Cleaner Fuels for a Greener Future

Oilheat is a petroleum-based fuel that benefits from recent technological advances, like the introductions of Bioheat® and ultra-low-sulfur Oilheat. Utility gas is made up largely of methane, a greenhouse gas, which leaks into the atmosphere during production and distribution.

• Low emissions. Modern Oilheat systems produce near-zero levels of emissions, and the recent introduction of Bioheat® and ultra-low-sulfur Oilheat has lowered emissions even further. Combined with new systems that "re-burn" combustion gases, Oilheat systems produce air emissions at rates that are as low as those for gas-burning equipment.

• Greenhouse gas. "Natural gas" is made up mostly of methane - which, as a greenhouse gas, traps 20 times more heat in the atmosphere than the carbon dioxide released by Oilheat equipment. Up to 12% of the natural gas (methane) transferred through the nation's 300,000 miles of pipeline is lost into the environment through leakage.* Oilheat, which is stored and transported as a liquid, does not leak particulates into the atmosphere during transport.
*www.newscientist.com