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Britteco looks after kerosene, gas oil and diesel tanks for estates, farms, schools and industrial sites in Rutland, from Oakham and Uppingham to Ketton and the villages around Rutland Water. We replace worn tanks, clear out sludge and remove or decommission tanks that are no longer needed, with engineers sent from our Banbury base.
Rutland is mostly stone villages, farmland and water, and Oakham is its only sizeable town. Census 2021 shows 9.1% of Rutland households heat with oil and nothing else, more than double the East Midlands figure of 3.9%. Stone farmhouses, converted barns, village pubs and churches all keep a heating oil tank somewhere on the property, and a good number are plastic tanks from the 1990s or steel tanks older still.
Industry is concentrated rather than spread out. The cement works at Ketton quarries its own limestone and clay and supplies about a tenth of the UK’s Portland cement, so heavy plant and site vehicles run on stored diesel. Kendrew Barracks, on the old RAF Cottesmore airfield between Cottesmore and Market Overton, is an Army base with its own fuel needs.
Around the edge of Rutland Water, holiday lets and visitor businesses add generators and boiler tanks close to the shore. Fuel stored that near a public drinking water reservoir deserves a well-kept bund and regular checks.
Village sites are often tight, so access gets planned first.
Ordered by local demand, starting with heating oil tank replacement.
Run out of heating oil or diesel in Rutland?
24/7 emergency heating oil, kerosene and diesel delivery from 100 litres, including nights, weekends and bank holidays.
Rutland falls in the Environment Agency’s East Midlands area. Rutland Water, made by damming the River Gwash near Empingham and filled by pumping from the Nene and Welland, supplies drinking water across the East Midlands. In August 2026 the region moved into drought, and falling levels uncovered the remains of Nether Hambleton. A spill that reaches a stream feeding the reservoir is a serious pollution incident, whatever the weather.
Commercial premises, including farms, estates and holiday businesses, that store more than 201 litres of oil come under the Control of Pollution (Oil Storage) (England) Regulations 2001. The tank needs a bund or outer skin for 110% of its contents, and its pipes, gauges and valves must be protected. GPP2 explains how far to keep tanks from drains and watercourses.
We leave every Rutland job with waste notes and a certificate of disposal or degassing certificate, so the record follows the property.
We work across all of Rutland; these are the places we are asked to most.
Yes. We survey each tank from photos, then plan one trip to empty, clean and remove or replace them. Consolidating several small tanks into one bunded tank is often worth considering, and we can advise on that.
We have no office in Rutland, but we work here regularly. Our engineers come from Banbury with a vacuum tanker and cleaning kit, and we book a day that suits you.
Not always. If it cannot be removed without harming the building, we pump it out, clean and de-gas it, and fill it with foam so it is inert. You get a certificate showing the tank was decommissioned correctly.
Usually it can. We draw off the water and sludge, clean the tank, and polish the diesel through filters to remove the contamination. Badly affected fuel is taken away as waste and the tank refilled.
We do, though most of our work is commercial. See our guide to home oil tank replacement for what is involved.
Rutland’s neighbours are covered by the same teams.
Send photos, the tank size and what it holds. We plan access, quote a fixed price and agree a date.
