BOSTON – Citgo, the Venezuelan government’s Texas-based oil subsidiary, has suspended shipments of heating oil for poor families in the United States, citing falling oil prices and the world economic crisis, the nonprofit organization that distributes the fuel said Monday.
The controversial program gave fuel from Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez’s government to 200,000 households in 23 [...]

Crude prices fall slightly as demand worries persist after surprise decline in U.S. inventory.
By Kenneth Musante, CNNMoney.com staff writer
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Oil prices fell to another 3-1/2 year low Wednesday, even after a government report showed a surprise decline in oil stockpiles last week.
U.S. crude for January delivery fell 17 cents to settle at [...]

United States - By Tom Doggett
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As the U.S. heating season gets underway, the average price that homeowners paid for heating oil was $3.67 per gallon this week, the government said Wednesday.
The nationwide heating oil price is 90 cents higher than a year ago, according the federal Energy Information Administration’s weekly [...]

Cheaper oil is bright spot in financial crisis
By Erin Ailworth
The price of crude oil fell to its lowest level in more than a year yesterday, which should lead to further gasoline and heating oil savings for Massachusetts consumers.
Crude oil, which peaked at about $145 a barrel during the summer, dropped $8.89 to [...]

Heating a home often comes down to choosing between oil or gas. But there?s a better, greener solution: wood.
By Elizabeth Gehrman
When I finally finished the outrageously expensive gut-renovation of my two-family East Boston Cape in 2004, I was surprised and grateful to hear that the boilers, at least, could keep sputtering away for a few [...]