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Barrel

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Barrels can be used to store and transport 25 units of Crude oil. Since they are solid objects, they can be used as an alternative to pipes, once Fluid handling is researched. The barrels themselves are reusable once the oil is drained.

Barrels stack in groups of 10. A single Cargo wagon can hold 400 barrels, which gives a capacity of 10,000 Crude oil per Cargo wagon.


Empty Barrels

Empty Barrels can be crafted. When Crude Oil Barrels are emptied, the (required) Assembling machine will also return an Empty Barrel.

Recipe: +
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1
=>
Req. technology: Fluid handling
Process Input Machine Output
Empty crude oil barrel
Crude-oil-barrel.png
1
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1
or +

Crude Oil Barrels

Crude Oil Barrels cannot be crafted. They are filled in the Fill crude oil barrel process which consumes Empty Barrels.

Process Input Machine Output
Fill crude oil barrel
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1
or
Crude-oil-barrel.png
1

Example of use

Barrels are useful in situations where pipes are not available or a bad option, such as oil production far away from your main factory. Barrels can be transported with a Belt transport system or Railway network, by Logistic robots, via Car or Tank, or in the player's inventory.

A simple example with Transport Belts: Crude-oil-barrel-handling-example.png

See also