations that carry it. I figure the local suppliers bought their supply a couple of months ago when prices were high.

RayP(MI) · Dec 17, 2008

Bought some today, needed to dilute summer diesel in a couple machines. $3.999, Diesel is $2.579

Anonymous-0 · Dec 17, 2008

Here in north central Texas, I bought some last week from my propane company, from their metered bulk tank into my containers: 4.75 gallon.
Tom

Eric SEI · Dec 17, 2008

I went to an Amish store in Milroy, IN looking for lamp oil. They didn't have any, suggested I try TSC. They all have gas lights, just like a lot of them have gas refrigerators.

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