SPATCO and Leighton O’Brien Create Strategic Partnership to Support Market Growth in Southeast

Posted on: Mar 10, 2021

Charlotte, NC, March 10, 2021 - SPATCO Energy Solutions and Leighton O’Brien have deepened their strategic partnership, with SPATCO expanding its portfolio of Leighton O’Brien’s UST compliance testing and fuel cleaning solutions to support market growth in 11 states throughout the Southeast.

SPATCO will add Leighton O’Brien’s Compliance Plus UST testing solution to its product suite, providing its retail fuel customers with a single-source digital testing platform for tank, line, containment, and leak detector testing.

The USA’s leading fueling equipment and services provider in the Southeast region will also increase its tank cleaning footprint with two additional Leighton O’Brien fuel polishing systems, enabling fuel retail customers to remediate microbial growth, phase separation, and water.

“We are excited about the possibilities a long term, meaningful partnership between SPATCO and Leighton O’Brien will bring,” said John Force, President and CEO of SPATCO Energy Solutions.

“It’s a great strategic fit for us. Leighton O’Brien is an industry innovator, with proven, best-in-class compliance testing and fuel quality solutions that broaden our portfolio of services, providing a one-stop-shop for our customers who want the highest quality petroleum solutions to optimize their fueling operations. We are also interested in exploring their wetstock monitoring solution as we’re impressed with their analytical capabilities,” said Force.

Leighton O’Brien CEO Reed Leighton said: “We are pleased to deepen our relationship with one of the USA’s biggest distributors. It’s a testament to their faith in the depth of our technology suite and the strength of our growing partnership.

“We look forward to assisting SPATCO in achieving their commercial and geographical growth objectives by best serving their customers with the industry’s leading compliance and fuel restoration technologies to ensure their sites are free from leaks and contamination,” he said.

About SPATCO Energy Solutions

SPATCO Energy Solutions is the leading single-source supplier of innovative liquid handling equipment and service for petroleum, diesel exhaust fluid (DEF), environmental, and industrial. SPATCO is headquartered in Charlotte, NC with 19 additional office locations across the southeast, with service and support across the United States and Canada.