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Goff serve more than 70,000 homes, farms, schools, and businesses direct with heating oil at better prices than most of their competitors. When you call Goff you will speak to a UK based sales team who will be happy to handle your order, or answer any questions you may have.

The Heating Oil for your order is sourced from local refineries, or major distribution terminals, and your delivery will be from one of these, or from one of the local Goff depots based at strategic points across East Anglia and the South East.

Heating oil has been used in Great Britain since the very early 1900’s, today over 1.5 million homes and 6 million people in Great Britain are reliant on heating oil for their hot water and heating.

Domestic heating oil is known by many different names however its proper chemical name is Kerosene, also known as paraffin, and it is a combustible hydrocarbon liquid which is derived from crude oil or petroleum feedstocks at one of the 6 UK oil refineries, or imported from global producers through sea-fed storage facilities.

When it comes to heating, oil fired central heating is the cheapest energy source for rural areas, where there is no gas supply, 

and it is currently the cheapest of all types of heating, including mains gas, electric and alternative, or renewable, sources. Oil is:

• 7% cheaper than mains gas.
• Half the price of wood pellet systems.
• Over £1000 cheaper than Air Source Heat Pumps.
• Substantially cheaper to run than any traditional or renewable heating option.

The best time to buy heating oil? Good question.

As a commodity the price of heating oil changes by the minute daily, so the price and market can be fairly unpredictable.

However, there is a couple of things you can do to ensure you have a better chance of buying your oil at a competitive price.

Try to keep an eye on your oil levels and avoid having to make an instant purchase because your tank is really low.

Every year oil prices tend to be at their highest in the colder months, this is simply a matter of supply and demand. Therefore, it is common that the oil price is lower during the Summer.

Domestic heating oil is known by many different names. Other names used include;

Domestic fuel oil, Regular heating oil,

Home heating oil, Central heating oil,

Burning oil, Kerosene heating oil,

Boiler fuel, Boiler juice, 28-second burning oil,

or simply    Kero. 

In the aviation market it is known as Jet Fuel.

It’s fair to say that it can be quite confusing.

Heating oil has a low viscosity level when compared to other fuels, this quality makes it ideal for use as a domestic fuel. It burns cleanly and efficiently and is cheaper than gas and more economical to produce, making it more cost-effective for buyers. It’s efficiency provides strong cold weather performance, making it a reliable option for heating UK homes, with our changing weather conditions.

Domestic heating oil remains popular as it is incredibly stable, safe to transport, and a small volume generates alot of heat because it burns at a high temperature. It has a low risk of carbon monoxide poisoning and therefore is considered as one of the safest fuels you can have in your home.

The UK domestic oil market of 1.5 million users is served by over 100 distributors; is very competitive and very responsive to price movements so ensuring users have vast choice. As heating oil tanks and fixings are standard; your choice of supplier is also unrestricted. Any fuel company can deliver to any tank.

Unlike LPG, you own your oil tank, not the supplier and so are not paying rental and maintenance fees for the privilege of using oil. Also unlike electricity, or mains gas, you do not pay additional standing charges to cover your connection or to support the national grid and energy infrastructure.

Goff serve more than 70,000 homes, farms, schools, and businesses direct with heating oil at better prices than most of their competitors. When you call Goff you will speak to a UK based sales team who will be happy to handle your order, or answer any questions you may have.

The Heating Oil for your order is sourced from local refineries, or major distribution terminals, and your delivery will be from one of these, or from one of the local Goff depots based at strategic points across East Anglia and the South East.