Article: Rhode Island Oil Companies Leave Mom and Pop for Futures, Acquisitions.(Originated from Providence Journal-Bulletin, R.I.)

WARWICK, R.I.--Nov. 6--Across Rhode Island and southeastern New England, nervous residents are starting to watch their thermometers and thermostats, worrying how high their heating bills will go this winter.

The average price of home heating oil, according to a state survey, is 99.9 cents a gallon. Will it go higher?

Greg Erickson is also wondering about prices.

But the vice president of Erickson Oil Co., has more to check than a thermometer. He's also watching the Internet on his office computer, pouring through the Wall Street Journal and phoning his financial advisers.

That's because, in addition to making sure that ...

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