Bookmark and Share  Historic Oil  Serving customers for over 100
years.  The History of Petro  Over 100 years of industry
leadership  This History of Petro  The oil heating industry
began with Petro, when M.A. Fessler invented the oil burner to
take advantage of the crude oil that was seeping out of the CA
ground in 1903. To capitalize on his invention, Fessler started
the Fess System Company, which eventually became Petro. Fessler
perfected his invention over the next several years, and in 1915
the company moved east, installing the first oil burner in
Boston. The company then began to grow rapidly and by 1916 was
entering into its first contracts to purchase fuel oil. By 1917,
there were contracts to purchase over 210,000 gallons!  In 1920,
the first Petro oil burner factory opened in Stamford, CT,
managed by M.A. Fessler, who remained with Petro until his
retirement in 1927.  During this time, the Oil Trade Journal,
Vol. 11, No. 1, January, 1920, pg. 64, reported the following
about the company:  "The Fess