Lubricant

2017-09-07T20:00:56Z

Benjamin Kerman:

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'''Lubricant''' is a [[liquid]] converted from [[Heavy oil]] in a [[Chemical plant]].

It is used in the production of [[Express transport belt]]s, [[Express underground belt]]s, [[Express splitter]]s, and [[Electric engine unit]]s.
Lubricant is often created and stored close to or next to Heavy Oil tanks. It is recommended that you do not produce more than 2 [[Storage tank]]s of lubricant, as there are not many uses for it. The few uses that it does have are often limited, and are therefore more large bursts rather than there being a high usage such as there is with [[Petroleum gas]] in [[Plastic]] production.

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

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Lubricant

2017-09-07T19:59:42Z

Benjamin Kerman:

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'''Lubricant''' is a [[liquid]] converted from [[Heavy oil]] in a [[Chemical plant]].

It is used in the production of [[Express transport belt]]s, [[Express underground belt]]s, [[Express splitter]]s, and [[Electric engine unit]]s.
Lubricant is often created and stored close to or next to Heavy Oil tanks. It is recommended that you do not produce more than 2 [[Storage tank]]s of lubricant, as there are not many uses for it. The few uses that it does have are often limited, and are therefore more large bursts rather than a high usage such as [[Plastic]] production.

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

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Oil processing

2017-08-17T13:36:29Z

Benjamin Kerman: /* Optimal Ratios */

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Oil processing is a large part of Factorio. It was introduced in v0.9. Oil processing may refer to [[Oil processing (research)|the researched technology]], the recipe used in the [[oil refinery]], or the overall workings of oil.

The values shown here are accurate for version 0.15. In 0.14, anything that produces, consumes, or stores any fluid does so at 1/10th of the quantities listed here. Solid items and ratios are unaffected; this is essentially just a cosmetic change of the displayed units.

== Overview ==

In Factorio, when the player reaches the need for [[Science pack 3]], they must set up oil processing. In order to do this, the player must research the following technologies:
=== Technologies ===
{| class="wikitable"
! Technology !! Description
|-
| {{icontech|oil-gathering||Oil processing (research)}} [[Oil processing (research)|Oil processing]] || Allows the player to set up a basic facility to mine, process, and use oil.
|-
| {{icontech|sulfur||Sulfur processing}} [[Sulfur processing]] || A prerequisite for the research of the [[Battery]], which is used in a handful items later on, including the [[Science pack 3]].
|-
| {{icontech|plastics||Plastics}} [[Plastics]] || The [[Plastic bar]] is an ingredient in the [[Advanced circuit]], which is used often later on.
|-
| {{icontech|fluid-handling||Fluid handling}} [[Fluid handling]] || Allows better control over your liquids, with the [[Storage Tank]] and [[Small Pump]].
|-
| {{icontech|advanced-oil-processing-tech||Advanced oil processing (research)}} [[Advanced oil processing (research)|Advanced oil processing]] || Gives you a new recipe for use in the [[Oil refinery]], allowing you to get more useful products from your [[Crude Oil]].
|-
| {{icontech|coal liquefaction (research)||Coal liquefaction (research)}} [[Coal liquefaction (research)|Coal liquefaction]] || Gives you a refinery recipe to turn excess coal into oil products. Introduced in version 0.15.0.
|-
| {{icontech|flammables||Flammables}} [[Flammables]] <br />{{icontech|flame-thrower||Flame thrower}} [[Flame thrower]] || Gives you access to the [[Flamethrower]] and [[Flamethrower ammo]]
|-
|}

=== Recipes ===
There are various recipes that can be done regarding [[Oil processing]]. They are listed below.

