--- title: Tank Removal Margate - Longport- Ventnor description:  Atlantic City, Longport, Margate, Ventnor, and Ocean City have a legacy of oil heat.  Many homes had oil heat stored in Underground Storage Tanks (USTs) image: https://www.currenenvironmental.com/hubfs/Tank%20sweeps%20at%20the%20beach.jpg --- [![](https://www.currenenvironmental.com/hs-fs/file-13663245-jpg/images/currenheader.jpg)](https://www.currenenvironmental.com/) ## Oil Tank Removal Margate, Longport, Ventnor (North end of Ocean City) *aka  Oil tank removal on a barrier island* ### When you think coastal you think beach and bay, sun and sand not oil tanks, but oil tanks were used in coastal areas for sure. ![Tank removal & tank sweeps at the beach](https://www.currenenvironmental.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Tank%20sweeps%20at%20the%20beach.jpg?width=4032&name=Tank%20sweeps%20at%20the%20beach.jpg) The age of construction on the  islands  including  Atlantic City, Longport, Margate, Ventnor and Ocean City there is a legacy of oil heat.  Many homes had oil as a heat source and the oil was stored in Underground Storage Tanks (USTs).  Hey even in coastal towns heat for a home was desirable, because people wanted heat.   The photo below is an oil tank in Mystic Island, Connecticut.   Yes Connecticut is not New Jersey but there was heating oil dealer there from1949.  Atlantic City had a fairly larger heating oil depot dealer up until the 1990's as did Cape May County, which had several.    The below photo is an oil tank removed from a house in Margate NJ. ![Margate oil tank removal](https://www.currenenvironmental.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Photo%20Nov%2024%2c%2010%2042%2031%20AM.jpg?width=4032&name=Photo%20Nov%2024%2c%2010%2042%2031%20AM.jpg)   The photo is of the same tank, due to an elevated groundwater table, the tank was sitting in a wet environment and subject to corrosion. ![Photo Nov 24, 10 56 41 AM](https://www.currenenvironmental.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Photo%20Nov%2024%2c%2010%2056%2041%20AM.jpg?width=401&name=Photo%20Nov%2024%2c%2010%2056%2041%20AM.jpg) **My point is oil heat has been used up and down the East Coast, well before you bought an iPhone. ** When an oil to gas conversion occurred, the oil tank was often left in the ground, abandoned. (Removal cost money).   Many Jersey Shore homes have an abandoned oil tank, the current owner may not even know exists.  We find these tank when we complete a tank sweep on the property.    ## **[Oil Tank Sweeps](https://www.currenenvironmental.com/blog/tank-scans-tank-sweeps)**   ![Oil heat at the shore](https://www.currenenvironmental.com/hs-fs/hubfs/IMG_7835.jpg?width=3024&name=IMG_7835.jpg)     The photo below is from a tank removal in Ventnor.  You will notice how thin the tank is.  Oil tanks at the shore were typically narrow, so they would not have to be buried too deep and this able to avoid touching the high groundwater table on the island.      ![margate tank removal](https://www.currenenvironmental.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Photo%20Sep%2023%2c%2011%2017%2028%20AM.jpg?width=365&name=Photo%20Sep%2023%2c%2011%2017%2028%20AM.jpg)   You can se from the next photo, that water is stilling at the bottom of the removed tank excavation.    You see tanks at the shore have a harsher environment and are more prone to corrosion and leaks due to the high groundwater table.  ![tank removal ventnor](https://www.currenenvironmental.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Photo%20Sep%2023%2c%2011%2018%2045%20AM.jpg?width=334&name=Photo%20Sep%2023%2c%2011%2018%2045%20AM.jpg)   # Curren Environmental has been removing tank for over 30 years.  #  Want to speak to an expert? # 888-301-1050   ![tank removal Atlantic County](https://www.currenenvironmental.com/hs-fs/hubfs/IMG_0588.jpg?width=4032&name=IMG_0588.jpg)   ### Contact Curren [![Share on Facebook](https://static.hubspot.com/final/img/common/icons/social/facebook-24x24.png)](http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.currenenvironmental.com%2Fmargatelongportventnor%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Dfacebook) [![Share on LinkedIn](https://static.hubspot.com/final/img/common/icons/social/linkedin-24x24.png)](http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.currenenvironmental.com%2Fmargatelongportventnor%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Dlinkedin) [![Share on Twitter](https://static.hubspot.com/final/img/common/icons/social/twitter-24x24.png)](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.currenenvironmental.com%2Fmargatelongportventnor%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Dtwitter&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.currenenvironmental.com%2Fmargatelongportventnor%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Dtwitter&source=tweetbutton&text=Tank%20Removal%20Margate%20-%20Longport-%20Ventnor) [![Share on Pinterest](https://static.hubspot.com/final/img/common/icons/social/pinterest-24x24.png)](http://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.currenenvironmental.com%2Fmargatelongportventnor%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Dpinterest&media=) [LSRP ](https://www.currenenvironmental.com/njdep-lsrp-licensed-site-remediation-professional/)| [ISRA ](https://www.currenenvironmental.com/NJDEP-ISRA-Industrial-Site-Recovery-Act-Process-/)| [Services](https://www.currenenvironmental.com/services/remediation/remediation-overview/) | [Tanks](https://www.currenenvironmental.com/services/ust-removal/commercial-tank-removal/) | [Remediation](https://www.currenenvironmental.com/services/remediation/remediation-overview/) | [Real Estate](https://www.currenenvironmental.com/Environmental-Issues-in-Residential-Real-Estate) | [Mold Remediation ](https://www.currenenvironmental.com/mold-remediation--/)| [Blog](https://www.currenenvironmental.com/blog/) | [Contact](https://www.currenenvironmental.com/contact-us/) | [Foam Tank Filling](https://www.currenenvironmental.com/foam-tank-filling) | [Insurance Restoration](https://www.currenenvironmental.com/insurance-restoration/) |[UST AST Closure](https://www.currenenvironmental.com/ust-ast-closure/) Curren Environmental is your environmental services company servicing Delaware, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. *Nothing on this web page, or anywhere on this website, is to be construed as giving legal advice, nor is it intended to replace the counsel of your own legal and financial advisors.   The information supplied is intended to help make you more aware of issues that you should consider and then discuss with your own legal and financial advisors. * [*Privacy Policy.*](https://www.currenenvironmental.com/curren-environmental-privacy-policy) © 2026 Curren Environmental, Inc. - All Rights Reserved.