HeatForce® Premium Heating Oil
Product Offering
A Smarter Heating Oil for Resellers: HeatForce®
Fewer Service Calls. More Protection. One Premium Solution.
Today’s heating-oil environments, including higher bio-blends and longer storage, can place additional strain on fuel systems, leading to buildup, instability, and avoidable service calls. HeatForce® premium heating oil is designed to help address those challenges by protecting fuel systems, stabilizing fuel quality, and reducing fuel-related issues before they turn into problems. Backed by proven additive technology and trusted by fuel dealers since 2003, HeatForce® helps you deliver consistent performance and a better customer experience without changing how you operate.
Make Sprague your local heating oil supplier. Find the nearest terminal offering HeatForce® today.
Advanced Fuel For Today’s Demands
Protects Tanks & Fuel Lines
Minimizes corrosion and keeps systems cleaner
Stabilizes Stored Fuel
Slows degradation and improves fuel integrity
Reduces Service Calls
Fewer clogged filters, fewer burner lockouts
Optimizes Bioblend Performance
Supports biodiesel and renewable fuel blends
Cleaner Fuel Systems & Enhanced Efficiency
HeatForce® includes a proprietary, field-proven additive package engineered to maintain fuel integrity and improve heating oil efficiency—from delivery to combustion. Supplied as a wholesale heating oil and pre-blended at Sprague terminals, HeatForce® arrives ready to perform, eliminating the need for manual additive handling or self-blending, while helping keep tanks, lines, burners, and filters cleaner over time.
HeatForce® begins working immediately and cleans progressively over time—helping reduce the risk of filter plugging and system disruption commonly associated with more aggressive treatments.
From Tank to Burner, HeatForce® Helps:
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Protect tanks and fuel lines by limiting corrosion and buildup
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Keep filters, nozzles, and strainers cleaner as fuel moves through the system
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Stabilize stored fuel to reduce degradation over time
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Support clean-burning heating oil performance with fewer deposits and less soot
The result: Cleaner systems, fewer breakdowns, fewer service calls, and happier customers—backed by real-world experiences.
Proven Technology Inside Every Gallon
HeatForce® includes a proprietary, field-proven additive package that helps protect and clean the entire heating system from delivery to combustion.
Dispersant Technology
Corrosion Protection
Fuel Stabilization
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Progressively disperses existing sludge
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Allows contaminants to safely pass through filters into combustion
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Helps clean the fuel system over time
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Forms a protective barrier between fuel and metal components
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Reduces corrosion in tanks and oil lines
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Extends equipment and storage asset life
- Slows oxidation to keep fuel fresher longer
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Prevents sludge formation
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Protects heating oil, biodiesel, and blended fuels
Real-World Results from Customers
Southbridge Tire & Oil Co.
Southbridge Tire & Oil Co. has used HeatForce® for years to help improve system reliability and reduce fuel-related service issues across multiple locations. Over time, they’ve seen cleaner filters, smoother system performance, and fewer after-hours calls—benefits that have become even more important as biodiesel blends increase.
“Filters from HeatForce customers still look white—like they were just installed. New customers not using HeatForce have black, greasy filters full of sludge.”
Read the full customer spotlight to see real-world results and insights from the Southbridge team.
What Our Customers Are Saying
“Our customer’s unit could have easily gone longer without being serviced [because of HeatForce®]. Our service technicians no longer come back to the office at the end of the day covered in soot and smelling like a fuel bath [after] doing their jobs.”
- Steve Walsh, Davis Oil Company, Inc.
- Richard Peterson, Peterson Fuel Oil
- David T. Farrar, General Manager at Miles Lumber Co. Inc
Heating Oil Futures
Pricing Programs for Heating Oil and Energy Needs—Designed to Move Your Business Forward
HeatCurve®
PhysicalCap®
PriceFlex®
Sprague Real-Time ®
HeatCurve®
Designed to help your business thrive
Sprague’s HeatCurve® Program lets you buy the same way you sell. We offer volume flexibility over 12 different schedules, so you can match your winter heating demand curve. Whatever your program, Sprague has a HeatCurve schedule designed to cover it – in both full volume and small volume versions.
Flexible Contracts
Forward contracts as low as 1,000 gallons and customizable in 100-gallon increments
Flexible Volumes
Sprague weights your volumes based on when your customers need the product, also allowing you to select the appropriate time period
Simple Pricing
Sprague provides pricing visibility for each forward month and creates a single weighted-average price, making it easy for you to better serve your customers
PhysicalCap®
Cap protection with a built-in HeatCurve®
Sprague’s PhysicalCap® price protection program helps remove the mystery and reduce the risk of covering your customers’ cap programs. With protection that matches exposure (lift-for-lift), retailers can easily create a pricing program for their customers with less confusion and risk than ever before.
