Petrotech Southeast Timeline
1992
1992
Petrotech Southeast, Inc. (“Petrotech”) was founded by Tony Yates and was originally based in Pompano, FL, operating an industrial wastewater and used oil recycling facility. Mr. Yates was a proud family man and hired his son Jeffrey Yates as the first employee and Plant Manager for the Pompano facility.
1997
1997
In an effort to expand the company, Petrotech moved into the Central Florida market with the acquisition of Central Florida Fuels. Based in Ocoee, FL, the facility opened a new market for used oil and expanded used oil and solid waste processing capacity for the company.
2003
2003
After the untimely passing of the company’s founder, Tony Yates, the company named Jeffrey Yates its new President.
2004
2004
The Pompano facility was sold, and the operations were centralized at the Ocoee, FL facility.
2008
2008
With its continued growth and need for business development and additional management the company names Jason Yates as its Vice-President.
2010
2010
As the company grew, so did its need for a larger facility. In 2010, the company moved from its 2-acre facility in Ocoee to an 8-acre facility with an 18,000 square foot warehouse in Astatula, FL. A new tank farm with over 350,000-gallons of storage and expanded processing capacity was built from the ground up. In addition to the enhanced used oil, antifreeze, and oily water processing capabilities, the new facility allowed Petrotech to perform in-house solid waste processing of drummed waste such as absorbents and paper filters, but also perform sludge solidification of non-hazardous oily waste.
2012
2012
Petrotech becomes a Certified Pollutant Storage System Contractor (PSSC) and expands into underground storage tank removal, demolition, and site remediation.
2016
2016
Petrotech acquires the assets of an insitu-remediation system leasing company based in Tampa, FL. Included in the transaction were numerous AS/SVE trailer-mounted systems, air strippers, carbon vessels, filter vessels, and tanks.
2018
2018
As one of the leading tank cleaning and demolition companies in the State of Florida, Petrotech worked closely with several tank inspection companies. In 2018, Petrotech acquired the assets of Tank Engineering and Management, Inc., a company with offices in Mulberry, FL and Indianapolis, IN. The company has over 30 years of experience in the field and is capable of performing API-653 tank inspections, API-510 pressure vessel inspections, API-570 pipeline inspections, STI SP-001 tank inspections and a full array of non-destructive testing methods.
2019
2019
Petrotech becomes a Certified General Contractor as it expands further into the Environmental Construction field, including but not limited to habitat, coastal and shoreline restoration, and stormwater construction and maintenance.
2020
2020
Petrotech opens its newest office in the historic Ybor City area of Tampa. With this expansion, Petrotech now has offices in Astatula, Mulberry and Tampa, FL, and Indianapolis, IN.