TriStar PetroServ Inc. was founded on a basic goal — to be a different kind of company. That goal has propelled the firm to success as a rapidly growing, pre-eminent provider of tank cleaning and waste minimization services.

TriStar PetroServ is unlike others in that the principals have a very focused approach to their business and evaluate every project on its individual merits. The TriStar team goal is to provide the best, safest and most cost-effective alternative to their customers’ needs in the areas of tank cleaning, tank degassing, dewatering, off-spec oil treatment, robotics, cokerinjection preparation, fixed base on-site processing, and centrifuge sludge processing and waste minimization to customers throughout North America.

TriStar was founded in 2002 by a group of industry leaders with more than 60 years of combined experience. The niche they found was to avoid the layers of middle management that contractors’ clients are accustomed to, and to put the owners of the company at the forefront, where they are easily accessible to TriStar’s customers and are actively engaged in the day-to-day activities and projects of the company. The result? Daily access to an owner of the company has added significant value to the company’s projects.

“We are not only the owners of the company, but we are hands-on in a project,” Tom McQueary, president and partner of TriStar PetroServ, said. “That works well in a specialty organization like ours. We can focus on the customer and each individual project on a personal level. That is the cornerstone of our ability to execute and perform.

“Our customers appreciate that someone is on hand who can make an immediate decision without going through layers of management. Not many people do that anymore, and I think our customers respect that. We competitively bid each and every project, but I think that personal service and an exemplary safety record makes a difference when it comes down to the final decision on an individual project or a multi-year annual processing site.”

Supporting the leadership of the company is one of the safest operating groups in the industry with an OSHA recordable rate of zero since the company’s inception. The safety and experience of the TriStar team means savings for its customers’ bottom line.

“We have highly trained, full-time tank cleaning and sludge processing operators and managers who are fundamental to our safety performance,” McQueary said. “Our crews are staffed with employees who are experienced in this type of work environment. Indeed, we are particularly proud to be one of the first firms in our industry to have API-certified tank entry supervisors on staff.”

In addition, TriStar was recognized by Sunoco’s Northeast Refining Complex in Philadelphia for its safe work and awarded a Certificate of Excellence for Safety Performance in 2004.

TriStar believes in investing in its equipment as well as its people.

“Our equipment is new, well maintained and engineered with the best available technology to reduce or eliminate altogether the hazards associated with the type of work we do,” McQueary said.

TriStar’s customers see the benefit of a relationship with the company — as evidenced by the strong base of repeat business TriStar enjoys.

“TriStar is intentionally structured to streamline our corporate overhead,” McQueary explained. “Those savings are passed on to our customers in reduced project cost.”

Technology. Safety. Experience. TriStar PetroServ.