{|class="wikitable"
!colspan="4"|After researching {{icontech|oil-gathering||Oil processing (research)}} [[Oil processing (research)|Oil processing]]:
|-
! Process !! Input !! Machine !! Output
|-
| {{imagelink|basic-oil-processing|Basic oil processing}} || {{icon|crude-oil|100|Crude Oil}} {{icon|time icon|5|Time}} || {{icon|oil-refinery||Oil refinery}} || {{icon|heavy-oil|30|Heavy oil}} {{icon|light-oil|30|Light oil}} {{icon|petroleum-gas|40|Petroleum gas}}
|-
| {{imagelink|solid-fuel-from-heavy-oil|Solid fuel}} || {{icon|heavy-oil|20|Heavy oil}} {{icon|time icon|3|Time}} || {{icon|chemical-plant||Chemical plant}} || {{icon|solid-fuel|1|Solid fuel}}
|-
| {{imagelink|solid-fuel-from-light-oil|Solid fuel}} || {{icon|light-oil|10|Light oil}} {{icon|time icon|3|Time}} || {{icon|chemical-plant||Chemical plant}} || {{icon|solid-fuel|1|Solid fuel}}
|-
| {{imagelink|solid-fuel-from-petroleum-gas|Solid fuel}} || {{icon|petroleum-gas|20|Petroleum gas}} {{icon|time icon|3|Time}} || {{icon|chemical-plant||Chemical plant}} || {{icon|solid-fuel|1|Solid fuel}}
|-
| {{imagelink|lubricant|Lubricant}} || {{icon|heavy-oil|10|Heavy oil}} {{icon|time icon|1|Time}} || {{icon|chemical-plant||Chemical plant}} || {{icon|lubricant|10|Lubricant}}
|-
!colspan="4"|After researching {{icontech|advanced-oil-processing-tech||Advanced oil processing (research)}} [[Advanced oil processing (research)|Advanced oil processing]]:
|-
! Process !! Input !! Machine !! Output
|-
| {{imagelink|advanced-oil-processing|Advanced oil processing}} || {{icon|crude-oil|100|Crude Oil}} {{icon|water|50|Water}} {{icon|time icon|5|Time}} || {{icon|oil-refinery||Oil refinery}} || {{icon|heavy-oil|10|Heavy oil}} {{icon|light-oil|45|Light oil}} {{icon|petroleum-gas|55|Petroleum gas}}
|-
| {{imagelink|heavy-oil-cracking|Heavy oil cracking}} || {{icon|heavy-oil|40|Heavy oil}} {{icon|water|30|Water}} {{icon|time icon|3|Time}} || {{icon|chemical-plant||Chemical plant}} || {{icon|light-oil|30|Light oil}}
|-
| {{imagelink|light-oil-cracking|Light oil cracking}} || {{icon|light-oil|30|Light oil}} {{icon|water|30|Water}} {{icon|time icon|3|Time}} || {{icon|chemical-plant||Chemical plant}} || {{icon|petroleum-gas|20|Petroleum gas}}
|-
!colspan="4"|After researching {{icontech|fluid-handling||Fluid handling}} [[Fluid handling]]:
|-
! Process !! Input !! Machine !! Output
|-
| {{imagelink|fill-crude-oil-barrel|Fill crude oil barrel}} || {{icon|barrel-empty|1|Empty barrel}} {{icon|crude-oil|250|Crude Oil}} {{icon|time icon|1|Time}} || {{icon|assembling-machine-2||Assembling machine 2}} or {{icon|assembling-machine-3||Assembling machine 3}} || {{icon|crude-oil-barrel|1|Crude oil barrel}}
|-
| {{imagelink|empty-crude-oil-barrel|Empty crude oil barrel}} || {{icon|crude-oil-barrel|1|Crude oil barrel}} {{icon|time icon|1|Time}} || {{icon|assembling-machine-2||Assembling machine 2}} or {{icon|assembling-machine-3||Assembling machine 3}} || {{icon|barrel-empty|1|Empty barrel}} {{icon|crude-oil|250|Crude Oil}}
