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An oil terminal (also called a tank farm, tankfarm, oil installation or oil depot) is an industrial facility for the storage of oil, petroleum and petrochemical products, and from which these products are transported to end users or other storage facilities. An oil terminal typically has a variety of above or below ground tankage; facilities for inter-tank transfer; pumping facilities; loading gantries for filling road tankers or barges; ship loading/unloading equipment at marine terminals; and pipeline connections.

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  1. Chalked

    How about this for an oil tank !

    Saw this while sat in traffic today. I can see the feed coming from the bottom. wtf!
  2. J

    how to stop a slight leak between shut off valve on oil tank and the supply line

    Hi, There is a slight drip/leak between the shut off valve on my oil tank and the supply line. What is the best way to seal this? Thanks Jonny
  3. B

    Oil tank on ebay (split!!)

    I cant believe someone would try to sell this: Oil tank | eBay
  4. B

    Wet/dry vac on oil tank

    Has anyone ever used their wet/dry vac to hoover up the dregs in an oil tank? Had a contaminated oil tank and pumped out most of the oil using a hand pump. Would like to get the last bits out which always contain the most crap and was wondering if the oil would kill my wet/dry vac. Anyone done this?
  5. F

    plastic pipe for oil tank feed to boiler

    would it be possible to use per /pex plastic pipe on a oil tank feed to the boiler,in place of the old copper one.
  6. D

    1200Ltr low profile oil tank.

    I don't do a lot of oil now, so I'm a bit outdated with the regs: can someone please confirm if a 1200Ltr kero tank needs to be bunded for an installation in Scotland? Thanks guys.
  7. J

    Oil Tank Pipe work.

    I'm currently building a new house and have bought an underground storage tank. The tank is 50m from the boiler room where I will have 2 boilers ( 1 for UFH/HW and 1 for the swimming pool). What I need to know if what size pipe do I need to run from the tank to the boiler room to make sure...
  8. P

    Pipework from Oil tank to Boiler.

    Hello all, I've joined to ask some advice on problem with line from oil tank to boiler. Got air getting into line to boiler. Getting pressure test to see if problem is in this pipe. Question is if it does have problem ( its buried under garden ) will it...
  9. F

    Oil tank run out.

    Hi all, i have recently ran out of oil to the extent that the boiler stopped working and the 'lockout' light was on. I have had a delivery of oil this afternoon and want to know if there is anything i need to do to prevent anything going wrong rather than just turning the heating on? Any advice...
  10. B

    head breaking device for oil tank?

    I need to fit a oil tank 6 meters above the boiler and the manufacturer states if its over 5 meters then a head breaking device needs to be installed yet ive never heard of this. Anybody know what this is?
  11. B

    Oil tank sight tube

    Where do you get yours from? I heard someone got it for about 41p / metre from somewhere but Central Tanks are £32 +VAt for 30metres which isnt tooo bad.
  12. G

    Existing oil tank

    Just looked at a oil boiler replacement/system upgrade and noticed the existing oil tank is not to new regs (to close to boundary and dwelling). am i right in saying its ok to connect the new boiler to this or should i advise replacement?
  13. C

    Oil tank valve problem

    Hi. Advice needed I have to change/clean the filter coming from my oil tank. It does not have a shut off arm but has a round knob at the end. I'm assuming I would have to trun this to cut off the oil before releasing the bowl below. Anybody know which way? photo below
  14. J

    Water in Oil Tank

    What is the best way of removing 2" of water from an oil storage tank, without draining 500 litres of oil and cleaning the tank?
  15. T

    Oil Tank Below Boiler Level problem

    Hi, Recently on the advice of a plumber we moved our oil tank level from above the level of the tank, to further down our garden. We were told that it would be fine as he would use a tiger loop which would draw the oil up to the boiler no problem. The bottom of the oil tank is around 2.5/3...
  16. J

    distance between oil tank and boiler help.

    how far does your oil tank need to be from your boiler.
  17. D

    Changing Oil Tank Sight Tube Plastic Thing-a-me-jig wotsit

    You know the tube that goes up the front of an oil tank so you can see how much oil is left? That's the one! Presumably to change it to a new one you just pull the old one out (trying to catch the oil in the tube) then push a new one in? There is a nut at the bottom but I'm assuming I...
  18. C

    New Oil tank installation pipework query

    Morning all, Im after a little advise on installing pipework to an existing oil fired boiler. I am replacing a rusty old tank with a plastic one in a new location so need to install new pipework. Im going with 10mm Qual pipe buried 450mm below ground but need to know where the pipe is...
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  19. S

    Tiger Loop & Oil Tank Question

    Hi All I have an oil fired heating system which has been a constant problem for the last 2 years. Basically the problem has been muck and water getting into the bunded tank somehow. This has resulted in us having to change the oil pump in the boiler about 5 times to date. We now have a...
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    • Replies: 5
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  20. P

    Oil Tank Main Valve

    Hi all, Customer has main valve on oil tank I have never seen before. Small screw to isolate oil flow, just like mains water isolation, going to filter with clear plastic bowl and gauge and oil pipeline connections. The plastic bowl is strarting to craze and could crack anytime. tried the...
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