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The '''Oil Refinery''' processes [[crude oil]] into 3 different fluids: [[heavy oil]], [[light oil]] and [[petroleum gas]].<br />
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Oil products have many uses. Although they can be turned into [[solid fuel]] to fuel [[boiler]]s and furnaces, they are usually used to create [[plastic bar]]s, which are used in [[advanced circuit]]s, and [[sulfur]], which is used in more advanced items. They are also used as ammunition for [[flamethrower turret]]s.<br />
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== Recipes ==<br />
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The refinery has three available recipes, out of which one must be set before it can begin processing.<br />
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{|class="wikitable"<br />
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! Process !! Input !! Output<br />
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| {{Imagelink|Basic oil processing}} || {{Icon|Crude oil|100}} {{icon|time|5}} || {{Icon|Petroleum gas|45}}<br />
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| {{Imagelink|Advanced oil processing}} (requires [[Advanced oil processing (research)]])<br />
| {{Icon|Crude oil|100}} {{icon|water|50}} {{icon|time|5}}<br />
| {{Icon|Heavy oil|25}} {{Icon|Light oil|45}} {{Icon|Petroleum gas|55}}<br />
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| {{imagelink|Coal liquefaction}} (requires [[Coal liquefaction (research)]])<br />
| {{icon|coal|10}} {{Icon|Heavy oil|25}} {{icon|steam|50}} {{icon|time|5}}<br />
| {{Icon|Heavy oil|90}} {{Icon|Light oil|20}} {{Icon|Petroleum gas|10}}<br />
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|}<br />
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== Notes ==<br />
* 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.)<br />
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== Troubleshooting ==<br />
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When the refinery is working, a flame comes out of the chimney.<br />
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* You need to choose the recipe, otherwise it won't work.<br />
* It will stop working if any of the products are not properly drained from it (that is, 100.0 heavy oil at output will prevent production of the 2 other fluids).<br />
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== History ==<br />
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{{history|0.17.60|<br />
* Basic oil processing produces only Petroleum gas, for more streamlined oil setup in the beginning.<br />
* Basic oil processing keeps some of the refinery input/output slots unused, so it is more clear which ones will be used by Advanced oil processing.}}<br />
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{{history|0.15.0|<br />
* Module slots increased from 2 to 3.}}<br />
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{{history|0.11.6|<br />
* Now disconnects from pipes when recipe is reset.}}<br />
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{{history|0.9.1|<br />
* Now accepts modules<br />
* Added cracking recipes}}<br />
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{{history|0.9.0|<br />
* Introduced}}<br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Oil processing]]<br />
* [[Fluid system]]<br />
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