What kind of site keeps a tank
A tank on this register is often not a petrol station, and the category says which.
| Category | Facilities | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Other | 5,283 | 26.7% |
| Commercial/industrial | 4,071 | 20.6% |
| Retail Gas Station | 4,046 | 20.5% |
| Lpg Only | 2,225 | 11.3% |
| State/local Government | 1,852 | 9.4% |
| Emergency Generator Only | 749 | 3.8% |
| Federal Government | 529 | 2.7% |
| Farm/residential | 246 | 1.2% |
| Airport | 184 | 0.9% |
| Petroleum Distributor | 168 | 0.9% |
| Auto Maintenance Facility | 161 | 0.8% |
| Bulk Plant | 144 | 0.7% |
| Railroad | 74 | 0.4% |
What each one is
Other
the Division’s catch-all. It is the largest single category, which is worth knowing before reading anything into it.
Commercial/industrial
a business that keeps fuel for its own use: depots, workshops, haulage yards.
Retail Gas Station
a filling station selling fuel to the public — the kind of site most people picture when they hear « storage tank ».
Lpg Only
propane only. LPG tanks are regulated separately from petroleum and behave differently — they are pressure vessels, not buried steel in wet ground.
State/local Government
a public body’s own fuel: municipal yards, school districts, state depots.
Emergency Generator Only
fuel kept solely to run a standby generator — hospitals, telecoms sites, data centres. The tank exists for the day the power fails.
Federal Government
a federal facility’s own fuel.
Farm/residential
a category the Division records under this heading.
Airport
aviation fuel at an airfield.
Petroleum Distributor
a category the Division records under this heading.
Auto Maintenance Facility
a category the Division records under this heading.
Bulk Plant
a category the Division records under this heading.
Railroad
a category the Division records under this heading.