Show Heating oil deliveries up this winter During the depths of this years year's record cold winter Amoco Oil Company distributed million gallons of heating oil oil oil-an an average average average aver aver- age of 77 million gallons per day dayto to to customers in its Midwestern Midwest Midwest- ern regions Amoco's heating oil deliveries deliver deliver- ies in the North Central United States during December and January January January Jan Jan- uary exceeded those of last year yearby yearby yearby by percent pet cent despite severe sever supply and distribution n problems c caused used by of temperatures that were per cent colder than the year before according to H. H G G. G Peterson Amoco's manager of pricing and allocation Amoco's refineries operated at capacity and maximized distillate distillate distillate dis dis- production in order to not only serve its regular customers but also respond to the needs of its large industrial standby customers customers customers cus cus- who had to switch to al alternate alternate alternate al- al ternate fuels because of natural gas curtailments The freezing of principal waterways waterways waterways wa wa- used by Amoco's barge and lake tankers made distribution distribution distribution tion problems considerably worse Peterson said This forced the company to expand its use of trucks trucks n a very costly procedure procedure in in order to insure supply to Amoco's jobbers who are the main source of distribution distribution tion ion to homes schools and Industry in industry industry In- In he said |