An underground oil tank is the most expensive option because you need to hire someone with the experience to create the access hole for the tank. On average, this will cost between $1,500 and ...

Since the oil tank is underground, the tank has great insulation. It is unaffected by weather changes because of the soil surrounding it. Space Saver. An obvious benefit of having your oil tank ...

When Rutherford homeowners Sandy and Mark Viggiano had their underground oil tank removed last June, they discovered it had been leaking into the soil around their home. That began an ordeal that ...

When Marianne and Matthew Schottenfeld began thinking of selling their Waldwick, N.J., home in early 2009, a real estate agent advised them to remove the underground heating-oil tank.

While larger tanks are regulated by the State of Michigan Underground Storage Tank Act, tanks of less than 1,100-gallon capacity fall under the Flammable and Combustible (FL/CL) materials rules.

While they are all inactive by now, as their average life span was only 15 to 25 years, there are still thousands of underground oil tanks in the region. In Oak Bay, the fire department’s records show ...

The US government became alarmed about access to crude oil after the 1973-1974 Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC) embargo, which drove gasification and oil prices to almost ...

Underground oil tanks were buried on residential properties prior to 1961, when the practice was discontinued. While they are all inactive by now, ...

June 09, 2025 at 2:13 pm PDT. My friend is shopping for houses. The one she likes has an underground heating oil tank. We’ve both heard vaguely scary things about these tanks (words like “DEQ ...

Underground oil tanks were buried on residential properties prior to 1961, when the practice was discontinued. While they are all inactive by now, ...