Category Archives: Environmental Contracting

Trends within North American underground tank market

Tom Tietjen, VP of Fuel Markets, ZCL | Xerxes, and writing consultant Ann K. Ryan, Keen Consultants US, describe changes in the fuel storage market, the risks of corrosion with new fuels, new forms of monitoring and the growth of fiberglass in their piece for PetrolPlaza. Since the early 1980s, fiberglass underground storage tanks (USTs)…
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The Brownfield Gold Rush: Municipalities Give Contaminated Properties New Life

Innovative local government leaders throughout the country are taking advantage of state and federal incentives to transform former landfills and contaminated industrial properties and waste sites into energy-producing wind and solar projects. Two examples of municipalities giving such contaminated properties new life are discussed in this article – redeveloping once polluted properties into solar installations…
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Lukoil buys 18 Auto Maas filling stations in Netherlands

Lukoil said on February 27 that it has bought 18 filling stations mainly in central and southern Netherlands from Auto Maas, a Dutch filling station operator, because it is part of the plans to “further expand its presence” in that country. “With this takeover in South Holland and North Brabant, Lukoil now further expands its…
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Some Fuel Retailers Dealing with Hacked Inventory Monitoring Devices

2015-01-21 12:53:04 EST Some Fuel Retailers Dealing with Hacked Inventory Monitoring Devices Some fuel inventory and throughput monitoring devices at gasoline retail stations have been hacked by an unknown perpetrator early on Wednesday, causing some technical issues and a possible compromise of individual station inventory data, some dealers told OPIS. The Veeder-Root TLS fuel monitoring…
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