Oil Delays Causing Huge Problems For Some Homes

With many parts of the United Kingdom being left frozen and almost impossible to reach due to freezing weather conditions over the Christmas period, many homes were left with little or not heating oil supplies. Oil suppliers were caught out with the unexpected force of the cold weather and hazardous roads meant that oil could not be delivered to thousands of customers.Many pensioners find winter times really tough because of the rising costs of fuel. But there could be deadly consequences if they were to be left for any length of time with no oil. The cold weather left hundreds of homes without oil for over a month even though they had placed their orders for oil before the cold weather had hit.Mrs Clare Stott, 87, from Woodstock was one of those pensioners left without oil. Mrs. Stott ordered her oil before the snow fell but was left waiting as the delivery trucks could not reach her. She could have found herself in serious bother if not for kind neighbour Chris Pomfrett. Mr
. Pomfrett is an energy consultant and managed to get hold of a barrel of heating oil for Mrs. Stott which held 25 litres. But Mrs. Stott is just one of thousands of rural customers who have been left without oil during the freezing weather. Many homes are virtually impossible to reach for oil deliveries.Mr. Pomfrett actually runs an oil buying group which offers customers discounts on oil. The business is a not for profit business which is responsible for allowing some customers to access cheaper oil prices. He has said that he feels that some more vulnerable oil customers were not helped by their oil companies. He suggested that smaller amounts of oil could have been sent to the most needy customers if the oil companies had used 4x4 trucks.There are other needy customers as well as pensioners who have been left in misery due to oil delays. Families with newborn babies and other households where there is a sick family member cannot be without heating oil in times like this.
But oil companies have said they are doing all they can to prioritise customers in most need.Some people spend a lot of money heating their homes in the winter. Gas and electricity are very expensive today, with no signs of prices coming down. Savvy people are changing over to oil as a home fuel though. After the changeover they have to make sure that the storage tanks are always full of cheapest heating oil ensuring they can always heat their home in winter.

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