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heating oil storage
Bulk storage of kerosene or other petroleum-derived heating oils, excluding packaged heating-oil products.
Heating oil storage facilities are places for bulk storage of kerosene or other heating oils derived from petroleum. This does not include warehouse spaces for storage of packaged heating oil.
The commodity is oil held for heating use after production from petroleum. Kerosene is one included heating oil.
Crude oil belongs to petroleum storage. Warehouse storage of packaged heating oil is also outside this bulk-storage meaning.
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