History & About Us

Jamie Oil was founded in 1989 by Keith Proia of Framingham, Mass. Before he started the company Proia had worked for his father Sam at the family business, Crown Fuel, which was also located in Framingham. The company was named after Keith's newborn daughter, Jamie.

Proia built his customer base quickly, he bought brand new oil trucks and built his reputation by offering quality work at fair prices. Unlike most upstart companies, Jamie offered full service 24 hours a day. By 1995 the company had over 1000 customers, most of whom were on automatic delivery. Company sales exceeded $1,000,000 for the first time in 1995. The company had five employees.

Tired of the long New England winters and the grind of the oil business, Proia sold the company in the summer of 1997. Proia moved to Florida shortly after the sale, where he continues to live today. The new company was headed by Tom Carey, of Hopkinton, MA. Carey had spent over fifteen years in the oil business. He started out working for the largest oil suppliers operating in New England, but always wanted to buy a local company.

In 1997 the company began offering fixed price programs on heating oil to both homeowners and industrial accounts. Jamie Oil also began selling gasoline and Diesel Fuel. Soon the company was selling commercial fuel in New Hampshire. The primary line of business continued to be home heating oil and burner service in eastern Massachusetts.

Jamie Oil then bought several competitors. HB Fuel, owned by Harold Brown of Marlboro, was the first in 1999. Then came Albies Oil Service, in 2000. Albies was established in 1932 by the Rousseau family. The company was located in the north Framingham neighborhood of Saxonville.

In 2001 both Crown and Alan Fuel were acquired by Jamie. Alan Miller of Holliston continues to work with us today.

As the company grew so did the need to expand the JOC staff. Jamie was able to hire some of the most talented and experienced people in the field as other local oil companies sold to national marketers. In September 2000, Rick Auen of Hopkinton joined Jamie as the new General Manager. Over the next two years Auen and Carey hired ten former employees of the former Terry and Trinity Oil companies, with an average of over 20 years of experience per person. Auen, worked for Terry for over 30 years. His last position under Bill Terry was Vice-President/General Manager.

In 2002 JOC was named "Best of Metrowest" for the fifth straight year, In 2003 Grant's Oil of Hopkinton merged with Jamie, Dan Grant joined the new organization. Jamie also made their first delivery in the State of Maine in 2003. The company moved to their new office on Park Street in Framingham in July, 2003.

In the fall of 2004, Ed and Als Oil Service of Ashland merged with JOC, Jamie now is able to store thousands of gallons of fuel in Ashland, a key distribution point for the company. Bruce Camille continues to be active with Jamie Oil.

Annual sales now exceed $10 Million and our customer has count more than quadrupled over the last seven years, our goals remain the same as always: Provide Quality at a Fair Price. Jamie Oil was named "Best of Metrowest" for the eighth consecutive year in 2004. The company has 25 employees as of today.