Crude Oil
Crude Oil is a mid-game resource found in the world. It is refined in Refineries into Plastic, Rubber and Fuel, whilst producing the Heavy Oil Residue and Polymer Resin byproducts. It is a fluid resource obtained from Resource Nodes, and is extracted using Oil Extractors instead of Miners. It can be transported via Pipelines, be packaged for conveyor transportation or be transported via trains.
Obtaining
Resource acquisition
Crude Oil can be extracted from Crude Oil Resource Nodes using Oil Extractors. It cannot be mined manually. The default extraction rates are as follows:
| Node purity | m3/min at 100% | m3/min at 250% |
|---|---|---|
| Impure | 60 | 150 |
| Normal | 120 | 300 |
| Pure | 240 | 600 |
This leads to the following total availability on the map:
| Node purity |
Number of nodes |
Mining rate | Mining rate at 250 % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Impure | 10 | 600 | 1,500 |
| Normal | 12 | 1,440 | 3,600 |
| Pure | 8 | 1,920 | 4,800 |
| Total | 30 | 3,960 | 9,900 |
Crude Oil can also be extracted from Resource Wells using Resource Well Extractors, which spread over 2 clusters. The default extraction rates are as follows:
| Node purity | m3/min at 100% | m3/min at 250% |
|---|---|---|
| Impure | 30 | 75 |
| Normal | 60 | 150 |
| Pure | 120 | 300 |
This means the following amount of Crude Oil is available:
| Node purity |
Number of nodes |
Mining rate | Mining rate at 250 % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Impure | 6 | 180 | 450 |
| Normal | 3 | 180 | 450 |
| Pure | 3 | 360 | 900 |
| Total | 12 | 720 | 1,800 |
By combining the output of both methods, the max extraction rate is 11700 m3/min.
Extraction energy
It takes about 33.32 MJ to extract 1 m3 of Crude Oil, assuming it is extracted from both Oil nodes and Resource Wells. Further reading: Extraction energy
Crafting
| Recipe | Ingredients | Produced in | Products | Unlocked by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unpackage Oil | 2 ×  Packaged Oil60 / min |
Packager 2 sec |
2 ×  Crude Oil60 / min2 ×  Empty Canister60 / min |
Tier 5 - Alternative Fluid Transport |
Usage
Crafting
| Recipe | Ingredients | Produced in | Products | Unlocked by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fuel | 6 × Crude Oil60 / min |
Refinery 6 sec |
4 ×  Fuel40 / min3 ×  Polymer Resin30 / min |
Tier 5 - Oil Processing |
| Packaged Oil | 2 × Crude Oil30 / min2 × Empty Canister30 / min |
Packager 4 sec |
2 × Packaged Oil30 / min |
Tier 5 - Alternative Fluid Transport |
| Plastic | 3 × Crude Oil30 / min |
Refinery 6 sec |
2 ×  Plastic20 / min1 ×  Heavy Oil Residue10 / min |
Tier 5 - Oil Processing |
| Rubber | 3 × Crude Oil30 / min |
Refinery 6 sec |
2 ×  Rubber20 / min2 × Heavy Oil Residue20 / min |
Tier 5 - Oil Processing |
| Heavy Oil Residue Alternate |
3 × Crude Oil30 / min |
Refinery 6 sec |
4 × Heavy Oil Residue40 / min2 × Polymer Resin20 / min |
Tier 5 - Oil Processing |
| Polymer Resin Alternate |
6 × Crude Oil60 / min |
Refinery 6 sec |
13 × Polymer Resin130 / min2 × Heavy Oil Residue20 / min |
Tier 5 - Oil Processing |
Tips
The following Alternate Recipes can be used to notably increase efficiency of petrochemical productions:
Combined with Packaged Water, Unpackage Fuel, Residual Plastic or Residual Rubber, a closed-loop production of Plastic without any waste can be formed, potentially increasing the Crude Oil to Plastic conversion ratio to 300%. The same applies to Rubber. Empty Canisters are reused and recycled in the loop.
Gallery
Four Crude Oil resource nodes near each other
A starter setup for Crude Oil processing that burns off byproduct Petroleum Coke for power. Excess Plastic and Rubber overflows to an AWESOME Sink to keep power generation operational.
A closed-loop petrochemical setup with Plastic, Rubber, and Fuel as final products with no byproduct utilizing alternate recipes.
History
- Patch 0.4.0.0: Now extractible from Resource Wells
- Patch 0.3:
- Now a fluid
- Can no longer be brought by Lizard Doggos
- Can no longer be obtained by cutting down specific plants with the Chainsaw
- Crude Oil blobs occasionally found in foliage now result in No item in foliage
- Unknown patch before Patch 0.1: No longer possible to be mined by hand
- Patch Closed Alpha 4: Mesh updated
See also
External link
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IoCm0H_4YnE Video guide on turning 300 Crude Oil into 900 Plastic.
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