|-
!colspan="4"|After researching {{icontech|sulfur||Sulfur processing}} [[Sulfur processing]]:
|-
! Process !! Input !! Machine !! Output
|-
| {{imagelink|sulfur|Sulfur}} || {{icon|water|30|Water}} {{icon|petroleum-gas|30|Petroleum gas}} {{icon|time icon|1|Time}} || {{icon|chemical-plant||Chemical plant}} || {{icon|sulfur|2|Sulfur}}
|-
| {{imagelink|sulfuric-acid|Sulfuric Acid}} || {{icon|iron-plate|1|Iron plate}} {{icon|sulfur|5|Sulfur}} {{icon|water|100|Water}} {{icon|time icon|1|Time}} || {{icon|chemical-plant||Chemical plant}} || {{icon|sulfuric-acid|50|Sulfuric Acid}}
|-
!colspan="4"|After researching {{icontech|Advanced-electronics-research||Advanced electronics}} [[Advanced electronics]]:
|-
! Process !! Input !! Machine !! Output
|-
| {{imagelink|processing-unit|Processing unit}} || {{icon|electronic-circuit|20|Electronic circuit}} {{icon|advanced-circuit|2|Advanced circuit}} {{icon|sulfuric-acid|5|Sulfuric acid}} {{icon|time icon|15|Time}} || {{icon|assembling-machine-2||Assembling machine 2}} or {{icon|assembling-machine-3||Assembling machine 3}} || {{icon|processing-unit|1|Processing unit}}
|-
!colspan="4"|After researching {{icontech|Battery-research||Battery (research)}} [[Battery (research)|Battery]]:
|-
! Process !! Input !! Machine !! Output
|-
| {{imagelink|battery|Battery}} || {{icon|iron-plate|1|Iron plate}} {{icon|copper-plate|1|Copper plate}} {{icon|sulfuric-acid|20|Sulfuric acid}} {{icon|time icon|5|Time}} || {{icon|chemical-plant||Chemical plant}} || {{icon|battery|1|Battery}}
|-
!colspan="4"|After researching {{icontech|plastics||Plastics}} [[Plastics]]:
|-
! Process !! Input !! Machine !! Output
|-
| {{imagelink|plastic-bar|Plastics}} || {{icon|coal|1|Coal}} {{icon|petroleum-gas|20|Petroleum gas}} {{icon|time icon|1|Time}} || {{icon|chemical-plant||Chemical plant}} || {{icon|plastic-bar|2|Plastic bar}}
|-
!colspan="4"|After researching {{icontech|flammables||Flammables}} [[Flammables]] and {{icontech|flame-thrower||Flame thrower}} [[Flame thrower]]:
|-
! Process !! Input !! Machine !! Output
|-
| {{imagelink|flame-thrower-ammo|Flamethrower ammo}} || {{icon|iron-plate|5|Iron plate}} {{icon|heavy-oil|25|Heavy oil}} {{icon|light-oil|25|Light oil}} {{icon|time icon|3|Time}} || {{icon|chemical-plant||Chemical plant}} || {{icon|flame-thrower-ammo|1|Flamethrower ammo}}
|-
!colspan="4"|After researching {{icontech|coal liquefaction||}} [[Coal liquefaction (research)|Coal liquefaction]], added in 0.15.0:
|-
! Process !! Input !! Machine !! Output
|-
| {{imagelink|coal liquefaction|Coal liquefaction (research)|Coal liquefaction}} || {{icon|coal|10|Coal}} {{icon|heavy-oil|25|Heavy oil}} {{icon|steam|50|Steam}} {{icon|time icon|5|Time}} || {{icon|oil-refinery||Oil refinery}} || {{icon|heavy-oil|35|Heavy oil}} {{icon|light-oil|15|Light oil}} {{icon|petroleum-gas|20|Petroleum gas}}
|}

