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RIDOT TO BUILD NEXT 10 TOLLING GANTRIES pg . 3

BNL REPORT : B20 TO B100 BLENDS AS HEATING FUELS pg . 24 www . fueloilnews . com FEBRUARY 2019

BOILERS : A ROUNDUP pg . 38

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The New Ways of

Growing your fuel business

BUSINESS OPERATIONS 17 Preview : Fleet Technical Congress and Work Truck Show

18 NORA Extended Into 2029

President Trump signs the Farm Bill , securing NORA for 10 Years .

20 How to Build ‘ Will-Call ’ Business on the Web

Full-service , Will-Call and COD can co-exist , says Mark Stillman .

24 B20 to B100 Blends as Heating Fuels

The first of a series of excerpts from a report compiled by Dr . Thomas A . Butcher and Rebecca Trojanowski of Brookhaven National Laboratory .

29 Run Pre-Authorizations Without a Penalty

Columnist Marci Gagnon details a new era in pre-authorizations .

30 Propane Summit Doubles as Information Exchange

Columnist Shane Sweet on the Leadership Summit held by NPGA and PERC .

37 Toyota and Kenworth Aim to Develop Zero-Emission Trucks

42 TuSimple Operates Self-Driving Trucks in U . S .

HVAC / HYDRONICS 38 Roundup : Boilers

What ’ s new , what ’ s improved .

45 How to Install an Oil Tank : Part II

Columnist George Lanthier with the second of two parts on the ABCs of installing residential heating oil tanks .

50 Thermal Expansion

Columnist Charles Bursey expands on thermal expansion .

The New Ways of ‘ Will-Call ,’ our cover story , begins on page 20 . Photo Credit : © istockphoto . com / ridvan _ celik

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