Industry · Oil & Gas
Faster Tank Turnarounds. Crews Out of the Hazardous Environment.
From crude storage and separators to FWKO vessels, ACS all-electric robotics debulk heavy sludge, suspend solids, and return tanks to service with the dirty phase run from outside the manway. Any Final Clean that follows happens in a tank that’s already vented, sludge-free, and safe.
Manual cleanouts of crude and produced-water tanks put crews in hazardous environments, stretch shutdowns for weeks, and leave measurable product locked in the sludge. ACS was built to fix all three.
What We Clean
Tanks & Vessels Across the Value Chain
Crude Oil Storage Tanks
Floating Roof Tanks
Separators
Treaters
Skim Tanks
Slop Tanks
Produced Water Tanks
Diesel & Diluent Tanks
Dilbit & Bitumen Tanks
Spheres & Bullets
De-Oiling Tanks
Waste Oil & Slurry Tanks
Industry Challenges
Why Oil & Gas Professionals Partner With ACS
Confined Space Risk
Benzene, H₂S, LELs, and pyrophoric scale make crude tanks some of the most dangerous confined spaces in industry. ACS keeps the crew outside the manway for the debulking, circulation, and high-pressure cutting — so by the time Final Clean starts, the worst of the hazard is already out of the tank.
Shutdown Pressure
Heavy Bottom Sludge
Years of paraffin, asphaltenes, and mineral solids accumulate into dense bottom sludge that requires mechanical breakdown before it can be pumped. The Eliminator and Cyclone are purpose-built to fracture and liquefy it.
The Stack
The Right Tool for Every Oil & Gas Tank
ACS tools are designed to work together. For a typical crude-oil storage cleanout, the Cyclone suspends the bottoms, the Eliminator breaks down hardened sludge into pumpable slurry, and the Orbiter works underneath the floating roof for access to trouble areas.
Circulation
The Cyclone™
High-Flow Tank Sweep
- 1,500 GPM (Cyclone) / 6,000 GPM (Cyclone XL) for homogenization
- Up to 100 ft of injection reach for large storage tanks
- 90° tilt and 180° pan eliminates dead zones under floors
Debulking
The Eliminator™
High-Impact Water Cannon
- Up to 5,000 psi to fracture paraffin, asphaltenes, and hardened crude bottoms
- ¼"–⅞" quick-change nozzles for sludge, solids, or final rinse
- 21× optical zoom + LED for live QA inside the tank
Precision
The Orbiter™
Rotating Cleaning Tool
- 360° rotation up to 10,000 psi — any mount orientation
- Reaches under the floating-roof to get to trouble spots
- Interchangeable nozzles for every job scope
Overseer™ Software
Real-Time Control. Inspection-Ready Records.
Every ACS tool on site ties back to Overseer 3D (on a laptop) or Overseer Mobile (on a tablet or phone). Operators see a live digital twin of the tank, program cleaning patterns to match tank geometry and debris zones, and capture timestamped video for inspection and QA/QC records.
- Digital twin planning - pattern, pressure, and coverage set before the first drop of water.
- Live telemetry - pressure, flow, position, temperature streamed to mobile and desktop.
- Multi-tool coordination - run a Cyclone and Eliminator on the same tank from one interface.
- Compliance export - deliverable-ready video & logs for the client file.
Tank
TK-412 · Crude Storage
Tool
Eliminator · Manway 3
Pattern
Raster · 50% overlap
Pressure
4,850 psi
Flow
118 GPM
Coverage
67% · ETA 2h 41m
LEL
0% — Safe
Recording
● Live · 1080p
Outcomes
What Oil & Gas Customers See
Less Time in Confined Space
Shorter Tank Turnaround
Lower Project Cost
Robotic Runtime
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