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Our dedicated teams located throughout the UK undertake manned entry and remote tank cleaning, fuel filtration, pipeline cleaning and pump filter cleaning to keep fuelling systems well maintained.
Eurotank can provide a one-off cleaning service or establish a schedule of regular tank cleans to prevent the build-up of sludge and solid waste, minimising the risk of corrosion, damage, and fuel contamination.
Storage tanks need cleaning for a variety of reasons from general preventative housekeeping and reactive troubleshooting to ensuring compliance for a tank inspection such as EEMUA 159 Out of Service Inspections required for vertical tanks.
Using our in-house fleet of ADR-compliant, high-powered vacuum and artic tankers along with ultra-high pressure water jetting equipment, Eurotank cleans tanks ranging from 1,000-litre capacity up to one million litres or more, storing any liquid from hydrocarbons to chemicals. Following a SA2.5 surface preparation cleaning method, also known as ‘near-white blast cleaning’, we ensure that steel tanks are free of all visible oil, grease, dirt, dust, mill scale, rust and paint or coatings.
Both manned entry and robotic cleaning require the tank lid to be removed to gain enough access for a person or robot to enter. This can be low cost or high cost, depending on a variety of factors including:
How often the tank has been cleaned is a major factor in determining which method to use. If a tank has never been cleaned and is 15/20 years plus old, manned entry or robot cleaning is likely to be the fastest way to clean it due to the likely build-up of heavy sludge and rust at each end.
If the tank is newer or has been fully cleaned out before, remote cleaning is often the best method because it can be done quickly without causing much disruption.
Size of tank is another key factor – small tanks are much easier to clean using remote cleaning than large tanks – along with what you are trying to achieve with the clean. If you want to prolong the life of the tank, a risk assessment and repair of a tank can be done at the same time as a manned entry clean, whereas this cannot currently be done by a robot or remotely.
Finally, how a client feels about confined space entry is another important factor to consider. Confined space regulations point towards ruling out alternative methods before undertaking confined space entry so remote cleaning or robotic cleaning can provide the service without human entry.
