Abandonment or Decommissioning An alternative to removing the oil tank is to have the tank abandoned or decommissioned. This process involves leaving the tank buried in the ground instead of having it ...

Q I have an unused underground fuel oil tank on my property. I have been told that real estate agents will not list a property for sale if it has an underground tank. Our house was heated with fuel ...

The storage tanks for oil used by current oil facilities will have been around long before the evolution of the tank inspections, monitoring, and record keeping standards of modern-day facilities.

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