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[[File:Oil-refinery-example.png|thumb|256px|A sample setup for an oil refinery]]
Oil refinery processes [[Crude Oil]] into 3 different fluids: [[Heavy Oil]], [[Light Oil]] and [[Petroleum Gas]].
Oil refinery splits crude oil into 3 different fluids: [[Heavy Oil]], [[Light Oil]] and [[Petroleum Gas]]. These byproducts cannot be packed into steel barrels and must be stored in a [[Storage Tank]] or piped to a [[Chemical plant]].
 
Oil products have many uses. Although they can be turned into [[Solid fuel]] to fuel [[Boiler|boilers]] and furnaces, it is usually used to create [[Plastic]], which is used in [[Advanced Circuit|Advanced Circuits]], and [[Sulfur]], which is used in more advanced items. They are also used as ammunition for [[Flamethrower|flamethrowers]] and [[Flamethrower turret|flamethrower turrets]].
 
== Recipes ==
 
The refinery has two available recipes, one of which must be set before it can begin processing.
 
{|class="wikitable"
|-
! Process !! Input !! Output
|-
| {{imagelink|basic-oil-processing|Basic oil processing}} || {{icon|crude-oil|10|Crude Oil}} {{icon|time icon|5|Time}} || {{icon|heavy-oil|3|Heavy oil}} {{icon|light-oil|3|Light oil}} {{icon|petroleum-gas|4|Petroleum gas}}
|-
| {{imagelink|advanced-oil-processing|Advanced oil processing}}(requires [[Advanced oil processing (research)|Advanced Oil Processing research]])
| {{icon|crude-oil|10|Crude Oil}} {{icon|water|5|Water}} {{icon|time icon|5|Time}}
| {{icon|heavy-oil|1|Heavy oil}} {{icon|light-oil|4.5|Light oil}} {{icon|petroleum-gas|5.5|Petroleum gas}}
|-
|}


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
* Later on you can research a second recipe that produces less of the relatively useless heavy oil and more of 2 other fluids, in exchange for having to supply water to the refinery.
* While [[Crude Oil]] can be filled into [[Barrel|barrels]] to be transported by [[train]], other liquids cannot, so refineries and the [[Chemical plant|chemical plants]] that consume the processed oil are usually built near each other.
* When placing the refinery, it can be rotated, but otherwise neither input nor output tiles can be swapped in any way. (For advanced oil processing, the water input is to the right when the inputs are coming into the top.)
* When placing the refinery, it can be rotated, but otherwise neither input nor output tiles can be swapped in any way. (For advanced oil processing, the water input is to the right when the inputs are coming into the top.)


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== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[Oil processing]]
* [[Liquid network]]
* [[Liquid network]]



Revision as of 20:04, 19 January 2017

Oil refinery/infobox

Oil refinery processes Crude Oil into 3 different fluids: Heavy Oil, Light Oil and Petroleum Gas.

Oil products have many uses. Although they can be turned into Solid fuel to fuel boilers and furnaces, it is usually used to create Plastic, which is used in Advanced Circuits, and Sulfur, which is used in more advanced items. They are also used as ammunition for flamethrowers and flamethrower turrets.

Recipes

The refinery has two available recipes, one of which must be set before it can begin processing.

Process Input Output
Basic oil processing
Time icon.png
5
Advanced oil processing(requires Advanced Oil Processing research)
Water.png
5
Time icon.png
5

Notes

  • While Crude Oil can be filled into barrels to be transported by train, other liquids cannot, so refineries and the chemical plants that consume the processed oil are usually built near each other.
  • When placing the refinery, it can be rotated, but otherwise neither input nor output tiles can be swapped in any way. (For advanced oil processing, the water input is to the right when the inputs are coming into the top.)

Troubleshooting

When the refinery is working, a flame comes out of the chimney.

  • You need to choose the recipe, otherwise it won't work.
  • It will stop working if any of the products isn't properly drained from it (that is, 10.0 heavy oil at output will prevent production of the 2 other fluids).

History

  • 0.11.6:
    • Now disconnects from pipes when recipe is reset.
  • 0.9.1:
    • Now accepts modules
    • Added cracking recipes

See also