About Ariba Oil
A discount oil company that stayed
Started in 1981 in the middle of an oil crisis, on the idea that people should not have to choose between a fair price and being looked after.
1981
Why the company exists
In 1981 the second gasoline crisis was in full effect. Iraq had attacked Iran and world supply was in jeopardy. Prices were high, unemployment was high, and inflation had pushed interest rates up with it.
People still had to heat their homes. What New Jersey needed was an oil company that could deliver affordable heating oil and still answer the phone properly. That is the gap Ariba was started to fill, and it is still the whole idea.
Plenty of COD companies came and went in the years after. Ariba stayed, and grew into a company that offers budget plans and automatic delivery at COD prices, which most full service companies will not do.
What that means today
Order and pay online or by phone, so nobody has to wait in for a truck.
Budget and automatic customers pay the cash price, not a marked up plan rate.
Employees are treated as part of the family, and customers are the reason there is a company at all. That is the bit that has not changed since 1981.
Why people choose Ariba
Six things, all of which you can check against a delivery ticket.
Locally owned
Not a brand licensed to a call center. The yard is on Chancellor Ave in Irvington.
Same day delivery
Often the same day you order, and prioritized if you are out.
Computerized meters
Every delivery is metered and time stamped from start to finish.
Quality oil
Picked up directly from Sunoco several times a day. We do not store it.
No minimum delivery
Order by the dollar amount if that is what this week allows.
Service available 24/7
A network of local providers that overlap, so there is always cover.
We also honor competitor coupons. Bring us the offer and we will look at it.
Irene and Sandy
The week the phones went down
Both storms caused huge disruption to power and to oil supply. Ariba made fast changes and connected with new suppliers so there was still oil to deliver.
We kept delivering, and ran the business off cell phones while power, internet and phone lines were down for more than a week. We also supplied emergency generators with fuel so local businesses could keep running.
That is the part worth knowing about an oil company. Anyone can deliver in October. What matters is whether they are still reachable in the week everything breaks.
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