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Britteco empties, cleans, decommissions and takes away commercial oil and diesel tanks across Nottinghamshire, from industrial units in Nottingham and Mansfield to farms outside Newark and Retford. Our engineers come from the Banbury base with the pumps, tankers and paperwork to finish the job.
The Trent valley has lost its coal stations one after another. Cottam shut in 2019 after about fifty years, coal generation at West Burton A ended in March 2023, and Ratcliffe-on-Soar by junction 24 of the M1 closed in September 2024 as the last coal station in the UK. Sites being cleared or reused leave behind fuel oil and diesel tanks, pipework and bunds that have to be drained, cleaned and certified before demolition contractors can move in.
Plenty of working sites remain. The gas turbine station at West Burton B still runs, and warehouses, engineering firms and food businesses around Nottingham, Hucknall and Sutton-in-Ashfield keep diesel for forklifts, yard plant and standby generators. Fuel left in a generator tank for a year or more often grows diesel bug and drops sludge, so the first sign of trouble is a set that stalls on test.
Only 2.8% of Nottinghamshire homes heat with oil alone, but in Bassetlaw the figure is 8.3%. Farms and estates around Worksop, Retford and the Sherwood villages run kerosene boilers, red diesel for machinery and fuel stores in old steel tanks.
Clearance sites, live factories and farms all go through the same four stages.
Ordered by how often each service comes up in the county.
Run out of heating oil or diesel in Nottinghamshire?
24/7 emergency heating oil, kerosene and diesel delivery from 100 litres, including nights, weekends and bank holidays.
Nottinghamshire is covered by the Environment Agency’s East Midlands area. The River Trent is an EA main river, and parts of Nottingham sit behind a £45m flood defence scheme along it. Tanks on low ground beside the Trent, Idle or Soar should have bunds in good order and fill points above likely flood levels.
Much of the county also stands on the Sherwood Sandstone, which the county council describes as a major aquifer and an important water supply for a wide area. Oil that escapes into sandy ground can reach groundwater quickly, which is why a cracked bund or a weeping tank here is more than a housekeeping issue.
Businesses storing over 201 litres of oil must meet the Control of Pollution (Oil Storage) (England) Regulations 2001: a bund or integral skin holding 110% of capacity, and protected fill pipes, gauges and valves. Follow GPP2 for siting. When we finish, you get the waste notes and a disposal or degassing certificate.
We go anywhere in the county and the city; these names appear most in our diary.
We do, as a package. Tanks and pipework are drained, cleaned and de-gassed, then removed or filled, and you get a degassing certificate that lets the demolition contractor cut and break safely. We can work alongside your other contractors on a shared programme.
Quite often. Diesel that sits for months picks up condensation, and microbes grow at the fuel and water line, producing a dark slime that blocks filters. We sample the fuel, drain the water, clean the tank and polish what is left so the set will start when it is needed.
Yes. We pump out the remaining fuel and water, open and clean the tank, then dig it out or fill it in place if it sits under a forecourt or building. Either way you receive a certificate, which buyers and lenders usually ask for.
We are not based in the county, but we work in Worksop, Retford and the Bassetlaw villages regularly. Engineers come from our Banbury headquarters with everything needed to finish in one visit, and we agree the date with you first.
It can be, because filling a tank in place avoids excavation and lifting. Removal is usually better before a sale or redevelopment, since nothing is left in the ground. We price both options from photos and explain which suits your site.
Our crews cover the neighbouring counties as well.
Send us the tank details and a few photos. You get a written method and a fixed quote, and we book a date around your programme.
