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I have been to many industrial sites, and oil/gas/diesel tanks have been above ground. Some had bollards to block physical bumps. Many had spill containment kne
by landemva 3y ago
I have been to many industrial sites, and oil/gas/diesel tanks have been above ground. Some had bollards to block physical bumps. Many had spill containment knee walls.
There are probably regulations depending on type of tank and contents to allow these private tanks. Above ground does make identification of a leak more rapid.
- 13of40 3y agoAbove ground tanks also have the benefit of being gravity fed, so you can use them in rural areas without a power supply or complex pumping equipment.
- landemva 3y agoThe tanks for fresh product (gas/diesel) which I saw had 220v electric pumps and were outside. Some had meters like a gas station to track usage to a machine. Fresh oil tanks were pneumatic. Used oil tanks were pumped out by the service truck. OSHA regulated. Free-standing tanks for fresh product which are in rooms (drifts/bays) underground (mines) seem to be pneumatic with small tanks using a rotational hand pump simply because not a lot of whatever is being used. MSHA regulated. (Never call used oil "contaminated".) Maybe farmers use gravity? As an aside, I happened to recently see a setup 2/3 mile underground with two free-standing used oil tanks. One was marked "abandoned in place" because someone realized if both tanks fail when full, the retaining wall would not contain all of the used oil.