Oil processing
Oil processing was included in v0.9 to Factorio. It introduced new types of pipes, as well as refinery, chemical plant and several products, a new tech-tree and the handling of liquids.
This is also the reason, why this docs are not complete yet. Please refer to the following pages:
Items
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Pumpjacks mine the crude oil from the oil spills, and let you carry it by Pipe as seen in the Liquid network/0.9 |
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Refine Crude oil into basic oil products (Heavy-/Light oil and Petroleum gas. |
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Like the Assembling machine, used to automate processing of liquids. |
| Tank, pump, assembling machine, pipe, underground pipe... |
Technology
Oil Processing: (30 TIME + 1* Science Pack 1 + 1* Science Pack 2)*50 Allows the construction of Pumpjacks, Oil Refinery, Chemical Plant; and also the Basic oil Prossecing for prossecing Crude oil into its derivates (Heavy oil, Light oil and Petroleum gas), and the conversion of those into Solid fuel.
Fluid Handling: (30 TIME + 1* Science Pack 1 + 1* Science Pack 2)*75 Allows the construction of Storage Tank, Small Pump, and the creation, filling and emptying of Barrels. You can use Barrels to store and physically transport 25*Crude oil as a solid item, and later 'unpack' it back into a fluid form in Assembling Machine 2 or Assembling Machine 3. (Only with Crude Oil)
Advanced Oil Processing: (30 TIME + 1* Science Pack 1 + 1* Science Pack 2 + 1* Science Pack 3 )*75 Allows a new recipe for prossecing oil, and unlocks Cracking.
Sulfur Processing: (30 TIME + 1* Science Pack 1 + 1* Science Pack 2)*100 Allows the prossecing of Sulfur and Sulfuric acid. Necessary for reserching and building Battery.
Plastics: (30 TIME + 1* Science Pack 1 + 1* Science Pack 2)*100 Allows construction of Plastic (Intermidiate product)
Basic
Pumpjacks mine the Crude oil from the oil spills. Oil refinery processes the Crude oil to Oil fractions. Chemical plant processes the oil fractions to useful Oil products.