HEATING OIL COSTS SET TO JUMP 34%

The EIA's Winter Fuels Outlook forecasts heating oil at $5.26 a gallon this winter, a 34% jump from last year, pushing the average household bill to $2,115, up 21%. Natural gas users get the opposite trade: their average bill falls 9% to $640 as inventories stay ample. Tight Northeast distillate supply is splitting the US winter into two very different fuel markets. $UHN