== Setting up oil processing ==
[[Pumpjack]]s need to be placed on top of the middle of the oil well. Given [[Electric network|electricity]] (90kW, upgradeable), [[Pumpjack]]s will produce a certain amount of [[Crude oil]] per second, shown on the right, at the bottom of the information panel. Over time this value will decrease down to a minimum of 2 oil/s, so a pumpjack will provide unlimited oil but eventually at a very low rate.

Crude Oil must be refined in an [[Oil refinery]]. The Oil refinery needs to have a recipe set (see above for available recipes). Once it is set, the inputs and outputs show what needs to be and what will be supplied. You cannot change the locations of these, only rotate the entire machine. Make sure that the products have somewhere to go (preferably [[Storage Tank|Storage Tanks]]), ''as the refinery will stop production of all products if one product output is full.''

Once the process finishes in the [[oil refinery]], the player will be left with 3 products: [[Heavy oil]], [[Light oil]] and [[Petroleum gas]]. Both Heavy oil and Light oil can be cracked to the next lower type in a [[Chemical plant]] (recipe above). This is useful if the player has lots of Light oil but is lacking in [[Petroleum gas]] (a common problem).

From here, after some research, the player can use the oil products to create various products. They are all listed [[#Recipes|above]].

=== Tips ===
* [[Lubricant]]
** If you run your Heavy oil pipe from the refineries past a Lubricant-making Chemical plant before sending it to the cracking Chemical plants, you can be sure that the Lubricant production will have priority over cracking.
** Most games will only ever need one lubricant-producing Chemical plant and one Storage tank for the lubricant.
** Since Lubricant is only used for [[Express transport belt]]s and [[Electric engine]]s, and the only other use of Heavy oil is flamethrower ammo, and cracking into Light oil (the Heavy oil to [[Solid fuel]] production ratio is terrible compared to cracking it first), you may want to consider placing your production of robots and belt assembly near your Oil refineries, so lubricant doesn't need to be sent as far.

* [[Solid fuel]]
** Solid fuel is most efficient when created from [[Light oil]]. If the player has too much heavy oil, cracking it to light oil then making it into fuel is more efficient than making heavy oil into fuel directly.
** The [[circuit network]] can be used to easily control how much fluid gets used for each recipe, to ensure that the player always has enough.

=== Transporting fluids ===
There are many ways to move fluids in Factorio, they are listed below:

* [[Pipe]]s
* [[Fluid wagon]]s
* Loading the fluids into [[Barrel]]s and transporting them by [[Railway]]s or the [[Logistic network]]

== Optimal Ratios ==
The optimal ratio is the ratio of production that ensures no waste of time or materials.

=== Produce Petroleum gas ===

For producing petroleum gas, when you apply '''1''' Oil Refinery to the optimal Advanced oil processing ratio 25:3:21 (advanced oil processing : heavy cracking : light cracking), you get '''1''':0.12:0.84. Round that up to get '''1''':0.1:1, which means:
* 10 Oil Refinery on Advanced oil processing
* 1 Chemical plant on Heavy oil cracking
* 10 Chemical plants on Light oil cracking

Different ratios are close enough such as 8:1:7.

The setup above will not jam, but it will have temporarily inactive buildings. If you round down, it will no longer have inactive buildings, but it will jam (over time).

This can be sped up with [[module]]s, but to prevent jams or inactive buildings, however it is recommended to speed everything up evenly. When slowing down (by using [[Productivity module]]s) you are better off experimenting on altering the ratio or the speed on certain buildings, since these ratios are only mathematically correct if all the buildings have the same speed, and have 100% productivity (In other words, no bonuses).

Calculating the optimal ratios is relatively challenging, since not all of the durations of the processes are the same (the crafting speed of a chemical plant is 1.25, but the refinery's is 1.0). If this were not taken in account, it will lead to (temporarily) inactive buildings, which is not optimal.

== See also ==
* [[Liquids]]
* [[Fluid system]]
* [[Crude oil]]
* [[Barrel]]

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