Oil Tank Service Areas
We publish tank removal guidance for all 50 states and Washington DC, because the rules that govern a buried heating oil tank change every time you cross a state line. What doesn't change everywhere is our contractor coverage. Right now 17 states have a browsable directory of listed contractors. The rest have full cost, permit and process guides, and a quote request that we route by hand.
Use the regions below to find your state. Every state links to its oil tank removal guide, and states with listed contractors also link straight into the directory. If you already know which service you need, start from the full list of tank services or the national oil tank removal cost guide.
Northeast
This is the heart of the heating oil map, and it's where most of our contractor coverage sits. Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Connecticut and Rhode Island still heat a large share of their housing stock with oil, and New Jersey and New York carry an enormous legacy of buried residential tanks from the decades before natural gas lines reached the suburbs. Removal costs run higher here than anywhere else in the country, and every state in the region has an environmental agency with its own permit and soil-testing rules.
Oil tank removal in Connecticut
Typically $2,000-4,000. Permits are handled by the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP).
Oil tank removal in Delaware
Typically $1,800-3,500. Permits are handled by the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC).
Oil tank removal in Maine
Typically $2,000-4,000. Permits are handled by the Maine Department of Environmental Protection (DEP).
Oil tank removal in Maryland
Typically $1,800-3,800. Permits are handled by the Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE).
Oil tank removal in Massachusetts
Typically $2,200-4,500. Permits are handled by the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP).
Oil tank removal in New Hampshire
Typically $2,000-4,000. Permits are handled by the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services (NHDES).
Oil tank removal in New Jersey
Typically $2,500-5,000. Permits are handled by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP).
Oil tank removal in New York
Typically $2,200-4,500. Permits are handled by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC).
Oil tank removal in Pennsylvania
Typically $2,000-4,000. Permits are handled by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PA DEP).
Oil tank removal in Rhode Island
Typically $2,000-4,000. Permits are handled by the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (RIDEM).
Oil tank removal in Vermont
Typically $2,000-4,000. Permits are handled by the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC).
Oil tank removal in Washington DC
Typically $2,200-4,500. Permits are handled by the DC Department of Energy and Environment (DOEE).
Southeast
Heating oil never dominated the South the way it did New England, so tanks turn up in pockets rather than everywhere: older upstate and piedmont homes, mountain communities, and northern Florida houses built before central gas and electric heat took over. That makes a tank sweep more valuable here, not less, because neither the seller nor the buyer usually expects one. Removal quotes tend to run below the Northeast average.
Oil tank removal in Alabama
Typically $1,500-3,000. Permits are handled by the Alabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM).
Oil tank removal in Arkansas
Typically $1,400-2,800. Permits are handled by the Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment.
Oil tank removal in Florida
Typically $1,400-2,800. Permits are handled by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP).
Oil tank removal in Georgia
Typically $1,500-3,000. Permits are handled by the Georgia Environmental Protection Division (EPD).
Oil tank removal in Kentucky
Typically $1,500-3,000. Permits are handled by the Kentucky Department for Environmental Protection.
Oil tank removal in Louisiana
Typically $1,600-3,200. Permits are handled by the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ).
Oil tank removal in Mississippi
Typically $1,400-2,800. Permits are handled by the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ).
Oil tank removal in North Carolina
Typically $1,600-3,200. Permits are handled by the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (NCDEQ).
Oil tank removal in South Carolina
Typically $1,500-3,000. Permits are handled by the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC).
Oil tank removal in Tennessee
Typically $1,500-3,000. Permits are handled by the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC).
Oil tank removal in Virginia
Typically $1,800-3,500. Permits are handled by the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ).
Oil tank removal in West Virginia
Typically $1,600-3,200. Permits are handled by the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (DEP).