No Storage? No Problem – Match your exposure today
- Maximum cap and minimum floor - with no fixed forward required
- Protection offered throughout the entire month based on your lifting schedule
- Small minimum gallon requirements*
- Cash flow protection when you need it most - during the delivery window
- Price protection premium payment choices available to minimize cash flow impact
- Built-in basis protection and built-in Sprague HeatCurve® schedule
How it works:
- Choose your HeatCurve® schedule and volume
- A maximum cap price is set with a maximum base price and fixed differential
- You get the lower price of either the maximum cap price or base (market) price plus the differential protection offered throughout the entire month based on your lifting schedule
- Small minimum gallon requirements*
- Cash flow protection when you need it most - during the delivery window
*Minimum total requirement of 10,000 gallons, but can be done in 1,000 gallons minimum per month as long as total is 10,000 gallons.
PriceFlex®
Downside Protection, Individual Lifts
Sprague’s innovative PriceFlex® price protection program provides the industry’s first way to match downside protection with an individual lifting - reducing the time, confusion and risk associated with managing customer price protection programs.
Simplify Your Cap Management
- Can be added to any forward contract - HeatCurve® or Fixed Forward
- Protection offered throughout the entire month based on your lifting schedule
- Small minimum gallon requirements*
- Cash flow protection when you need it most - during the delivery window
- Price protection premium payment choices available to minimize cash flow impact
- Built-in basis protection
*Minimum total requirement of 10,000 gallons, but can be done in 1,000 gallons minimum per month as long as total is 10,000 gallons.
Flexible Volumes
Select a Fixed Forward on a HeatCurve® schedule or customized volume
Flexible Schedules
Protection is offered throughout the entire month, based on your liftings
Simple Pricing
Sprague provides pricing visibility for each forward month and creates a single weighted-average price, making it easy for you to better serve your customers
Greater Savings
Cash flow protection when you need it most – during the delivery window
Sprague Real-Time ®
Seize every market opportunity with the Sprague Real-Time® Pricing Platform
Sprague is committed to continually investing in products and services that make a difference for you—and your customers. That’s why we created the Sprague Real-Time® Pricing Platform, the industry’s best and simplest online tool,that offers live price updates throughout the day and the ability to lock in the lowest Sprague price from the moment you place your order. Wherever and whenever you need it, our pricing platform increases your opportunities for successful purchasing and business decisions.
The Sprague Real-Time® pricing platform—the industry’s best and simplest online tool—provides you with live price updates throughout the day, and the ability to lock in the lowest Sprague price from the moment you place your order. The pricing tool offers:
- Embedded real-time messaging for price opportunities, market news, and supply/terminal updates
- Ability to set price alerts for prompt and forward prices
- Prompt and forward contracts available in quantities to fit your needs
- HeatCurve® (126,000-gallon minimum) and small volume HeatCurve® (1,000-gallon minimum)
- Daily product trading ranges
- Direct integration to SpraguePORT® for contract balances
- Access to historical buying data
- iOS and Android mobile app, “Sprague RT”
Frequently Asked Questions
What makes premium heating oil different from standard heating oil?
While standard heating oil meets basic heating needs, it does not include enhanced additive treatment to address fuel stability, system cleanliness, or corrosion over time. HeatForce® Premium Heating Oil is formulated with a proprietary additive package designed to help maintain cleaner systems, reduce fuel-related service issues, and support reliable performance—especially as biodiesel blends increase. For many fuel providers, those operational benefits help offset the incremental cost over the heating season.
Is HeatForce® compatible with existing heating systems?
Yes. HeatForce® is fully compatible with standard heating oil systems and equipment. No equipment changes are required.
Can HeatForce® be used with biodiesel blends?
HeatForce® is formulated to stabilize biodiesel and blended fuels, helping manage oxidation, water absorption, and deposit formation as blends increase.
Will HeatForce® reduce service calls?
HeatForce® is designed to help reduce fuel-related service issues by keeping filters, nozzles, and fuel lines cleaner. Many customers report fewer unscheduled service calls over time.
Does HeatForce® clean existing systems or just keep them clean?
HeatForce® begins working as soon as it enters the tank, helping disperse existing sludge while continuing to protect and maintain system cleanliness over time.
Is HeatForce® safe for storage tanks?
Yes. HeatForce® contains corrosion inhibitors and fuel stabilizers that help protect tanks and metal components and reduce degradation during storage.
Is HeatForce® available year-round?
Yes. HeatForce® Premium Heating Oil is available through Sprague and supplied consistently across the heating season.
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Does HeatForce® clean systems without causing filter plugging?
HeatForce® uses progressive dispersant chemistry that keeps contaminants suspended in the fuel, allowing them to pass safely through filters rather than clumping and causing blockages.
Your Partner in Energy
We work alongside fuel providers to help ensure reliable supply, consistent performance, and programs that support your operations. Backed by local account managers and Sprague’s established terminal network, we combine proven products like HeatForce® with straightforward pricing and supply strategies tailored to your business.
Contact us to learn how HeatForce® and Sprague can support your operation.
Please note: At this time, Sprague serves businesses only.