Fuel Security Monitor

A rise in the price of fuel is certain to lead to a rise in the price of healing oil and diesel fuel, making your home or business’ fuel an even more attractive commodity to criminals who can either take the fuel for their own personal use, or look to sell it on for a profit. Due to the rising price, there has been a significant increase in fuel related crimes, with some criminals now actively targeting fuel tanks at farms, depots, and domestic properties. Some tanks may contain thousands of pounds worth of fuel, so it makes strong financial sense to initiate a few reasonable safeguards to protect your tank and its contents.

The purpose of these guides is to give fuel tank owners a few ideas on some of the precautions you can take to prevent your tank from becoming a soft target to the budding fuel thief.

The ever increasing price of fuel has led to a sharp increase in the theft of fuel from both commercial and domestic properties. Every accessible heating oil tank, diesel storage tank, or vehicle is potentially a target in the eyes of a fuel thief. Having your fuel stolen is not only costly to replace, but the inconvenience caused may incur additional costs ­ in the case of diesel theft this could cause problems with costly downtime and disruption to business operations. In addition to theft, further criminal damage can be caused to tanks and vehicles which require repairs, and can put place further costs to consumers and businesses alike.