Do you have any idea what was buried if it is anything chemical/oil related I would be alot more worried than if it was metal trash.

These were townhouses and each unit had a place for the tank outside their unit, so the tanks were not grouped together.Yes, propane which is a petroleum by product and is priced closer to oil than natural gas can be pricey.

Wash it, treat it, prime it with oil based primer, paint.

However, This town (Washington PA just south of Pittsburgh) is flooded with gas, oil, and shale mining workers from out of state.

Of the 3 primary heat sources of gas, electric and oil, gas is by far the cheapest to operate.Propane is a different story and is a oil by-product in gasoline production.

@Randy King,Get you a good insurance policy and forget about all the books and snake-oil salesmen.

It needs to be explained to them that it is heat and they need to compare it to putting $1000.00 in an oil tank.

It was the cheesiest snake oil thing I've ever seen and I didn't finish the 3 day course.

Was it because they let the heat run out (oil or propane) and the pipes froze?

I live in a city that is projected to be impacted by the Bakken oil boom in the very near future.