The EcoTank features a double-walled firetube system which we call the “EcoTube”, coupled with an integrated burner management system.

The internal firetube is encased in an external tube that holds a biodegradable oil used for heat transfer.

As the oil inside the tube is heated, it expands and circulates around the entire length of the EcoTube. This creates a safe, consistent tube temperature across the entire surface of the heat tube, which allows the burner to run at much cooler temperatures.

Thermal imaging of the EcoTube shows that there are no dangerous hotspots which could ignite light oil, or gases, inside the tank. The burner can be run safely in a low-level situation because of the low and consistent skin temperature.

The EcoTube is a tremendous leap in safety and efficiency, but the patented tank design itself is unlike any other.

Built to API 650 modified specifications, the EcoTank has build-in 124 percent dual-containment to prevent all overflows. This allows the tank to have a smaller footprint than conventional, vertical tanks with a berm and liner. There is no need to set up external dual containment, or even for pickers or cranes for tank placement.

The dual wall with interstitial space around the entire internal tank allows the EcoTank to act like a giant Thermos. The combined efficiencies of the EcoTube and excellent insulating aspects of the tank design can achieve up to 80 percent savings on fuel used to heat the fluid, versus conventional storage tanks.

This allows the EcoTank to perform more like a treater than a wellhead tank, vastly improving oil/water separation, getting down to 0.5 percent water cut.

If that weren’t enough, each tank is also designed to accommodate vapor recovery.

The EcoTank beats conventional tanks in nearly every aspect, even shipping and set up. For 1,000 bbl and under there’s no pilot needed. It can simply be transported on a winch truck, rather than a cradle truck, and can be unloaded on level planks or rig mats. Then just plumb and wire it in – it’s ready to produce into on the same day.

How does the EcoTank perform in the real world? Well, one of our current clients saved over 150,000 dollars on a single well. The tank is being taken from site to site for production testing.

Normally, in this sort of situation, the site would have to be setup with the number of tanks they think they’ll need for oil storage, including all the secondary containment, wiring, and plumbing needed for conventional tanks. But, with the EcoTank, they just drop it on some level rig mats and are producing into it on the same day.

In this particular case, our client had a dry well, so they saved over $150,000 because they didn’t wast all of the time, equipment, and logistical expense setting up the site, only to need to take it all out again.

And that was just the savings on logistical costs, not including the savings on the fuel used to heat the tank. In this case, the EcoTank more than paid for itself on one well.

Are you ready for the foremost oil technology on the market? Think EcoTank.

It’s time to turn the industry on its side. Time for safe, simple, inexpensive, and carbon-reduced storage. If you’ve got a well and you’re looking for the best in heated oil storage, it’s time for EcoTank.