Safety

You can only feel comfortable in your home if you are comfortable with your heating system - and that means being confident that your home and family are safe as well as warm. Know the facts, and you will feel good about Oilheat.

• Oilheat does not explode.

• Oilheat will not burn in a liquid state. In order to light oil on fire, you must heat it to above 140° F, the point at which it begins to vaporize.

• A match dropped into a tank of oil will go out - just as it would in water.

• Oilheat customers benefit from having their fuel source safely stored in a tank on their property, with no need to worry about the weather or disruptions in their fuel supply.

• Oilheat storage tanks are made of non-corrosive materials and are often double-walled for additional containment, making leaks exceptionally rare.

• In the rare case an Oilheat system malfunctions, it gives off signals - such as smoke and soot - before dangerous carbon monoxide is produced.

• Oilheat is safe for the environment. Research conducted at Brookhaven National Labs right here on Long Island shows that major advancements in Oilheat burner technology have reduced oil burner emissions to near zero levels. For more information on this “green” aspect of Oilheat, click here.

• When it comes to their supply, Long Islanders can feel safe in knowing that they will not run out of Oilheat anytime soon. With over 50 oil-producing countries, we are not dependent upon any one nation or region for our supply, and the U.S. is the third-largest oil producing country in the world. Oil stockpiles found in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve and the Northeast Heating Oil reserve ensure ample supplies when additional fuel is required.