Midwest
Cold winters plus mid-century housing stock left the Midwest with a real legacy tank problem, concentrated in the older neighborhoods of Chicago, Detroit, Milwaukee, the Twin Cities and the industrial river towns. Most of these tanks went into the ground before the 1970s natural gas buildout and were simply left behind when the furnace was swapped out. Each state runs its own underground storage tank program, so the paperwork differs noticeably from one state line to the next.
Oil tank removal in Illinois
Typically $1,800-3,500. Permits are handled by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA).
Oil tank removal in Indiana
Typically $1,600-3,200. Permits are handled by the Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM).
Oil tank removal in Iowa
Typically $1,500-3,000. Permits are handled by the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR).
Oil tank removal in Kansas
Typically $1,400-2,800. Permits are handled by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE).
Oil tank removal in Michigan
Typically $1,800-3,500. Permits are handled by the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE).
Oil tank removal in Minnesota
Typically $1,800-3,500. Permits are handled by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA).
Oil tank removal in Missouri
Typically $1,500-3,000. Permits are handled by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources (DNR).
Oil tank removal in Nebraska
Typically $1,400-2,800. Permits are handled by the Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy.
Oil tank removal in North Dakota
Typically $1,500-3,000. Permits are handled by the North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality.
Oil tank removal in Ohio
Typically $1,800-3,500. Permits are handled by the Ohio Bureau of Underground Storage Tank Regulations (BUSTR).
Oil tank removal in South Dakota
Typically $1,400-2,800. Permits are handled by the South Dakota Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources.
Oil tank removal in Wisconsin
Typically $1,800-3,500. Permits are handled by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR).
Southwest
Residential heating oil is rare across the Southwest. Where tanks do exist they are usually in older mountain communities, on commercial property, or serving backup generators rather than a home furnace. Removal work in these states is more often commercial or agricultural than residential, and state oversight is handled by the same environmental agencies that regulate larger fuel storage.
Oil tank removal in Arizona
Typically $1,200-2,500. Permits are handled by the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ).
Oil tank removal in New Mexico
Typically $1,400-2,800. Permits are handled by the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED).
Oil tank removal in Oklahoma
Typically $1,400-2,800. Permits are handled by the Oklahoma Corporation Commission - Petroleum Storage Tank Division.
Oil tank removal in Texas
Typically $1,500-3,200. Permits are handled by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ).
West
The West splits in two. Alaska depends heavily on heating oil because of the climate, and older homes around Seattle, Portland, the Bay Area and the Colorado mountain towns often still have a buried tank from before gas service arrived. Everywhere else in the region, oil heat is uncommon. Wet Pacific Northwest soils are hard on steel tanks, which is why leak detection comes up more often there than the tank counts alone would suggest.
Oil tank removal in Alaska
Typically $2,500-5,000. Permits are handled by the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (ADEC).
Oil tank removal in California
Typically $2,000-4,500. Permits are handled by the California State Water Resources Control Board.
Oil tank removal in Colorado
Typically $1,600-3,200. Permits are handled by the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment - Division of Oil and Public Safety.
Oil tank removal in Hawaii
Typically $2,500-5,000. Permits are handled by the Hawaii Department of Health - Solid and Hazardous Waste Branch.
Oil tank removal in Idaho
Typically $1,500-3,000. Permits are handled by the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ).
Oil tank removal in Montana
Typically $1,600-3,200. Permits are handled by the Montana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ).
Oil tank removal in Nevada
Typically $1,500-3,000. Permits are handled by the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection (NDEP).
Oil tank removal in Oregon
Typically $1,800-3,500. Permits are handled by the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ).
Oil tank removal in Utah
Typically $1,500-3,000. Permits are handled by the Utah Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ).
Oil tank removal in Washington
Typically $1,800-3,800. Permits are handled by the Washington State Department of Ecology.
Oil tank removal in Wyoming
Typically $1,500-3,000. Permits are handled by the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ).
Coverage for the other services
Removal is only one of the jobs a tank can create. Each of these services has its own state-by-state coverage map, built from the same permit and cost data, so you can jump straight to the version of the guide that matches what you actually need.